Welcome to Hand Stitched Landscapes and Portraits, a creative arts club where you'll explore the captivating world of embroidery using mixed media and upcycled fabric scraps. Whether you're a seasoned embroiderer or a complete beginner, this course will introduce you to a variety of techniques to create your own stunning landscapes and portraits. You will learn how to use a handful of stitches to produce beautiful effects, enhanced by simple home-printing methods. With guided demonstrations, you’ll be inspired to transform your own sketches, designs, or photographs into intricate stitched artwork.

This experiential course emphasizes hands-on, practical activities to foster creativity and skill development. You’ll delve into techniques such as composition, layering, collage, appliqué, and simple printing methods, applying basic stitches to create different effects. Comprehensive handouts will support your learning, ensuring you can continue to develop your skills beyond the course. By the end of the program, you will have produced unique samplers to take home within a handmade book, and you will have explored various techniques to inspire your future projects. Drawing inspiration from past and present artists, Hand Stitched Landscapes and Portraits invites you to immerse yourself in a world of artistic exploration and expression.

Attendance: This club will last for 4 weeks. You will attend college at our Boston Campus (Rochford), starting Monday 4th November 2024, 6:00pm - 9:00pm.

Cost: £65.00

Welcome to the Dry Needle Felting Club, where you'll dive into the fascinating world of an ancient craft that has become a popular, creative pastime. In this course, you'll gain a comprehensive understanding of the various tools used in dry needle felting, including different types and sizes of needles and their applications. Through a combination of demonstrations, detailed handouts, and guided practical activities, you'll learn to create stunning 2-dimensional images and basic 3-dimensional sculptures, transforming wool into intricate pieces of art.

By the end of the course, you will have explored a range of techniques such as layering wool to create 2-dimensional images, with practical tips on how to frame your work for display or attach it to materials for items like pencil cases. Additionally, you'll be introduced to the basic techniques of shaping and felting wool into 3-dimensional models, gaining a foundational understanding of simple armature and its applications. Join us in the Dry Needle Felting Club to discover the joys of this versatile and expressive craft, and take home your own unique creations.

Attendance: This club will last for 4 weeks. You will attend college at our Boston Campus (Rochford), starting Tuesday 21st January 2025, 6:00pm - 9:00pm.

Cost: £65.00

Welcome to Felted Folk Art, a creative arts club where you will explore the enchanting world of flat felt sheets to craft both functional pieces and decorative art forms. Throughout this course, you'll be introduced to a variety of techniques to decorate both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional works, drawing inspiration from traditional folk art designs. Our guided demonstrations will help you master hand-stitched embroidery techniques, enabling you to transform simple felt sheets into unique and intricate pieces of art. From composing collages to appliqué, you’ll gain hands-on experience in creating stunning effects with a range of stitches.

The course is designed to be highly experiential, offering practical activities that foster creativity and skill development. You'll have the opportunity to create 3-dimensional items, such as tulips, animals, or birds, and to draw inspiration from both historical and contemporary artists to design your own 2-dimensional artwork. To support your learning journey, we provide comprehensive handouts and continuous guidance. By the end of the course, you will have developed your own unique ideas, produced beautiful pieces of art to take home, and acquired a set of versatile techniques that you can apply to future projects. Join Felted Folk Art and immerse yourself in a world of creativity and craftsmanship!

Attendance: This club will last for 4 weeks. You will attend college at our Boston Campus (Rochford), starting Tuesday 4th March 2025, 6:00pm - 9:00pm.

Cost: £65.00

This 6-week pottery club is designed for those with some prior experience who want to work on their own clay projects while receiving expert guidance. Whether you're refining your skills or exploring new techniques, this relaxed and supportive environment will give you the freedom to develop your creativity and work at your own pace, with help available when needed.

All materials and tools are provided, including buff clay. If you prefer to work with specialist clays, such as crank, white or porcelain, they are available at an additional cost. If there are not enough participants, the course will be cancelled, and all payments will be refunded.

At the end of each session, everyone will take part in cleaning and tidying up.

 There will be a beginners course starting in the New Year, as well as a 2 session Beginners Christmas club starting on the 14^th Of November.

Attendance: This club will last for 6 weeks. You will attend college at our Boston Campus (Rochford), starting Wednesday 6th November 2024, 6:00pm - 8:00pm.

Cost: £80.00

Join this two-week ceramic Christmas course to create your own stoneware decorations to adorn your tree or mantlepiece! The first week will focus on making; using slab-work to create hanging decorations and pinch pots to make festive tealight holders, which can be customised with stamps, carving and glazing.

 Once your work has been bisque-fired, the second week will focus on glazing: painting cheerful scenes with stains, using oxides to emphasise textural work, or layering brush-on glazes to create interesting effects.

 This course is suitable for beginner's and would act as a great, short introduction into the world of pottery!

Attendance: This club will last for 2 weeks. You will attend college at our Boston Campus (Rochford), starting Thursday 14th November 2024, 6:00pm - 8:00pm.

Cost: £35.00