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BOBBY BRITNELL
TEXTILE and ART
courses offering unique learning opportunities for all, delivered by highly renowned
ARTISTS and TUTORS
Moor Hall Farmhouse,
Bettws-y-crwyn,
Newcastle on Clun,
Shropshire, SY7 8PH
01547 510664
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BOBBY BRITNELL
Textile Artist and Tutor
We begin 2018 with another fabulous line up of tutors delivering high quality courses. Many of our favourite tutors are returning once again and will be offering new courses, plus I will have one new tutor coming over from Turkey to teach an exciting two day painting course. Courses will be for two, three or four days.
I will be continuing with my two drawing and painting workshops, both of which welcome in new students when places become available and any level of experience is welcomed. Ruth Issett is also continuing with 'Crazy for Colour' and 'Colour Investigations'. Crazy for Colour is one day a month and Colour Investigation runs for 2 days every 6 weeks approximately.
What all the tutors have in common are great teaching skills and a generosity of spirit. So do sit back with a cup of tea or something stronger and make your choice from the many exciting courses on offer and remember that everything that happens at Moor Hall is through word of mouth, so do pass on the word.
If you do not know this part of the country, South Shropshire is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Moor Hall Farmhouse is a 450 year old farmhouse of great historical interest. It is also the second hunting lodge from Clun Castle. The studio is light and well equipped, with facilities for making refreshments and gardens for exploring. The surrounding area is perfect for walking and cycling, drawing and photography.
You can book directly ON-LINE, if a space is available, for these courses.Please contact me DIRECTLY to go onto the waiting lists.
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NEW COURSES 2018
A. ONGOING COURSES
BOBBY BRITNELL ~ Drawing and Painting
Art courses offering insight into innovative art projects, exploring many ways of using techniques/media. Critique of work, artist research, lively discussion are essential parts of each session.
See WEBSITE for these dates.
Moor Art 1 ~ Wednesdays: fortnightly
£35 per session payable 6 in advance for the course = £210
Moor Art 2 ~ Weekends: monthly
£70 per weekend payable 3 in advance for the course = £210
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RUTH ISSETT ~
Crazy for Colour
A challenging course of nine one day sessions through the year, for those with textile experience. Includes in depth exploration of colour and compositi
on on paper and fabric using dyeing/printing/stitch.
Feb 8, Mar 8, Apr 12, May 10, ~ Sept 6, Oct 4, Nov 1, Nov 29
£400 for a 8 session course (£200 + £200)
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RUTH ISSETT ~ Colour
Investigations
Structured, two day classes using paper/fabric/stitch with
print media/dye Exploration of design and pattern applied to fabric, stitch and paper.
Jan 31/Feb 1, Mar 14/15, Apr 25/26 ~
Sept 12/13, Oct 24/25, Dec 5/6
£600 for 12 session courses (£300 + £300)
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B. TWO, THREE AND FOUR DAY WORKSHOPS
BOBBY BRITNELL ~ Everyone can draw 6
/7 April
£130 for 2 days
So you think you cannot draw? Come along to this course and be proved wrong. Be shown how to use basic dry drawing media in creating line, tone, space and composition in your work. Leave with the confidence to do more and a set of work you feel proud of.
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JENNIFER COLLIER ~ Paper Lampshades
16/17 April
£130 for 2 days
Create your own beautiful recycled paper lampshade using lovely vintage papers and by up-cycling existing frames. You will be shown all steps of the process, from how to create a pattern to fit your frame, to how to stitch the papers together to form the shade.
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MATTHEW HARRIS ~ TEXT___ile
27/28/29 April
£350 for 3 days
A project that looks at the calligraphic mark as a creative starting point. Through drawing and sampling we will explore both the narrative and abstract potential of hand written text, and develop exciting new visual ideas about form, pattern, scale, shape and structure within textiles.
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RUTH ISSETT ~ Stitched surfaces to dye for 11/12/13 May
£195 for 3 days
Using white or neutral fabrics create variety of stitched surfaces using layers of non synthetic fabric and threads. Then dye paint them, to create rich glowing stitched surfaces.
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JAN BEANEY ~ Stitched a Landscape/
From Design to Finished Piece
£130 for 2 days
9/20 June
Students will be encouraged to design and create a panel depicting aspects of landscape. After experimentation, the main elements of composition will be drawn or printed on to a ground fabric and developed further with bonding, hand or machine stitching as appropriate.
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DAVID TRESS ~ Landscape Explorations: Looking and Exploring
22/23/24 June
£390 for 3 days
COURSE IS FULL
A landscape painting course in which you will look at the building blocks which underlie representational landscape painting: light, space, tone colour, perspective, composition. You will consider ways in which an expressive response to landscape might be explored. Course includes demonstrations, studio work, and sketching and drawing in the surroundings of Moor Hall. Tuition will be individual and as a group.
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BOBBY BRITNELL ~ Personal Development
30 June 1 July
£130 for 2 days
Two days for serious students wishing to explore their own personal themes within a creative environment of investigation, observation and discovery. Students will be expected to bring in their on-going work for discussion and development.
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DOROTHY TUCKER ~ Kantha - Not Just Old Cloth
2/3 July
£130 for 2 days
Explore the ephemeral qualities of old Kantha - the worn areas, areas patched over and repaired, where the stitching has come away or a design remains void, the marks and stains etc - to find inspiration for
our own stitched textiles.
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JEAN LITTLEJOHN ~ Pattern in Profusion
5/6 July
£130 for 2 days
On this course we will develop a joyous cloth and select from a range of techniques including hand, machine, appliqué and the embellishing machine. Our sources of inspiration could include inspiration from other cultures as well as traditional lace (but not as you know it).
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ROSE SHUTTLEWORTH Colour/Mood/Imagination/Interpretation
19/20 July
£130 for 2 days
The power of colour and its use in communicating your interpretation of responses to the beauty of local landscape or that of your inner world: your imagination. A new course to Moor Hall and one for those who enjoy working with paint and colour.
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AMANDA CLAYTON ~ Fragile Forms
23/24/25 July
£195 for 3 days
We shall use the qualities of natural objects to develop fragile forms in cloth and hand stitch. The local landscape will also play a part in their transformation. An inspirational course with plenty of opportunity for personal development.
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ALICE FOX ~ Land Marks
30/31 Aug 1/2 Sept
£300 for 4 days
Exploring the wonderful surroundings we will use a variety of ways to record the landscape around us. Using gathered materials in a range of techniques we will make marks that record our experience, bringing these together into tactile book forms.
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IT IS NOW
The Knitting and Stitching Show
Alexandra Palace
Jose Hendo, the fabulous U
gandan born British contemporary fashion designer will be exhibiting alongside me at all three of the Knitting and Stitching Shows. (London, Dublin and Harrogate). The focus of our white walled exhibition will be about how we individually work with barkcloth and how we hope to bring this extraordinary material to the forefront of contemporary design and manufacture.
Please visit us on Stand TG16.
Jose Hendo Bobby Britnell
Dates:
Alexandra Palace 11th to 15th October
Dublin 9th to 12th November
Harrogate 23rd to 26th November
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Moor Hall Farmhouse, Bettws-y-crwyn, Newcastle on Clun,
Shropshire, SY7 8PH
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