Arts Workshops

Make your own naturalist artwork with Dr Vanessa Barbay

Explore the colourful, tactile world of pastels, among the mangroves at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum and in the classroom, to make your own naturalist artwork.

Create hollow felt sculptures with Catherine O’Leary

In this workshop we will be creating hollow felt forms using resist techniques. These forms will be enclosed in layers of thin felt with windows exposing the layers beneath. Composition and shape will be explored.

Learn the art of gel-plate printing and turn your prints into artworks, with Barbara Dawson.
This small class will fill up quickly! Barbara will show you how to get the best results from a gel plate on paper and fabric, then guide you in turning your prints into artworks, such as stitched books or wall hangings.

Deep Blue indigo dyeing on cloth and paper with Samantha Tannous.
Achieve beautiful designs from folding, clamping, binding, stitching and manipulating fabrics and paper then dipping them into dye vats – including the classic favourite, indigo.

Join Fiona Hammond and make your own fabric brooch from layers of beautiful fabrics embellished with hand stitch, beads and charms. Create a wearable work of art.

Margo-Lynne Lee will take you on a hands-on tour of slow stitch, including boro, sashiko, kawandi and kantha.

Margo-Lynne Lee will show you how to take a brass ring and some threads to create a delicate, small wonder, a Dorset Brooch.