Celebrate the Summer Solstice with us and learn two new skills, make a memory AND have fun, by creating your own striking Suncatcher in mosaic and enamel for your garden.
I am collaborating with the fabulous Katie Sanderson, a local enamel artist and teacher, to bring you a unique and exciting all-day workshop experience, where you can try your hand at two crafts in one day to create one very special piece for your garden.
You will get three hours with each of us.
With Katie you will be creating kiln fired enamelled flowers to attach to the mosaic.
You will learn how to:
* Cut and shape the copper into flowers.
* Apply the enamel to copper using various techniques.
* How to fire your own work (everything is fired and finished on the same day)
This is an introduction to enamelling and requires no previous experience. You will be able to create 3-4 flowers and you will have a huge array of enamel colours to play with!
The enamelling will all be completed that day ready to attach to the finished mosaic.
Then with me you will create your mosaic using the direct method and will use a combination of colourful vitreous glass tiles, ceramic beads and mirror to coordinate with your enamelled flowers.
No experience necessary, suitable for beginners.
We won't have time to grout during the workshop as the adhesive will still be wet, but you will be given a short demo and enough grout to finish your piece off at a later date.
(Suncatcher measures approximately 30 x 7cm and is suitable for outdoors. Please note, shepherds crook is not included)
£110 per person, which includes all materials, tuition, tea and cake. Please bring your own lunch.
On: 20th June 2025
From: 10am to 5pm
At: The Inspiring Creativity Studio, The Old Saddlery. Old Park. Lydney Park Estate. Gloucestershire. GL15 6BU
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