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Sunday 21 August 2011

New Workshop Programme

The new programme of workshops being held from August through to December is out now,  and online.  For details of all the exciting workshops on offer, click here
but just to whet your appetite, we have-

*  Christine Benson, a popular AVG regular tutor presenting a two day workshop entitled the  The Silk Sensation starting on 31st August

Gillian Hand, a tutor all the way from Australia making Four Fabulous Artists' Books on 6th/7th September.  See examples of her work on her website here

Jo Mabbutt, who will be at the Studios on 8th September, to teach Mixed Media Metallics, examples of Jo's work can be found here

Jill Flower will be teaching Paper Fabric - Recycled and Stitched on 12th/13th September.  Have a look at Jill's website here

And that's only the first two weeks!!

Last week saw Kim Thittichai tutoring one of our three-day Summer Schools, entitled Hot New Surfaces for Stitch.  I managed to sneak in after Day 2 and take some photographs - the surfaces looked fabulous -











For more photos of the students' work, and also a description of some of the techniques used , have a look at Kim's blog
Right, I'm off - going to have another look through the workshop programme myself!