Decorate a Plate or Tile with ceramic artist, Kate Glanville.

Join Kate  in the Castle Green House to decorate your very own ceramic plate or tile with ceramic artist Kate Glanville. Kate has been painting plates and tiles for over thirty years supplying galleries and customers all over the world with her brightly illustrative creations. Drop in, no need to book.

Kate will guide you with design ideas and tips (if needed!) and will have lots her own work for sale. All ages and abilities welcome.

Workshops at Craft Festival Wales provided by Make it in Wales

At Make it in Wales we believe in creativity and craftsmanship and run a variety of residential and day workshops including dressmaking, upholstery, weaving and jewellery in West Wales.

We believe in providing learning in a relaxed environment with our local team of inspiring designer-maker-tutors. You may be a beginner and want to learn something for the first time, or maybe you’re already proficient in a craft skill and want to master a new technique within your area of interest? Something made well, that looks pleasing to the eye, gives us all pleasure and pride. Making for yourself or for someone else is an alternative to the high street and what you create with us will be more beautiful than anything you can buy there.

Our designer-makers have a background in making and teaching across many craft disciplines. Together, we have designed creative, rewarding skills based courses and workshops in West Wales.

All workshops are held upstairs in the Castle Green House. All materials included, unless stated otherwise. All workshops £30 plus booking fee. The workshop fee does not include entry into the Festival.

FRIDAY

11am-1pm Hand-made concertina journaling notebooks with Erica George

This is a mixed media workshop exploring mark making, a narrative and creative process. We will be following simple guidelines and processes to create a bound and illustrated concertina art journal. The focus is on the art of making things up as you go along and is suitable for artists and makers of any ability. No painting and drawing skills required.

2-4pm Woven Textile creative piecing of Melin Trgwynt off cuts with Suzi Park

In this workshop Suzi will be using Melin Tregwynt waste ‘off cuts’ which we can cut into strips and assembled with a sewing machine to make a unique wool fabric. These fabrics can then later be made into cushion covers or bags. Suzi Park is the founder of Make it in Wales and has been organising and teaching craft related workshops since 2014.

SATURDAY

11am-1pm Intaglio Printing with Elin Crowley

A fun, hands-on workshop to learn how to use recycled Tetra Pak cartons to create unique intaglio printing plates. Using an etching needle and craft knife you will work an image onto your plate, ink it up, and print through an etching press.

We will be working with black ink to create original prints. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners or anyone wanting to learn a new approach to intaglio printmaking.

2-4pm Suminagashi Ink Marbling with Rocworx

Learn the ancient Japanese heritage craft of Suminagashi ink marbling.  In this calm workshop, you will use breath work and simple tools to create mesmerising organic abstract patterns. You will learn how to transfer the patterns to paper, the best ink and tools to use to continue to ink marble at home. We will then use the unique patterns created to make a stunning Japanese stitch bound book. All tools and materials included.

SUNDAY

11am-1pm Macrame plant hanger with Alice Thomas

In this workshop Alice will be offering an introduction to the principle knotting techniques of Macramé weaving. Using sustainably sourced materials in a rainbow of colours, you will have the opportunity to gain a fundamental grounding in the art of Macramé and make a beautiful plant hanger.

2-4pm Create a Brooch from repurposed fabrics with Nia Lewis

Nia Lewis is a textile artist, designer and educator working in West Wales with an interest in repurposing, recycling and sharing her skills.

Repurpose fabric scraps, whether it’s unwanted or damaged items from your wardrobe or odd pieces from your stash. You will be taught a clever technique for producing lengths of ‘yarn’ and once you’ve mastered the technique the possibilities are endless. In this taster workshop you will produce lengths of ‘yarn’ and transform them into a broach using hand and machine sewing techniques.
The techniques you’ll learn have a multitude of craft applications from sewing projects, visible mending, decorative items or even to make vessels! We can supply the fabrics for this exploratory workshop although you’re welcome to bring your own.

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