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Online CourseProduct Safety for Potters
£120.00This course teaches you all you need to know to make work that is safe for the user. This covers glaze stability and food safety; making work microwave, oven, dishwasher and freezer proof; electric lamps and candleholders, and all the other aspects of producing good, safe, functional work.
This course teaches you all you need to know to make work that is ...
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Online CourseElectric Kilns and Firing
£120.00This course gives you all the information you need to select, maintain and fire an electric kiln in a safe and efficient way. It also goes over what happens to clays and glazes when they are fired.
This course gives you all the information you need to select, maintain and fire ...
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In-Person CourseSeamless Felted Shoulder Bag.
£70.00Seamless felting is felting around a resist to stop the two sides from felting together. Once you have mastered this method, there are endless possibilities for sculptural forms.
Please bring an apron as there is lots of hot soapy water.Location : Scotland
Seamless felting is felting around a resist to stop the two sides from felting ...
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In-Person CourseLandscape Painting in Oils
£130.00This two-day, in the studio and ‘En Plein Air’ (weather depending) landscape painting course will give students the opportunity to learn a method of using oil paints that looks more like watercolour in the initial stages.
You will be asked to bring in sketches and photos of a favourite scene and work from these with hopefully the chance of giving the method a go outside in beautiful Cromarty on the second day. There will be demonstrations in the use of oil paints and plenty of one-to-one guidance from tutor Anna Wimbledon.
Participants will be sent a materials list in advance. Suitable for all abilities. Accommodation can be provided.
Location : Scotland
This two-day, in the studio and 'En Plein Air' (weather depending) landscape painting course ...
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In-Person CourseCeltic Art Workshop
£150.00Using the same techniques and materials as the scribes that made the Book of Kells this workshop will involve working on real parchment and mixing traditional pigments to create a work of art inspired by the original insular manuscripts with the help of scribe, illuminator and parchment maker, Thomas Keyes.
This course will involve getting as close to the world of the insular scribe as it’s possible to get and in so doing gain a deeper appreciation of Celtic insular art.
Suitable for anyone with an interest in Celtic art or broadening their range of creative skills. No experience necessary. Accommodation is available.
Location : Scotland
Using the same techniques and materials as the scribes that made the Book of ...
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In-Person CourseSaturday Afternoon Upholstery 2-5pm
£288.00Learn traditional and modern upholstery skills, restoration and upcycling on your own furniture in the dedicated Edinburgh teaching workshop.
Location : Scotland
Learn traditional and modern upholstery skills, restoration and upcycling on your ...
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In-Person CourseTuesday Afternoon Upholstery Course 2-4pm
£192.00Learn traditional and modern upholstery skills, restoration and upcycling on your own furniture in the dedicated Edinburgh teaching workshop.
Location : Scotland
Learn traditional and modern upholstery skills, restoration and upcycling on your own furniture in ...
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In-Person CourseCoptic Book Binding
£75.00Learn how to make a fabulous and funky, A5 size, recycled rubber covered journal or sketchbook using one of the oldest types of bookbinding stitches – the coptic stitch.
This style of stitch allows you to construct a book which opens out completely flat and is great for sketching and writing in and when it is closed you see the linen stitch on the spine.
The durable rubber cover makes a practical sketchbook, personalised with your own contrasting linen stitch (colour choices will be given before the workshop as materials are sourced). All tools are provided for use on the day and materials are included to make one A5 book to take home and treasure. There is the option on the day to purchase tools to take home and continue crafting!
Location : Scotland
Learn how to make a fabulous and funky, A5 size, recycled rubber covered journal ...
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In-Person CourseEco Textile Print and Dye
£245.00Explore the alchemy of natural dyeing and printed textiles in this three-day course with Sarah Diver Lang, an experienced designer maker and community focussed artist.
Location : Scotland
Explore the alchemy of natural dyeing and printed textiles in this three-day course with ...
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In-Person CoursePassementerie Lace Weaving
£245.00Come and explore the wonders of open weave structures with heritage craft specialist Elizabeth Ashdown. Use a mixture of materials to create your own colour palette, you can even bring along your own treasured yarns and found materials to incorporate into your totally unique weaving.
Elizabeth Ashdown is one of the last remaining practitioners, and we feel privileged to have her here to teach her only workshop north of the border. Join us for two fantastic days of weaving, and play a part in keeping this endangered craft alive for another generation.
Passementerie weaving has been added to the Heritage Crafts Red List of endangered crafts. Part of our mission here at CSSC is to promote and support the future of specialist handcraft, so that beautiful art forms like this one don’t fade into obscurity.
Location : Scotland
Come and explore the wonders of open weave structures with heritage craft specialist Elizabeth ...
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Location : Scotland
Make your own Highlands cup from a log.