May 2021
Museum Dye Garden Tours
Join this tour by Head Gardener Liz Pope and find out more about the garden and the process of natural dyeing.
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June 2021
Crafternoon
Free, but booking is required
Thursdays: 2-4pm 24 June | 29 July | 26 August | 30 September | 28 October A friendly, informal once a month get together for adults. Bring your knitting, cross-stitch or whatever you might be crafting and enjoy working in an inspiring environment with friendly folk, while you enjoy free tea and biscuits.
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July 2021
Crafternoon
Free, but booking is required
A friendly, informal once a month get together for adults. Bring your knitting, cross-stitch or whatever you might be crafting and enjoy working in an inspiring environment with friendly folk, while you enjoy free tea and biscuits.
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Natural Dye Demonstrations & Workshops
This is a free drop-in event but numbers will be limited so you may have to wait for entrance to the event. Join artists and makers who have graduated from the museum’s natural dyeing course in a lively day of workshops and demonstrations in natural dyeing. Expect spinning demonstrations, paper craft activities, solar dying, weaving demonstrations and hapazome. The activities will be a mixture of free and paid for.
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Crafternoon
Free, but booking is required
A friendly, informal once a month get together for adults. Bring your knitting, cross-stitch or whatever you might be crafting and enjoy working in an inspiring environment with friendly folk, while you enjoy free tea and biscuits.
Find out more »September 2021
Nature Writing
with Suzanne Joinson
Lunch included This creative writing workshop is inspired by local nature and explores the connections between writing, storytelling and the natural world. You don’t need to be a wildlife expert, nor do you need to have written seriously before. All you need is enthusiasm for the natural world and a willingness to explore a range of ways to bring the wilds alive on the page. The workshop includes an introduction to nature writing, writing exercises and the opportunity to share…
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Introduction to Type Design (online)
with Viktoriya Grabowska
Mondays: 13, 20, 27 September 7-9pm In 2016 Viktoriya was British Council artist in resident at the museum as part of the Village of Type season. We’re excited to be working with her again on this short series of online workshops that Viktoriya has designed especially for the museum. Participants will be invited to design their own typefaces with limited characterset. While encouraging experiment and fun, this workshop will introduce part of the processes involved in the designing a typeface.…
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Book Cover Design Masterclass
with David Pearson
£150 inc. all materials & lunch 10.30am - 4.30pm both days Join David for this two-day masterclass in which you will produce your own book covers, from initial roughs through to finished 3D mockups (and everything in-between). Materials will be supplied but attendees are encouraged to bring along their own art materials and/or a laptop computer (although neither is essential). David Pearson is an award-winning book designer with 20 years of publishing industry experience. David has been listed as one…
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Crafternoon
Free, but booking is required
A friendly, informal once a month get together for adults. Bring your knitting, cross-stitch or whatever you might be crafting and enjoy working in an inspiring environment with friendly folk, while you enjoy free tea and biscuits.
Find out more »October 2021
Writing for Children and Young Adults
with Patrice Lawrence
Come and surprise yourself with the characters and storylines that flow out of your imagination prompted by old, familiar myths, legends and fairy tales.
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Illustration Workshop
with Marion Deuchars
£80 inc, materials & lunch Join award winning children’s book illustrator and author Marion Deuchars for a one day workshop sure to get your creative juices flowing. In this workshop Marion will help you to explore; The importance of PLAY. How to generate ideas. Text and Image. Finding your own creative voice. British illustrator and author Marion Deuchars publishes beautifully illustrated children’s books and has created her own globally recognised style of hand lettering. Graduating with a distinction from the…
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