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| Regular classes | ||
| January - March 2010 | ||
| April - June 2010 | ||
| July - September 2009 | ||
| October - December 2009 | ||
| Childrens Workshops | ||
With Helen Domleo
Evening classes beginning Fri 15 Jan 6.30 pm
Practical workshops with Helen Domleo, 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm, £15 per week. Book in four week blocks. Helen will demonstrate and guide you through metal and jewellery making techniques to enable you to develop and refine your own practice.
With Kate Bajic
Friday 22 Jan 2010 - £55 + materials at cost
All the Beetroot Tree staff did this course in 2009 and it was brilliant! Design up to 3 different rings in a day. Kate will take you through the process of producing your ring from start to finish. See also Kate's other workshops in jewellery making. FULL - See 24th April for next pendant session!
Machine Embroidery for Starters
WithAlysn Midgelow-Marsden
Sunday 24 Jan 2010 - £45
Forget about sewing cushions and curtains -the sewing machine is a great tool for creative expression. on this day you will be guided in understanding what your machine can do, the effects you can create and you will finish with your own artwork using the ideas learnt duing the day. You will need a sewing machine which is able to either 'drop the feed' or which has a darning plate, and a 'darning foot' suitable for your machine.
Printmaking - Collagraphs
With Nicki Dennet
Saturday 20 Feb 2010 - £45
Prepare to have lots of fun at this workshop experimenting with different collagraph techniques. In the morning you will scratch, tear, build up or cut into the surface of a card plate. Over lunch your plate will be left to dry. Then you will learn how to create your own collagraph prints from your plate(s) using coloured inks and papers. You will go away with a least one printing plate that can be reprinted again and again., as well as at least two of your very own original prints that can be made into cards for someone special or framed for your wall.
With Laura Mabbutt
Saturday 27 Feb 2010 - £45
Some of you had a little taster of Laura's workshop at Arts & Gardens 2009. She is now back for the full day experience! During this course you will learn how to produce different shapes to use in the making of jewellery including earings, bracelets and necklaces.
Elemental Layers
With Alysn Midgelow-Marsden
Sunday 28 Feb 2010 - £45
Use silk, linen and flax fibres to create a textured surface, further developed using felt and stitch (hand and/or machine) then treated with layers of paint, patina, verdigris and gilding to create a surface reminiscent of ancient bas relief carving, or natural weathered and gnarled features
With Leigh Armstrong
Saturday 6 Mar 2010 - £75
Precious metal clay is made up of tiny fine silver particles combines with a non toxic binder and water. Once the piece is formed dried and fired what's left is a piece of fine silver jewellery which can be hallmarked at any Assay Office as 99.9% Fine Silver, the purest form of silver available! You will be making a minimum of two pieces of jewellery which you will be able to take home on the day and will surprise yourself with what you have achieved in just a few hours!
With Phiona Richards
Sunday 7 Mar 2010 - £55
We are very excited to be offering this workshop in conjunction with the exhibition 'Grammar & Heather' in which renowned artist Phiona Richards will be exhibiting. Phiona creates interactive book sculptures and intriguing jewellery using traditional needlework techniques. In this workshop you will learn to sculpt with paper to produce exquisite 3D forms that can be both highly contemporary and infused with sentiment and memory.
With Stevie Davies
Sunday 14 Mar 2010 - £45
Draw, sculpt and colour with glass to produce beautiful fine finished pieces to wear. Stevie's teaching focuses on helping you to learn the techniques and create the pieces that you want to produce. A very flexible way to approach a lovely medium. All basic materials included although extra special materials can be purchased from Stevie at cost.
With Kate Bajic
Saturday 20 Mar 2010 - £55 + materials at cost
Kate's bracelet workshop enables you to develop silver-smithing techniques to produce a tactile silver piece ready to wear and the perfect fit!
NOW FULL - see 21 May for next session!
With Helen Domleo
Saturday 27 Mar 2010 - £50
This workshop offers the opportunity to make some earrings and a pendant or brooch. Pupils are encouraged to create their own designs which will develop while learning about techniques that can be used to pattern the surface of the metal. We will look at how to melt silver and use other pieces of metal in your jewellery.
With Sarah Filmer
Sunday 28 Mar 2010 - £45
Sarah uses her knowledge from her own practice to guide you in the design and making of beautiful mosaics panel. Using a rich range of coloured glass and ceramics you can produce a figurative or patterned image ready to display.
To
book places on any of our courses...
Please contact us at the gallery via post, telephone or email
The Beetroot Tree
South Street, Draycott, Derbyshire, DE72 3PP
Tel: 01332 873929
Email: info@thebeetroottree.com
£10.00 per course,
non-refundable deposit with your credit or debit card details or full
payment will be required when booking.
Full details of requirements and any materials costs will be forwarded
with your
booking confirmation.
Cancellations
If we are unable to run the workshop your deposit and payment will be
refunded.
To cancel your booking please provide three weeks notice to ensure a refund
(not including deposit). Less
then 3 weeks notice will result in full payment being deducted.