Emily Fratson is a Hull-based artist working primarily in ceramics and drawing in various mediums.
Originally from near Memphis, Tennessee, Emily is curious about the connections between there and Memphis, Egypt. You can expect to see her interpretation of these connections in her work presented in this showcase.
Explore the basics of letterpress printing on this half day workshop with artist David Armes.
In this short session you will set metal type by hand, impose a forme and print a bookmark in two colours using a tabletop Adana press. Please bring a short line or two from a favourite poem, song or proverb.
Explore the art of mixed media with artist Ingrid Holborn. Have fun creating a unique canvas that could be given as a beautiful gift.
With her more than 20 years experience, Gloria will guide you through the stages to create your own stained glass piece. Choose from a hedgehog, bird, ladybird, bee, owl, butterfly or other garden creature and learn this incredible art.
This three hour session includes all materials and Gloria’s expert tuition.
In this workshop, you will create your own lino print and have a go at lino printing. Learn the basics, cut your own lino and make your very own lino print.
This workshop will cost £12.50 per person which includes all materials & refreshments.
All Traenerhus’ workshops are held in their cosy High Street Studio in Hull’s Old Town in the Museums Quarter.
Call (01482) 324596 or email traenerhus@gmail.com to book your place or find out more info.
Explore a range of topics using different materials including guauche and acrylic paint, pencil, collage and crayons, along with using various methods, both 2D and 3D and working in different sizes.
Children will explore art using observation, imagination as well as taught techniques. Art Club aims to enrich learning and development as well as offering a creative fun and relaxing experience.
Parents & carers are welcome to stay for the duration of the session.
Using stoneware clay we will build a Green man plaque that is unique, and has been present in churches and spiritual buildings for thousands of years. The finished plaque will be finished with iron oxide to give a rustic and ancient look.
This workshop will cost £36 per person, including all materials.
Using seasonal leaves, you will learn to make a unique leaf pendant using silver clay paste. Once fired, your pendant will comprise 99% pure silver.
This workshop will cost £42, which includes all materials.
Everyone has the capacity to be creative. If you are interested in ideas to help you develop a daily creative habit, this course is for you.
It will help you to release your creative side, to experiment and be more playful using materials such as inks, pens and crayons to discover new marks and textures and ways of using and seeing the ordinary things around you, as inspiration to express who you are.
Switching on your creative side helps you to become more mindful and self-aware, and keeps you in the moment, treasuring the important things in life, the small family moments and milestones. This has been proven to have significant benefits for health and well-being.
This session will be different to Part 1, so ideal for those wanting a second filling of Clare’s Journaling workshop. Those who did not attend the first session are still welcome to come along.
Drop into the Hull and East Riding Museum for a chance to make your own piece of Roman art to take home.
Enjoy some family fun and get inspired by the museum’s spectacular Roman displays.
On this workshop you will learn how to wet felt around a resist to make a felted book cover for your diary or notebook.
If you have a specific diary or notebook you want to make a cover for bring it with you on the day so we can make your cover exactly to size.
This 5 week course follows on from the beginners’ course, and will work on beautiful new pieces of work using the techniques learned in the first course plus new techniques.
This course will also include an introduction to the basics of glazing and surface decoration.
£125 for the full 5 weeks per person including all materials and tools.
Everyone loves Elephants! An easy fun workshop using hands to shape an elephant from stoneware clay.
This workshop covers a wide range of subject matters and can accommodate all ages and abilities. The sessions are an opportunity to learn basic techniques, whilst enjoying the creation of unique objects.
The best of the city’s local produce, crafters & makers will fill Hull Minster inside and out, alongside street food and flea market stalls offering vintage items & other collectables.
Makers – Local Produce – Collectables – Vintage – Artisan – Designer – Food & Drink – Entertainment
£2 entry all day. Under 12’s are free
Suzie Reffold is an experienced potter who specialises in hand-building techniques, throwing on the wheel, and decorative
During this session, you will learn to create honey pots using the coil building technique. This method has been used to shape clay into pots for many thousands of years, and is the best technique for both small and large pots, as well as sculptures.
Using the coiling technique, it is possible to build thicker or taller walled pots, which may not have been possible using earlier methods, permitting more control whilst allowing you to build on top of the walls to make the pots look bigger with less danger of collapsing.
This workshop is suitable for beginners, and costs £25 per person.
Suzie Reffold is an experienced potter who specialises in hand-building techniques, throwing on the wheel, and decorative techniques.
Scraffitto (Italian – “to scratch”), is a decorating pottery technique produced by applying layers of colour or colours to leather hard pottery, then scratching off layers to create contrasting images, patterns and texture and reveal the clay colour underneath.
During this session, you will develop hand in beautiful decorative affects using both Scraffitto and slip decoration.
This workshop is suitable for beginners, and costs £25 per person which includes materials and firing.
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