MAKE IT!
Join our skilled artists as they show you how to make something special that you can take home. Ticket price includes all materials and end processes. Wear old clothes for messier work and take special care with any tools or processes provided – you must listen and understand how to use these safely. Where included, children must be 7+ and accompanied by a responsible adult. Most activities are at The Canary Shed, which is behind The Parlour Café at Creeksea Place Barns, Ferry Road, CM0 8PJ. Some venues are not at The Canary Shed.
POTTERY THROWDOWN
with Phil Davies
Ever wondered what it’s like to use a potter’s wheel? In this 50 minute session, hopefully you will produce at least one small pot that can then be biscuit-fired for you to collect at a later date. Bring an apron and be ready to be messy.
There are 8 sessions available during the day, with only one person per session.
When: Sunday 21st June from 9am hourly
Venue: 35 St Marys Road CM0 8LX
Tickets £10
THE RIVER CROUCH IN WATERCOLOUR
with Sue Spiers
Join Sue on her demonstration as she paints a view of the local vineyard en plein air towards the River Crouch.
When: Thursday 25th June at 11am
Venue: meet outside The Canary Shed
Free – no booking required
DYEING WITH PLANTS
with Edwina Hughes
Learn how to extract a whole range of subtle colours from everyday plants – colours that you can go on to use in your prints and other artworks. (See also Botanical Printing with Plants).
When: 24th June at 11am
Venue: The Canary Shed, Parlour Café CM0 8PJ
Tickets £10
COASTAL COASTERS IN GLASS
with Fenella Miller
This will be your introduction to fusing glass by making one coaster which will then be taken away, fired and then posted back to you once complete. (There will be no glass cutting so this is suitable for children 7+ as well as adults).
2 classes, 8 people per class.
When: Friday 26th June at 10am and 2pm
Venue: The Canary Shed, Parlour Café CM0 8PJ
Tickets £12
BEAK & BRUSH BIRD PAINTING
with Sandra Bell
Turn an abstract splash of colour into a beautifully finished bird painting and leave with a mounted artwork you’ll be proud to take home. No experience necessary.
When: Wednesday 24th June at 2pm
Venue: The Canary Shed, Parlour Café CM0 8PJ
Tickets £15
SMARTPHONE ART COMPOSITION
with Marion Sidebottom
Transform your smartphone photography from ordinary to extraordinary. This 2-hour workshop teaches essential composition techniques using viewpoint, colour and natural light to create intentional, artistic images. Master your phone camera settings, see light differently, and develop your own visual style. Bring your own Smartphone!
When: Friday 26th June at 11am
Venue: The Canary Shed, Parlour Café CM0 8PJ
Tickets £10
SCULPT YOUR OWN RING
with Sarah Thompson
In this 2-hour hands-on workshop you will carve your own unique ring from jeweller’s wax, learning simple techniques to shape, refine and add texture to your design. At the end, you can choose to keep your wax model or have it professionally cast in recycled silver to make a finished piece of jewellery (at additional cost). Sharp instruments so sorry – no children.
When: Wednesday 24th June 6.30pm
Venue: Peaberries, 161 Station Road CM0 8HJ
Tickets £20
BOTANICAL PRINTING WITH PLANTS
with Edwina Hughes
Learn how to use the colours from everyday plants in spectacular printing. Participants will have 3 botanically printed pieces of work to take home with them. (See also Dyeing with Plants).
When: Friday 26th June at 3.30pm
Venue: The Canary Shed, Parlour Café CM0 8PJ
Tickets £10
HIDDEN GARDEN MURAL
with Jenny Newman and Jenny Hill
Join the artists at the studio and help to create a huge, colourful, rolling mural using Matisse-style cameo cutouts inspired by the tropical plants in the garden.
When: Every day 10.30am-4pm
Venue: 9 Winstree Road, CM0 8ET
Free – no booking needed
Enquiries
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