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- Bookbinding weekend: endband extravaganza
Course start date: Sat 13 Jul 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kathy AbbottA weekend packed full of endbands for bookbinding enthusiasts. Learn a little about the history and different styles of endband and try out some for yourself. There will be demonstrations of a range of endbands including multi-coloured, Islamic and ‘Manhattan’ style. Suitable for those with bookbinding experience.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £159.00 - Introduction to body castingCourse start date: Sat 13 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie MerloAn introduction to casting parts of the body from hands and limbs to faces and entire heads. We will also look at how to assemble moulds to eliminate bad registration lines and mould distortions in the finished plaster casts.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Anatomy and physiology: workshopCourse start date: Sat 13 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Janet WhiteheadEver wondered what your insides look like? This fascinating class offers an understanding of our body and the amazing way it works. Ideal for anyone with a general interest as well as those hoping to progress to higher level courses.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £189.00 - Classical actingCourse start date: Mon 15 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura BaggaleyBroaden your skills and discover the freedom to act with classical text in a safe and fun environment, playing with a range of texts from Ibsen to Oscar Wilde. Gain the confidence to tackle different styles of language and performance through practical exercises and scene work. - Japanese beginners: module 3Course start date: Mon 15 Apr 2024 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaContinue learning to speak Japanese on this course for near beginners. The emphasis is on developing your listening and speaking skills. Suitable if you have completed beginners module 2 or 6 months recently
.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Return to French: lower intermediate (daytime)Course start date: Mon 15 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pascale VuittenezCome and join this lively interactive course to refresh your lower intermediate French. After attending this course you will be able join a level 2 course in September .Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Colour mixing studio: two-day painting projectCourse start date: Thu 18 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stuart JonesThis is a brief introduction to acrylic painting techniques and the use of mediums and materials. Explore a practical approach to painting, including layering, impasto, glazing and application of paint mediums. Ideal for those new to painting in acrylics.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - DSLR filmmakingCourse start date: Sat 20 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lyndon IvesThink quality video production needs a whole film crew? Think again! Discover how you can easily shoot
professional-level video on your own digital SLR camera and find out why DSLRs have become the camera of choice for many broadcast professionals.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Introduction to social media data analyticsCourse start date: Sat 20 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Manideepa PaulLearn how recognise, analyse, present and use data on the social media channels most commonly used by organisations. - Try it out: jewellery making weekend Course start date: Sat 20 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rae DuncanAimed at beginners or those wanting a refresher. Join this action packed weekend to make a pendant and silver ring. Implementing fundamental jewellery making techniques, you will gain the basic skills you need to make simple jewellery in metal.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £159.00 - Printmaking weekend: summer school intensiveCourse start date: Sat 20 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosey PrinceAs part of our summer school in visual arts, come and learn some exciting, low tech printmaking techniques to equip you with skills so you can easily make prints at home without the use of specialist equipment.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Old master drawing techniques: summer school intensiveCourse start date: Mon 22 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon EnglishLook back at the drawing techniques and materials used by the Old Masters of the Renaissance period. Working to set exercises, practise and develop drawing skills and explore drawing materials used by some of the artists of this time.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Bookbinding: binding on stubs Course start date: Wed 24 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kathy AbbottA stub binding is an excellent way to bind books that cannot be rounded and backed, or which have illustrations that cross the centre fold. Stubs can also be used to bind individual pieces of paper into a book. A stub binding allows the pages of a book to open freely – right back to the centre-fold, and once learned, this technique can be used with many traditional and contemporary binding styles.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Appraising jewellery and gemstones Course start date: Sat 27 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Judith Crowe, Derek JhinnooWish you knew more about the jewellery you were buying, or could value the heirlooms in your drawer? Join this fascinating two-day course to learn how to appraise gem set jewellery and stones. Explore precious metals, hallmarking, common gemstones found in jewellery and how to identify antique pieces, and bring your own jewellery for assessment by the tutor. - Flush setting for jewellery makers
Course start date: Sat 27 Jul 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Louise Seijen Ten HoornFor intermediate jewellers. Learn how to set round brilliant cut/faceted stones in sheet metal and rings using the traditional flush setting technique. You will practice in copper, before moving on to work in silver. There will also be a chance to make your own flush setting tool.
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