During the course, Priscilla will guide you through a journey of discovery, experimentation, and exploration, revealing the endless possibilities of working with paper, wire, and stitch. This workshop is designed to be playful and inspiring, introducing you to a wide range of techniques and processes that you can adapt to suit your own artistic practice. Priscilla will bring many of her own examples and will talk you through how she develops her ideas. Repurposing materials is an important element of her approach, so she encourages you to bring materials that hold meaning for you. However, because this workshop focuses on exploration and pushing boundaries, please ensure that anything you bring is something you are comfortable cutting up and reworking.

Evening Session: On the first evening, you will experiment with cutting and tearing papers, exploring the possibilities of shapes and forms.

• Day 1: Using your collection of papers from the evening session, you will work with inks, dyes, and pigments, learning how to add colour and create a variety of unique surfaces. Once your papers are prepared, you will develop them further using stitching, wax, and heat techniques to produce rich textures.
• Day 2: After exploring these 2D techniques, you will move on to creating 3D forms—folding, pinning, joining, and stitching to let your creativity flow in new and exciting directions.
• Day 3: You will focus on refining your ideas and, working directly from your body of samples, developing new pieces with a particular emphasis on scale.

Most equipment and materials will be provided, and a list of suggested items to bring will be sent to you once your place is confirmed. You are welcome to bring any additional resources you would like to use; Priscilla always encourages you to create pieces that reflect your own ideas.

Included

On this course the tutor will supply some of the materials including, wax, dyes, thread and needles. The College will supply some of the materials including, pins,, inks, acrylic paints and an assortment of papers. Studio sewing machines will be supplied for use during the course.

What students need to bring

• Apron
• Pen/Pencil
• Notebook or sketchbook
• Reading glasses if needed
• Paper scissors
• Camera or camera phone
• Any drawing materials you would like to bring – pastels, paint, inks, pencils etc
• Blue or black biro
• Masking tape/any other tapes you might have – brown tape, washi tape etc.
• Glue stick
• Dip pen with nib
• Variety of paint brushes
• Scrap papers – old wrapping paper, old books, found papers, old envelopes or packaging, brown paper – anything you have collected and would like to use.
• Old colour photographs the ones that are printed on photography paper (these are to be cut up)
• A plastic or bone folding tool
• Hand sewing threads & needles
• Magazines for collage

Available to buy

Available from shop:

• Dip pen
• Paint brushes
• Craft knife
• Sketchbooks
• Some papers
• Folding tool

Available from tutor:

• Extra wire

Additional information

Please wear appropriate clothing/aprons for the workshop or studio, this includes stout covered footwear (no sandals or open toes).

Arrival day - first date of course
Residential students can arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 6.45pm for registration  
Student welcome, followed by dinner: 6.45pm (dinner included)
Teaching session: 8pm-9pm (attendance is essential)

Daily timetable
Course teaching: 9.15am-5pm  
Morning session: 9.15am-12.45pm including coffee/tea break  
Lunch break: 12.45pm-2pm (lunch included)  
Afternoon session: 2pm-5pm including coffee/tea break  
Teaching finishes: 5pm    
Evening working: students may have access to workshops until 9pm, but only with permission from the tutor and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed.

Departure day - last date of course
Course teaching: 9.15am-3pm (lunch included)  
Teaching finishes: 3pm  

Residential students will need to check out of rooms by 10am.
Please note, the tutor may make slight variations to the daily timetable as required.

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