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January 2011 No matter if you are an absolute beginner or a master with knitting needles this day course is the ideal opportunity to start a new hobby or pick up an old one. Julie will be on hand to help you design and make your very own heart heirloom blanket. The size of your finished blanket will be up to you, but what better time of year to make something to snuggle up with on cold winters evening. Course tutor Julie Ferguson from Mr Darcys Cottage. @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone. Thursday 13th January £75.00. (This one day course is followed by four evening classes, giving you the opportunity to finish your blanket with help from Julie if required. Wed 3rd, Thurs 10th, Thurs 17th, Thurs 24th February £40.00 for all four sessions) Botanical Drawing Come and spend a relaxing day with us learning how to draw the beautiful foliage and berries that grow in our gardens and hedgerows during the winter. No previous drawing experience is necessary as we will take the fear out of putting pencil, pastel or paint to paper! If you already know the basics but would like an opportunity to brush up on your skills, or an excuse to spend a day with pencil in hand then this is the course for you! @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Wednesday 19th January£60.00 February 2011 Building with Willow @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Building with Willow- Furniture Join us for this fun and practical day and learn how to make a piece of furniture out of willow that you can take home to plant in your garden (or school) and watch it grow! This new natural furniture will not only give you hours of pleasure, but the local wildlife will love it too! @ Bay Tree Cottage Thursday 10th February £75.00 April 2011 Basket Making @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Wednesday 6th April £75.00 Wire Garden Sculpture Join us for the day and learn how to make a beautiful figurative sculpture out of wire using Britain’s birds as our inspiration. Sculptures made of wire look fabulous in any landscape or garden as either a stunning focal point or a quirky addition in a quiet corner! The workshop will be run by Annaliitta Stretch a trained sculpture who has worked with wire as a medium creating many wonderful pieces of art. Annie will show you a range of pre-made wire sculptures and after a short demonstration you will be let loose to create your own piece of sculpture. Reference material will be provided to give any required additional inspiration, and participants will all receive one-to-one tutoring throughout the day. @ Bell Plantation Garden Centre Thursday 7 April £75 May 2011 Landscape Drawing Come and join us at Bay Tree Cottage for a day of landscape drawing. Participants will be given the run of the gardens and using a mixture of pencil, pastel and paint you will be encouraged to create a masterpiece! @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Wednesday 4th May £60.00 Wire Sculpture Using a range of wire you will discover how to create beautiful figurative sculptures drawing on images of Britain's birds as our inspiration. @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Thursday 5th May £75.00 Creating a 'Huff House'! Do you need an extra ‘room’ for an office or den? Or do you simply crave for a place to get away from it all? If the current housing market has prevented you from moving to a larger home, come and see how you can create your very own ‘Huff House’ in your garden. This fun and practical one-day course is designed to show you how you can transform your old garden shed into a useable & practical space or a secret hideaway! Working together we will transform an ordinary garden shed at Bell Plantation into a wonderful outdoor room; with lots of practical tips on how you can decorate and furnish your own ‘Huff House according to your budget and time. @ Bell Plantation Towcester Thursday 12th May £60.00 Ceramic Painting Have you always wanted to hand paint your own tiles, or would you like to design your own range of crockery? If you think you could be the next Emma Bridgewater then come and join us for the day discovering the art of ceramic painting. Sue Barnwell will be on hand with a range of glazes, blanks and tricks of the trade to help you produce a stunning finished piece. Tutor Sue Barnwell @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Wednesday 25th May £60.00 June 2011 A Mid-Summer Garden Celebration Thursday 16th June £60.00 @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Thursday 30th June £60.00 Botanical Drawing We will draw inspiration for this course from the beautiful gardens at Canons Ashby. Participants will be able to roam the gardens and parkland and draw the foliage and flowers growing in the abundant beds and boarders. If your drawing is a little rusty, no matter we will be on hand to give you some advice on how to get started. @ Canons Ashby House National Trust Property Thursday 24th June £60.00 Summer Hedgerow Harvest Our Autumn Hedgerow Harvest course is always popular and it is well known that autumn provides an abundance of fruit to make jams, jellies, pickles and preserves. The summer hedgerow is also a rich store cupboard. We will show you how to create an array of scrumptious goodies taking advantage of all nature has to offer from her free food basket. @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Wednesday 29th June £60.00 July 2011 Landscape Drawing Canons Ashby is well known for it's beautiful gardens and what better place to hold a day of landscape drawing? Participants will be given the run of the gardens and parkland and using a mixture of pencil, paint and pastel will be encouraged to create a masterpiece! @ Canons Ashby House National Trust Property Thursday 14th july £60.00 September 2011 Wire Sculpture- Figures Using an array of wires you will find out how to make dynamic figures full of grace and movement. No welding will be used to create your works of art and as a result your finished piece will be marquette sized, but you will learn all you need to take the plunge, scale up and make bigger figures at home to adorn your garden. @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Wednesday 14th September £75.00 Knitting- Winter Shrug We couldn't decide what to call this course because both shawl and shrug don't do justice to this beautiful wrap! Knitting tutor Julie Ferguson will be on hand to help you create the most beautiful winter shawl. using only the finest yarn and interwoven with organza ribbon this wrap will transform you into the belle of the ball! You might decide to make this shawl as a Christmas present but we can grantee that once it is finished you will not want to give it away! @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Thursday 15th September £75.00 A Hedgerow Harvest @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Wednesday 21st September £60.00 @ Canons Ashby House National Trust Property Thursday 22nd September £60.00 October 2011 Basket Making- Spheres and Geese @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Wednesday 5th October £75.00 November 2011 Countdown to Christmas @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Thursday 10th November £60.00 Journals and Sketch Books For those of you who always have a journal or sketch book to hand, the importance of it's size and makeup means everything. Using basic book binding techniques we will help you create a beautiful leather or fabric bound book for you to use as a sketchbook or journal. @ Canons Ashby House National Trust Property Thursday 17th November £60.00 December 2011 An Enchanting Christmas Workshop @ Bay Tree Cottage Farthingstone Wednesday 7th or Thursday 8th December £60.00 Victorian Christmas @ Canons Ashby House National trust Property Wednesday 14th December £60.00 |
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