In this workshop, participants will learn twining and cord making, some of the oldest craft techniques known. The versatile random weaving method can be used to make a variety of forms ranging from small delicate vessels to bigger baskets. ...
In this workshop participants will learn the techniques of coiled basketry, where materials are stitched together. Plant materials were traditionally used for basket making, but we will also use recycled materials such as twining bale ropes, cables and recycled plastic bags using different styles of...
We braved the elements for this workshop - winter has really set in to the New England now and our students worked hard to get their shoes done before dark on the second day. Students chose a variety of fabrics and leathers for their shoes....
Patricia is currently traveling in Australia and teaching as she goes. We were lucky enough to secure her for a long weekend to teach at The Studio. We had a full class with a few students making use of The Huts as they had traveled...
Raella's ecodyeing class was fascinating. The variety of colours that could be achieved with such a simple and natural process was quite exciting. It was lovely to learn a process that can be copied at home relatively easily and to skip a lot of the experimental...
Trish has been at it again. This time it was an intense one day workshop with new and previous students making the most of Trish's experience and wealth of knowledge. They covered various encaustic techniques and those students who were returning developed their work further. Trish...
What an enjoyable workshop! The first morning covered embedding in resin and Vicki and Kath madly rushed around the studio to find as many things as they could to embed in the resin. It is such a beautiful way to preserve treasures and display miniature artworks....
Another of Jan's fun workshops with lumpy bumpy fabrics and "cutting blobs". We had a very active weekend and came away with loads of techniques for making ordinary fabrics come to life with a sewing machine. We had a small class, so all had lots of...
There were too many beautiful works made in this class to display here - please see our Facebook Page for more images. Rae Woolnough is a fantastic tutor and took us through so many felting processes. Some of us were complete beginners and others had...
My head is still buzzing from the amount of information gleaned in this workshop. Over the three days Polly taught us coiling, twining, knotless netting and cobbling. We used as many different types of fibres as we could lay our hands on. Anything from electrical...