Classes/Workshops

Spring 2012 Courses

TO BOOK:
Please contact the tutors directly. Click on the link to the right, or on the tutor's name below each class

A deposit payable to the tutor is required to secure a place and the balance is due at the first class. Many of these courses continue throughout the year. Please note there is only parking for disabled students on site.

2 New Courses! Details just announced...

Japanese Bookbinding

11 Dec 10:30am - 4:30pm £35

This is an opportunity to make and take away two bespoke hand made books.
Using Japanese side sewing techniques you will be taught how to produce soft
and hardback cover books in a landscape format using paper based materials
and book cloth.

This bookbinding method can be used to bind sets of single pages together using
traditional Japanese sewing patterns.

The workshop is designed for participants either with or without previous experience of bookbinding and all materials will be provided.

Tutor: Guy Begbie

and... back by popular demand and in time for Christmas...

Bookbinding

17 Dec 10:30am - 4:30pm £35

Here is your opportunity to make and take away your own uniquely designed handmade book. Learn the art of bookmaking, crafting a multi-functional pocket sized hard back concertina book containing a variety of page sequencing, viewing configurations and pull out options for display. Discover different methods of folding, sewing and pasting and learn how to use various types

of paper stock, paper engineering and page cutting techniques.

The workshop is designed for participants either with or without previous experience of bookbinding and all materials will be provided.

Tutor: Guy Begbie

Monday

Drawing from Life

16 Jan - 26 Mar; 10am - 1pm

or 2 - 5pm; 10 weeks £200

Intensive drawing classes for those keen
to learn. The course is designed for people who are looking to establish a firm and intelligent foundation for a lifetime of creative practice. The subject is presented so that real benefit will be available to the least experienced whilst also extending the most gifted.
Half-term 13 Feb;
Tutor: Saied Dai

Life Painting and Drawing

9 Jan - 26 Mar; 7 - 9:30pm;

11 weeks £121 or £11 per session;

Student concs £9 per session

A tutored class, friendly and hard working. Sessions open with quick poses followed by a pose held over two or three weeks enabling more intensive study. All
abilities welcome.
Half-term 13 Feb;
Tutor: Charlotte Edge

Tuesday

Long Pose Class

3 Jan - 27 Mar; 10am - 1pm;

12 weeks £120 or £10 per session

This is an untutored, informal and friendly class. The model holds one pose for the whole session and is heavily lit. Artists can work in any medium they prefer. All levels are welcome.
Half-term 14 Feb;
Tutor: Sue Larner

Creative Garden Design - Learn to design
a garden with an artist's eye

7 Feb - 27 Mar; 2 - 4:30pm;
8 weeks £160

An opportunity to engage in the creative process of designing your own garden; evolving an idea and working with form, shape, texture and colour in 3 dimensions. The course will cover all the stages needed to design a garden, surveying, graphics, the design principles of unity, simplicity, balance, proportion, interest and functionality, key information on plants and hard landscaping. With Lucinda's background in Fine Art and Garden Design, and with the botanic garden just outside the studios, this is
an opportunity to be creative in your own outdoor space.
Tutor: Lucinda Burgess

Life Drawing for all Levels

3 Jan - 27 Mar; 6:30 - 9pm;

12 weeks £150 or £80 per half-term

I work closely with each individual in the class to provide tuition to support their learning at whatever level of skill they have. Support and encouragement is given to absolute beginners and the class also offers creative challenges to those wanting to improve their drawing. Use of a wide range of different media is possible - basic materials provided at a small cost.
Half-term 14 Feb;
Tutor: Felicity Bowers

Crafts for the Home with Funky Art House

3 Jan - 27 Mar; 6:30 - 8:30pm;

12 weeks £108 or £54 per half term

Make practical and entirely unique crafts for your home. The course covers a variety of projects and materials each term - mosaics, soft furnishings, seasonal decorations, ceramics, weaving and more. Learn new skills and make new friends along the way in our very relaxed, popular class. Projects often have an emphasis on up-cycling - turning old & unused materials into new and unique pieces of art. All materials included & all abilities welcome. Refreshments provided. Taught in the Funky Art House studio.
Half-Term 14 Feb;
Tutor: Jo Milford

Wednesday

Drawing for Absolute Beginners

8 Feb - 28 Mar; 10am - 12:30pm;

8 weeks £120 inc. some materials

Anyone can learn to draw. In a friendly atmosphere, with plenty of support and one-to-one tuition, we'll focus on the development of observational skills, whilst introducing a wide variety of media.
Tutor: Lucinda Burgess

Crafts for the Home with Funky Art House

4 Jan - 28 Mar; 11am - 1pm;

12 weeks £108 or £54 per half term

Life Modelling in Clay

4 Jan - 28 Mar; 2 - 5pm and 6:30 - 9:30pm; 12 weeks £180 + £12 materials charge

A tutored course using clay as a means of exploring the figure in three dimensions. The same pose is used over several weeks. Beginners welcome! Materials charge applies.
Half-term 15 Feb;
Tutor: Sue Larner

Thursday

Creativity through Watercolour
and Mixed Media

12 Jan - 22 Mar; 10am - 1pm

or 2 - 5pm; 10 weeks £150 for half day, £250 for full day

Nature is experienced in details of growth patterns as well as through landscape. Natural forms echo our own psychological process and also provide a starting point for imaginative themes. This course enables you to develop your own unique way. Initially the craft and techniques of watercolours and then of mixed media will be taught and demonstrated to show their descriptive and expressive potential.
Half-term 16 Feb;
Tutor: Michael Chaitow

Mosaics with Funky Art House

5 Jan - 29 Mar 11am - 1pm;

12 weeks £108 or £54 per half term.

