Crafts courses

...you to describe and interpret what you see in galleries in an increasingly constructive and engaged fashion. • List a number of important 20th Century...

...Exposing and developing cyanotype prepared paper - Prepare artwork and photographs for cyanotype printing - Make your own series of prints onto paper...

...understanding of the process start to finish • Screen print creatively • Prepare any type of artwork for making photo stencils • Produce your own screen printed work...

...Use the sewing machine. - Sew seams - Sew single and double (contour) darts - Create buttonholes. - Sew in a short sleeve - Prepare and attach a collar...

...There will be a mixture of group demonstrations and individual tutorial support and some of the demonstrations will be determined by student requirements...

...use of the colour wheel • Mix primary colours to achieve secondary and tertiary colours • Use paint to describe the basics of tonal structure • Gain confidence...

...your personal response to colour with greater awareness Approach painting from observation with a deeper sense of your own creative interests. The course...

...expand your creativity through experiments with water-based media and collage techniques - combine watercolour with other media to enhance your painting style...

...Hand stitching - Applying metal fittings - Marking up, cutting out and edge-finishing leather. You will be taught by a mixture of demonstration and practise...

...with hand knitting - Develop and produce several sample swatches of the basic techniques. - You will be taken through a variety of basic stitches using...

...work using slips and glazes - Make a small jar with a fitted lid OR throw using porcelain. You will learn how to prepare clay, how to centre it on...

...using professional techniques - Hand and machine hems - Produce a range of sewing samples for future reference - Press and finish samples - Demonstrate...

...• understand the process of developing a painting from start to finish. • improve paint handling technique • have increased confidence selecting and developing...

...Understand how colour interacts using structured exercises 2. Develop your practice using the components of colour 3. Familiarise yourself with the historical...

...Read and discuss a range of critical and theoretical ideas and texts with greater confidence - Analyse creative practices in relation to perception...

...of the relevance of scale and proportion in sculpture - Have a first understanding of tools and materials suitable for sculpting in clay - Use basic...

...punches & a rolling mill - Make a pierced pendant & a silver ring band - Work safely in a jewellery workshop. - Cutting metal - Texturing metal...

...colour and as colour as a resource in sketchbooks 2. Utilise visual stimuli from gallery research and studio work to develop personal themes...

...Decorate finished forms using coloured slips. This highly practical course will cover: - Materials preparation - A range of hand-building techniques...

...the projects with an open mind. - understand how letterforms and layout communicate effectively - design 3D forms using folding - understand what constitutes...