Really trying to be efficient and do some catching up with myself today .. so here is one but if stuff sorted - a summer school at lovely Redditch Needle Museum and Bordesley Abbey. Jo-Ann will be putting details on the museum and visitor centre site - and I shall put it on the website and blog .. but as FB is easiest - it is here first!! Here is all the info - how to book at the end. Hope to see some of you xx From Gelli to Canvas Make a stitched textured mixed media canvas using gelli monoprints 3 day workshop with Hilary Beattie At Redditch Needle Museum: 21/22/23 August 2014 Cost: £150 Overview: Come and enjoy three days at beautiful Bordesley Abbey and Needle Museum experimenting with a variety papers and fabrics as backgrounds for monoprints using a gelli plate and then using these, together with a variety of other media to create a unique stitched canvas. Day One On day one we will prepare some textured papers to cover our canvas and then spend the day finding out just what that gelli plate can do. Using the abbey grounds and museum as inspiration, we will make and use stamps, stencils, masks and natures’ bounty to make a lovely pile of totally unique prints Day Two On day two we will look at options for design layouts and try out ideas and layouts in our sketchbooks. The emphasis here will be on keeping calm and enjoying the process … rather than aiming for a specific, pre-imagined idea! Guidance and prompts will be given so you will not have to dread the blank page moment – I promise. We will then use a selection of our materials from day one to make a mixed media collage on our prepared canvas. Day Three Day three will flow on from day two ... allowing a fair degree of freedom for students. We will also experiment with adding crayon, charcoal, pencil, appliglue and anything else you might fancy to our piece and then look at completing the work by adding elements of stitch. Once complete – we will seal the work with medium to enhance and preserve. You will end the two days with a beautiful and unique mixed media collage on your canvas, plenty of further ideas in your sketchbook and a large stash of wonderfully personal materials to play with in the future Warning: these three days are likely to be enormous fun and very addictive – you may well develop a lifelong addiction to this way of working! Booking is with Hilary – please email to: hilarybeattie@ntlworld and I will raise a PayPal invoice for you, or arrange for cheque payment if you prefer Alternatively, you can book via Hilarys’ website shop hilarybeattie.co.uk ... just add workshop to basket Places are strictly limited to 12, so please book early to be sure of your spot!
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