SATURDAY SERIES
The Artspace ‘Saturday Series’ is a programme of weekend workshops for adults running here at Artspace. Each workshop is designed to provide a bespoke, one-off, arts experience that you can enjoy, at your leisure, on a weekend. Whether you would like to paint something to hang on your wall at home, or make a beautiful crafty gift for a friend or family member, these half-day or full day workshops aim to help you to create something unique! A deposit of £20 is required to secure your place on each workshop.
To express your interest in a place or for more information, please contact Dan on 01594 825111 or email dan@artspacecinderford.org
Click here to download a copy of our Summer 2023 programme
Jigsaw Linocuts, with Emily Bagnall
Saturday 1st April 2023/ 10:30am – 4:30pm
Artspace, The New Mercury, 3 Woodside Street, Cinderford, GL14 2NL
Cost: £45
This linocutting workshop will provide a fab, fun and simple way of making a complex multi coloured block print from just one block of lino. Once carved the lino is cut like a jigsaw, inked and then reassembled before printing, there are however some useful tips and tricks along the way and some interesting options at the printing stage such as using eco cotton buds and tissue paper. Find out more by joining us.
All materials provided. Please bring a packed lunch
To express your interest in a place or for more information, please contact Dan on 01594 825111 or email dan@artspacecinderford.org
Making Books, with Lizzie Godden
Saturday 22nd April 2023 /10:30am – 4:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford)
Artspace, The New Mercury, 3 Woodside Street, Cinderford, GL14 2NL
Cost: £45 including materials
Enjoy learning techniques to make books, using recycled, patterned, and printed papers. We’ll be making pamphlet stitch books, stab bound books, folded books and piano hinge books, using easily available tools.
Please bring a packed lunch
To express your interest in a place or for more information, please contact Dan on 01594 825111 or email dan@artspacecinderford.org
Creative Writing – Writing the short story! with Robin Kemp
Saturday 22nd April 2023 / 10:30am – 4:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford)
Artspace, The New Mercury, 3 Woodside Street, Cinderford, GL14 2NL
Cost: £40 including materials
Throughout this one-day workshop we will be investigating how to write short stories, this will include: creating and developing interesting and engaging characters, setting the scene, studying examples of short stories and looking at what makes them engaging to readers. Through practical work, investigations and a relaxed and casual environment, we aim to deliver useful and thought-provoking skills to help new writers begin their learning journeys and existing writers to further sharpen their skillset.
Please bring a packed lunch.
To express your interest in a place or for more information, please contact Dan on 01594 825111 or email dan@artspacecinderford.org
Mindful Photography, with Andy Squiff
Saturday 13th May 2023 /10:30am – 4:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford)
Artspace, The New Mercury, 3 Woodside Street, Cinderford, GL14 2NL
Cost: £40
This is not a technical workshop, you can bring any camera that you regularly use, including your phone. Before we start taking any shots we will take time to relax using breathwork and qi gong to help us awaken our senses and connect with our environment, discovering new ways to look at the world and find beauty in everyday reality. Cinderford offers urban and natural environments to explore and we can get creative juxtaposing both. Mindful photography offers an opportunity to slow down and get creative and will hopefully leave you feeling inspired and positive.
Andy Squiff is a designer and photographer who has worked in the creative industry for over 30 years, he thrives on the inspiration he finds in nature and enjoys sharing his passion for both creativity and the local area.
Please bring a packed lunch
To express your interest in a place or for more information, please contact Dan on 01594 825111 or email dan@artspacecinderford.org
Botanical Casting, with Svilen Radev
Saturday 13th May 2023 /10:30am – 4:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford)
Artspace, The New Mercury, 3 Woodside Street, Cinderford, GL14 2NL
Cost: £45 including materials
Botanical art is made by pressing plants, flowers & objects into clay. They are then removed & plaster is poured over to create the cast.
In the workshop you will create two pieces of art – the clay imprint and the plaster cast in a shape and size of your choice. The botanical relief makes an ideal gift for garden and nature lovers. You are welcome to bring along your own flowers etc. if you’d like.
Please bring a packed lunch.
To express your interest in a place or for more information, please contact Dan on 01594 825111 or email dan@artspacecinderford.org
Portrait Inspired by ancient Romans, with Dorota Rapucz Dufort
Saturday 17th June 2023 / 10:30am – 4:30pm (at Artspace Cinderford)
Artspace, The New Mercury, 3 Woodside Street, Cinderford, GL14 2NL
Cost: £45 including materials
Using a photo selection of Roman portraits we will have to exercise our 3D awareness to reproduce a portrait in clay. As a starting point will be a model of the human skull and on its shape we will model what we can and cannot see from the photograph.
Please bring a packed lunch
To express your interest in a place or for more information, please contact Dan on 01594 825111 or email dan@artspacecinderford.org