Make & Explore: A Creative Medium Course | 5-Week Course | Ages 18-21

Take part in this exciting free creative 4-week course led by professional and freelance artists. Plus, a free Amazon voucher for all attendees.

You’ll work alongside experienced creatives, experiment with materials, and discover how creative skills can lead to future opportunities in training, self-employment, or creative careers.

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Course Breakdown

Week 1: Pottery Build

Learn the basics of working with clay and create your own pottery piece from scratch. Explore creative ideas through hands-on making and learn about ceramic processes. Your piece will be taken away to be fired (you will decorate it in week 3). 

Week 2: Procreate & Sticker Making

Use Procreate to create your own designs and turn them into stickers. This session introduces digital creativity and how illustrated work can be developed into products.

Week 3: Pottery Painting

Return to your pottery pieces to decorate and finish them. Learn about surface design, colour, and personal style while refining your creative work.

Week 4: Cyanotype

Create bold blue prints using cyanotype, a simple yet striking photographic process. Layer objects and imagery on light-sensitive paper and expose them to light to produce unique, high-contrast prints. Perfect for experimenting with shape, texture, and composition.

Week 5: Zine Making

Create your own zine using illustration, collage, text, and print. Learn about self-publishing and how zines are used for storytelling, expression, and creative communication.

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No prior experience is required for any activity, and all equipment will be provided by us. Our friendly tutors will be there to support you every step of the way.

Who can get involved?

This course is open to young adults aged 18–21 from the Liverpool City Region who are not currently in education, employment or training (NEET).

When is this course?

This course is made up of five, weekly, 2-hour sessions.

Thursdays, 19th February - 19th March, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm.

Where will the workshop take place?

YMCA St Helens Youth Hub, St Helens, WA10 2TJ.

How much does it cost?

This project is generously funded by Youth Guarantee, with delivery support from VOLA, and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, therefore it is free to attend.

What equipment should I bring?

Hazlehurst Studios will bring all of the equipment needed to participate in this course.

How do I sign up?

Sign up for a place here on Eventbrite by clicking the register button and filling out our registration form.

For any clarifications please contact us at aW5mbyB8IGRpZ2l0YWxhcnRzYm94ICEgb3Jn or call 0151 433 2223.

**Tickets are non-transferable - please ensure the name of the participant you sign up matches the person who arrives at our session. Each young person must have their own ticket.**

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