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BOBBY BRITNELL
TEXTILE and ART
courses offering unique learning opportunities for all, delivered by highly renowned
ARTISTS and TUTORS
Moor Hall Farmhouse,
Bettws-y-crwyn,
Newcastle on Clun,
Shropshire, SY7 8PH
01547 510664
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KNITTING AND STITCHING SHOW
Alexandra Palace
Not long now until Knitting and Stitching Show at Ally Pally. Please visit me on Stand TG18, right next to Art Van Go.
Do you remember the Bark Cloth Shoe Project? I shall have the remaining shoes to sell at the show and in fact everything on my stand will be about BARK CLOTH.
My aim is to promote the Bark Cloth this year in readiness for a bigger Show next year. I will have Bark Cloth for Sale and some other things to see as well........
.......so do come along and say hello on Stand TG18
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NEW COURSES at MOORHALL
2017
I now have my brochure ready with courses for 2017. Please come and collect one from my stand at Ally Pally. I hope to get these courses life on my new website over the next few weeks.
A. ONGOING COURSES
BOBBY BRITNELL Drawing and Painting
Art courses offering insight into innovative art projects, exploring many ways of using techniques/media. Critique of work, artist research, lively discussion are essential part of each session. See website for these dates. www.bobbybritnell.co.uk
Wednesdays: fortnightly Moor Art 1
£35 per session payable 6 in advance for the course = £210
Weekends: monthly Moor Art 2
£70 per weekend payable 3 in advance for the course = £210
RUTH ISSETT Crazy for Colour
Jan
26, Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 20, May 18,
Sept 14, Oct 12, Nov 9, Dec 7
£450 for a 9 session course
(£250 + £200)
A challenging course of nine one day sessions through the year, for those with textile experience. Includes in depth exploration of colour and composition on paper and fabric using dyeing/printing/stitch.
RUTH ISSETT Colour Investigations
Feb 1/2, Mar 15/16, Apr 26/27, Oct 4/5, Nov 4/5, Nov 1/2, Nov 29/30
£600 for 12 session courses
(£300 + £300)
Structured, two day classes using paper/fabric/stitch with print media/dye Exploration of design and pattern applied to fabric, stitch and paper.
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B. TWO, THREE AND FOUR DAY WORKSHOPS
27/28 March
£130 for 2 days
Create surfaces, by waxing, trapping and layering papers, and then go on to embellish these using a wide range of traditional hand and machine techniques. Use these to create small garments such as dresses, bibs and gloves.
AMANDA CLAYTON
'Quietly composed'
April 1/2
£130 for 2 days
Explore the qualities of cloth and handstitch using the neutral palette. The potential of composition will be emphasised throughout the course. Techniques and expressing ideas go hand in hand.
JEAN LITTLEJOHN
Layer, Stitch and Enrich
5/6 June
£130 for 2 days
On this course we will be inspired by richly textured surfaces such as old buildings, rust and corrosion, gnarled tree bark or faceted rock surfaces. Techniques will include bonding and appliqué, hand and or machine stitching and the use of an embellishing machine.
BOBBY BRITNELL
Everyone can draw
16/17/18 June
£195 for 3 days
So you think you cannot draw? Come along to this course and be proved wrong. Be shown how to use basic dry drawing media in creating line, tone, space and composition in your work. Leave with the confidence to do more and a portfolio of work you feel proud of.
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23/24/25 June
£390 for 3 days
A landscape painting course in which you will look at the building blocks which underlie representational landscape painting: light, space, tone colour, perspective, composition. You will consider ways in which an expressive response to landscape might be explored. Course includes demonstrations, studio work, and sketching and drawing in the surroundings of Moor Hall. Tuition will be individual and as a group.
Kantha: Animals, Fish and Birds
26/27 June
£130 for 2 days
By folding layers of fabrics we will make a sample approximately A4 in size which will be lovely to handle. We will trace animals, fish and /or bird designs onto the top layer, and then bring these into to life using different variations of running stitch. Finally we will create quilted textures in remaining spaces.
RUTH ISSETT
Saturated Colour: Dye & Print
30 June 1/2 July
£195 for 3 days
Investigate powerful colour using a variety of accessible printing techniques in combination with Procion MX dye. Learn and understand how dye can be applied in a number of ways to silk, cotton, rayon/viscose and linen and explore different printing processes to create a collection of unique fabrics.
3/4/5/6 July £260 for 4 days
Exploring the wonderful surroundings we will use a variety of ways to record the landscape around us. Using gathered materials in a range of techniques we will make marks that record our experience, bringing these together into tactile book forms.
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'Contrast and Colour with Still Life'
17/18/19 July
£240 for 3 days
A 'still life' arrangement will provide the visual resource for exploring pattern, contrast and colour. Initial trials will leadto individual interpretations in paper and fabric, using stitch by hand and machine. Join Ruth Issett and Bobby Britnell joint tutors on this course.
Making the Cut
31 July 1/2/3 August
£400 for 4 days
Learn the essentials of pattern making. Cut, Copy, Recreate, Adapt or Customise. Find out how to make the best of a commercial pattern, how to make and use a block and how to make a pattern fit. For beginners and refreshers.
MATTHEW HARRIS
4/5/6 September
£350 for 3 days
A project that looks at the calligraphic mark as a creative starting point. Through a process of drawing and sampling we will explore both the narrative and abstract potential of hand written text, using it to develop exciting new visual ideas about form, pattern,
scale, shape and structure within textiles.
JAN BEANEY Decorative Networks
19/20 September
£130 for 2 days
Using soluble film as a stabiliser, exquisite and unique networks can be created with machine and/or hand stitching. Ideas for basic structures can be taken from jewellery, buildings or from natural objects. Tokens, talismans or amulets may be incorporated as appropriate for decoration or personal input.
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Moor Hall Farmhouse, Bettws-y-crwyn, Newcastle on Clun,
Shropshire, SY7 8PH
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