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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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BUY A COURSE AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT
One or two of you have already booked a course as a Christmas gift for a family member or friend. Maybe this might be an idea for others of you as well.
Or why not come along with a group of friends and have a lovely relaxing time in beautiful South Shropshire with one of the best tutors.
If you have already booked on a course a booking form and your deposit is now needed. Booking forms can be downloaded from my website.
So take a look at the courses coming up next year and take your pick.
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NEW COURSES at MOORHALL
2017
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
2 places only
Weekends: monthly Moor Art 2
£70 per weekend payable 3 in advance for the course = £210
1 place only
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 paid termly)
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.
Waiting list only
RUTH ISSETT Colour Investigations
Feb 1/2, Mar 15/16, Apr 26/27, Oct 4/5, Nov 1/2, Nov 29/30
£600 for 12 session courses
(£300 + £300 paid termly)
Structured, two day classes using paper/fabric/stitch with print media/dye Exploration of design and pattern applied to fabric, stitch and paper.
Waiting list only
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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.
Places still available
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.
Places still available
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.
Waiting list only
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.
2 places only
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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.
Long waiting list only
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.
Places still available
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.
Places still available
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.
2 places only
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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.
Places still available
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.
Places still available
Inspired by Ben Nicholson
14/15 August
£130 for 2 days
An exciting course which explores mixed media approaches to design using the work of artist Ben Nicholson as the inspirational springboard. The sampling of ideas will be encouraged and documented in a sketchbook with further explorations into fabric and stitch.
2 places only
MATTHEW HARRIS
TEXT___ile
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.
3 places only
JAN BEANEY
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.
3 places only
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This is possibly my last textile newsletter before Christmas so may I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy one and an equally happy New Year.
Bye for now
Bobby
View in garden on a frosty morning
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Moor Hall Farmhouse, Bettws-y-crwyn, Newcastle on Clun,
Shropshire, SY7 8PH
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