STONE CARVING WORKSHOP - “PUGIN INSPIRED DECORATIVE RELIEF CARVING”
Following the success of last years course, Chris will this year base his course on Augustus J Pugin's Gothic interpretation of medieval carvings and enable students to successfully carve/create their own Medieval Beast, Celtic knot or Tudor Rose
A friendly and relaxed introduction to the basics of stone carving with Chris Pellett. No experience required and suitable for all ages and abilities.
19th and 20th July 2008 10.00am – 4.30pm
The Wealden Skills Centre
Birch House
Brambleside
Bellbrook Business Park
Uckfield
TN22 1QQ
Brambleside
Bellbrook Business Park
Uckfield
TN22 1QQ
£99 including Coffee Lunches Cider & Stone
For further details and bookings call Chris Pellett on
01825 872830
01825 872830
See Chris’s own carvings on display at
Wealden Skills Centre.
Wealden Skills Centre.
There are no other formal workshops this year, but many artists will be there to meet visitors, some actually working alongside their exhibited artworks. Others will do informal demos.
Do feel free to ask them questions or simply enjoy watching!
Click on links below for more information about the venues and the artists.
Unless stated, the demos are on an ad-hoc basis and include:
Bridge Cottage - various times
Peta Parke-Gailey of Potty Moon will host pottery painting for children and adults during opening times. For a small sum, you can select your pottery, paint it and Peta will glaze it for you. It’s great fun and very creative!
afternoons during the week and weekends. She is using a 2 shaft rug loom and
weaves with hand spun wool & rug wool. Her current thee is seascape rugs and
she is happy to discuss commissions.
Christine Cooper Shibori and Indigo Demo
Christine will demonstrate the use of indigo in a form of tie-dyeing, and produce some stunning results. Although she won't be using wet dyes, she will show participants see examples of the various stages and results. Christine will answer questions and can provide details of her future workshops.
Times: Wednesday, 16th July 2.00 - 4.00 and Saturday 19th July 10.00 -12.00.
Uckfield Framing Company - Saturday afternoons
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Thea Wilkins will be available to talk about her work.
Wealden Skills Centre during opening times
Kevin Warwick Come and see the progression from raw wood to finished product, from tree to sculpture, in on-going wood-carving demonstrations, during opening times 18, 19, 20 July and from 2.30 on 17th.
Steve McDonald Steve will be available at weekends (except afternoon of 13th July) to answer questions on how to capture successful digital landscape images.
Bradness Gallery during opening times
Visitors are welcome to walk round Michael Cruickshank’s studio and see work in progress
Ashdown Room Uckfield Civic Centre, as below
Thu 17 July 2.00pm, Fri 18 July 12 noon, Sat 19 Jul 11.00am