Learn to make coasters from recycled china, glass and found objects and then move on to design and produce your own unique mosaic mirror, photoframe and 3D object. The course covers various mosaic techniques with an emphasis on upcycling. You may want to bring along some objects to make it more personal to you - broken necklaces, shells, china etc. All materials included & all abilities welcome. Refreshments provided. Taught in the Funky Art House studio.
Half-term 16 Feb;
Tutor: Jo Milford

Friday

Drawing for Absolute Beginners

10 Feb - 30 Mar; 10am - 12:30pm;

8 weeks £120 inc. some materials

Experimental Print Making

20 Jan - 30 Mar; 1:30 - 4:30pm;

10 weeks £125 inc. some materials

An opportunity to explore the fascinating world of printmaking. Initially students will be shown the techniques of mono-printing and then progress to collagraph and drypoint printing. As the course progresses participants will be supported in the development of their own work. Beginners welcomed. There may be a charge for additional materials. This course makes use of an Hawthorn Printing Press.
Half Term 17 Feb;
Tutor: Carole Tonge

Saturday

Papercrafts with Funky Art House

4 Feb; 10:30am - 4:30pm;

£49 inc. materials

Begin by exploring marbelling to make some beautiful papers. Then discover
the craft of decoupage. Please bring along images to use in your decoupage to add
a personal touch. All materials included
& all abilities welcome. Refreshments provided. Taught in the Funky Art
House studio.
Tutor: Jo Milford

Painting with Freedom

24 Mar; 10am - 4pm; £75 inc. materials

A one day workshop designed to free creative potential using a series of quick painting exercises which lead to a fresh, inventive and original response to painting.
Tutor: Guy Thomas

Life Drawing for all Levels

4 Feb and 17 Mar; 10:30am - 4:30pm;
£35 per day

A whole day of intensive life drawing for any level of skill. A chance to really get
to grips with the subject and make real progress. Working with any media, including painting, is encouraged.
Details as Tuesdays;
Tutor: Felicity Bowers

Printmaking by Hand

25 Feb; 10:30am - 4:30pm;
£40 inc. some materials

Explore the art of printmaking with a minimum of equipment. You can make beautiful prints using just hand pressure, with no need for a press. We will work with lino, card and collage relief prints
to produce limited editions in black and white and colour, also monoprint for painterly effects.
Tutor: Felicity Bowers

Sunday

Mono-print workshop with life model

29 Jan; 1:30 - 4:30 pm; £35 inc.
some materials

Working with a life model, students will produce a series of life-study mono-prints. Some experience of life drawing would be an advantage but full training will be given in mono-print techniques and the use of the printing press.
Tutor: Carole Tonge

Nostalgia/Found objects sculpture

12 Feb; 10am - 2pm; £25 inc wire
and use of tools

This course is complete beginners, intermediate and experienced levels. Also for A level students considering study on an Art and Design Foundation course. Bring: a significant object upon which to base your sculpture, old, special clothing, suitable for cutting up for re-use in the sculpture, 5 found objects. You will learn how to make a framework using wire on which to build your sculpture using old fabrics and objects. Tools and wire supplied. Look up Sophie Lowe at fringeartsbathnetwork.co.uk to get some ideas!
Tutor: Sophie Lowe

Collagraph Printmaking workshop
with life model

26 Feb 1:30- 4:30pm;
£35 inc some materials

Working with a life model, students will produce a series of print studies using collagraph print techniques. This involves printing with a variety of textured materials. Full training will be given in collagraph printing techniques and the use of the printing press, some experience of life drawing would be an advantage.
Tutor: Carole Tonge

Domestic sculpture

4 Mar; 10am - 2pm; £25 inc. wire
and use of tools

Suitability: beginners, intermediate and experienced. You will learn how to use wire and other materials such as paper and fabric to make a practical sculptural piece for your home. This could be a beautiful wire lampshade, container, a letter holder, outdoor sculpture, or anything else you would like to make! Materials are supplied, come with your ideas!
Tutor: Sophie Lowe

Sculptural/3D challenge, Just for fun

11 Mar; 10am - 2pm; £25 inc. materials and use of tools

Suitable for beginners, intermediate
and experienced practitioners and A level students who are thinking about progressing to an Art and Design Foundation course.

You will be given a range of conventional and unconventional materials with which to work, a sculpture/3D task and time limit. In pairs or individually, you will be challenged to use your skills and ingenuity to complete the task. The objects you make can then be photographed and

uploaded onto a sharing website. This course is for you if you want to generate new ideas for your own work or to develop new 3D skills and have creative fun in
the process.
Tutor: Sophie Lowe

Printmaking workshop with life model

25 Mar; 1:30 - 4:30 pm;
£35 inc. some materials

This course is designed to follow on
from previous Sunday Workshops where, working with a life model, students can choose to produce either monoprint or collagraph prints.
Tutor: Carole Tonge

Flexible Classes

Ceramics Classes

3 hour sessions; various dates and times to suit. Other one-to-one options available. Classes taught
in ceramicist's studio; three
students maximum.

Various techniques will be covered ranging from slab building, coiling, hand building, collaging with organic materials dipped in liquid clay, jewellery and working with paper clay.
Tutor: Mary-Jane Evans

Ceramics Throwing Tuition

Flexible half or one hour sessions

Between 6 - 9pm Thursday,
or 9am - 6pm Friday

Learn to throw on the potters wheel with one-to-one tuition tailored to individual requirements, suitable for complete beginner onwards. Taught in ceramicist's studio.
Tutor: Trevor Lillistone