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Sat, 04 Jul 2009

Adult Workshop

Venue: Museum fo Domestic Design & Architecture, Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts EN4 8HT.

Date: Saturday 4th July

Time: 10.00am to 4.00pm

Using Lucienne Day's wonderful tea towel designs as our insperation, you will design and print your own tea towel and cotton bag. Visual references will be from the the 'Designer Style' exhibtition and you will use silk screen printing to create domestic products to brighten up you home.
The contact is : Richard Lumb
Daytime tel : 0208 411 4380
email :

Tue, 14 Jul 2009

Duke Of Edinburgh Skills Workshops

Venue: Artshed Art Centre, Westmill Farm Leisure Centre, Westmill Road, Ware, Herts SG1.

Date: Tuesday 14th July to Monday 27th July

Times: 11.00am to 3.00pm.

Duke of Edinburgh Award:- New Skills Tuition for Bronze and Silver Award with full tutored sessions in a full equipped jewellery workshop.

Every Tuesday and Thursday throughout the Summer holidays, we are staging revolving jewellery workshops tuition days for those teenagers who wish to learn a new skill as part of their D of E. These sessions are designed to fullfil the criteria of the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Silver Award scheme.

Costings to include: all materials,tutored skills sessions totalling 16 hours, registration booklet, and sketchbook/record book. A full list of materials will be available upon request. Please contact for details of costs.

Jewellery schedule with tutors and skills sessions:
  • Tuesday 14 July- Ceramic Jewellery
  • Thursday 16 July - Bead Making (Lamp Working)
  • Tuesday 21 July - tba
  • Thursday 23 July - Silver Jewellery Construction
  • Tuesday 28 July - tba
  • Thursday 30 July - Fused Glass Jewellery
  • Tuesday 4 August - Fused Glass Jewellery
  • Thursday 6 August - tba
  • Tuesday 11 August - Bead and Wire Construction
  • Thursday 13 August - Bead Making (Lampworking)
  • Tuesday 18 August - Ceramic Workshop
  • Thursday 20 August - Silver Jewellery
  • Tuesday 25 August - Bead and Wire
  • Thursday 27 August - tba
Dates for further skills sessions later in the year to be announced (Autumn and Winter term etc).

The tutors will be able to sign off at the end of the required period of training. The tutors will vary dependant upon the subject.
The contact is : Lynn Andrews
Daytime tel : 01920 466 446
email :

Sat, 25 Jul 2009

Make do and Mend

Venue: Museum of Domestic Design and Achitecture, Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts EN4 8HT.

Date: Saturday 25th July

Time: 10.30am to 3.30pm

Recycle and reuse in this four day enviromentally friendly workshop. Using MoDA's 'Design Style' 50s exhibition as inspiration, you will design and print your own roll of wallpaper and printed fabric- using old clothes and fabric scraps. The fabric will then be used to create a 3D item, be it a mobile, soft toy or cushion. Finally, using plastic bags, you will make your own personalised bag with which to carry home all your creations.
The contact is : Richard Lumb
Daytime tel : 0208 411 4380
email :

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