This workshop will be an interactive exploration of drawing and making marks in response to and alongside found objects. Stuart Cairns, who is exhibiting at Island Arts Centre, will share his influences and inspiration behind his work while encouraging participants to explore scale and try different mediums and techniques for their own mark making. There … Continue reading Drawing with Found Objects
This workshop will be a fun introduction to glassblowing! Join tutor Helen Hancock and learn how to make your own glass bauble or bespoke glass art. Under her supervision, you will be working with specialist equipment and tools and with a furnace running at 1150 degrees. Protective eyewear and long sleeves are essential. Strictly over … Continue reading Bauble making workshop
This Autumn join Ellen for another exciting autumnal workshop! During this 2 week workshop you will create 3 of your own decorative pumpkins with Ellen Woods, a local ceramicist, you will be guided through each stage of the making process. The first week you will make 3 cute little decorative pumpkins and the second week … Continue reading Decorative Pumpkin Workshop
Time to add a little felted woolly fun to your Halloween décor! Patricipants will make at least one pumpkin and one toadstool during this 3-hour needle felting workshop. Once complete the creations can be added to wreaths, centrepieces or just adorn the mantelpiece over a roaring fire. Suitable for all abilities and children 12+ years … Continue reading Needle felted pumpkin and toadstool workshop
Natasha Duddy will teach glass fusing techniques to help participants design and create their Day of the Dead-themed skull decoration. Learning glass cutting and grinding skills, they can hang or frame their spooktacular masterpiece to decorate the home for Halloween. No previous experience required. Closed toe footwear must be worn.
Join textile and linen expert Fiona McKelvie at the Sir Hans Sloane Centre for Irish Linen - A Hertiage Fabric with a Future. Fiona will discuss linen’s heritage in Northern Ireland, its recent renaissance and will look at the future possibilities of the fabric and how linen been reassessed more recently, and valued for its sustainability, … Continue reading Irish Linen – A Heritage Fabric with a Future
Join The Clay Project for a spooky and creative evening at The Wild Hare, Newcastle: participants will explore surface pattern, colour and mark making on ceramics all whilst sipping on a delicious cocktail/mocktail. The tutors will take participants through the process of designing and decorating their own scary stoneware mug using a variety of painting … Continue reading Halloween Dress Up and Mug Decorating
This workshop, facilitated by local artist Millie Moore, will take a calmer, more measured approach to the creative process in discovering the simple pleasure of making, and will suit even the novice sewer. During the workshop participants will be working on linen using a simple running hand stitch using a variety of threads, many of … Continue reading Time, Traces and Threads: Slow Stitch
Craft NI Gallery are delighted to invite you to a very special night to of new seasonal work by NI designer-makers! Come along Thursday, November 2, 6 - 9pm (Late Night Art) at Craft NI Gallery for the opening night of not one, but two of our most special events: the Christmas exhibition, 'Ag925 - Au750 / … Continue reading Christmas exhibition and Big Bauble Showcase grand opening!
Ceramic Artist Fiona Shannon will guide you through designing and making your Christmas gingerbread house which you can use for your festive table. Designed for beginners, this class will be a fun creative environment to get crafty using a range of clay techniques. Your gingerbread house will be fired to be collected at a later … Continue reading Ceramic Gingerbread House Workshop
Contemporary designer and weaver Karolina Lisek from Little Tangle hosts a one-day tapestry weaving workshop exploring the art of hand weaving in a modern context. Karolina will teach the foundation skills of tapestry weaving with participants using her new larger sized frame looms. Participants will create an abstract wall hanging using a range of techniques … Continue reading Contemporary Weaving Workshop
Stop by for a lovely evening and an opportunity to browse for crafts, art and other seasonal gifts handmade by local artisans. Admission is £5 and all proceeds go in the aid of Air Ambulance N.I.