This month we were joined by artist Helen Walsh. She worked with us to create uniquely patterned papers using a range of found objects and carved vegetables! It was an extra special evening as we joined forces with Penrith and Eden Refugee Network. The evening was an end of visit celebration event for 10 guests … Read moreFebruary 2019 – Improvised printing
Join us to paint along with artist Bob Ross! Sat 23rd Nov, 11.30am-14.30pm Book here – http://bit.ly/bobalong Join us to paint along with artist Bob Ross! Bob Ross was an American artist who believed that everyone has an inherent artistic talent and could become an accomplished artist given time, practice, and encouragement, and to this end … Read moreBob Ross-along
This October in Penrith we had a go at stamp making and printing onto fabric. We had a great time making our own stamps to print onto fabric!
We run a book binding workshop. We guide the group through each step to make a string bound a fabric covered A5 notebook. It is a busy, but fun and productive workshop! We have run this session twice (one of those times was with 20 people!)
We run a workshop giving people the chance to paint along with artist Bob Ross! Bob Ross was an American artist who believed that everyone has an inherent artistic talent and could become an accomplished artist given time, practice, and encouragement, and to this end was often fond of saying, “We don’t make mistakes; we … Read moreBob Ross-along
This month in Penrith we made our own bunting! Using an array of beautiful fabrics we created our own bunny bunting.
We have run beeswax wrap making workshops 5 times in different locations. Beeswax wraps make a great replacement to cling film and foil to store your food, they can be used over and over again which helps reduce rubbish. We provided an array of fabrics to pick from and beeswax blocks. People also wrote letters … Read moreBeeswax Wraps
The Winter Droving is a festival in Penrith which brings into the town an array of market stalls and food, music, games, performers and a rather spectacular lantern procession. They invite people to wear masks for the day so asked us to help people to make their very own masks! We ran mask making workshops … Read moreOctober 2018 – Mask Making!
This month we made our own Pinhole Camera with Photographer/Videographer Richie Johnston (www.opticalvitamins.com). Over the evening Richie helped us make our own matchbox pinhole camera and taught us interesting ways of capturing creative images with it!
This month we had a session decorating mayflies, a workshop created for Project Mayfly. Project Mayfly is a public art project created by one of our directors Katarina Prior. The project was inviting people to contribute to a large art installation by creating their own card mayfly. The installation was housed at The Rheged Centre in Penrith … Read moreAugust 2018 – Project Mayfly