Kirsty Hopkins Course Dates Spring 2013

All art & craft courses are held in my open studio at Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, postcode: HG3 5LE 

“a beautiful place to come to” “I’m bringing everyone I know back!”

Felt Making— A fun course that teaches the felt basics, and a little extra!

Go home with three pieces, and plenty of inspiration from this tantalising, tactile, technique.

Nuno Felt Scarf— A fun and useful felt making course where you will learn how to create a beautiful nuno felt scarf to match an outfit, as a gift or just for the pleasure.

Mixed Media Textiles— Learn the techniques to create a mixed media textile picture. From painting fabric, to adding silks, fibers, and textures. A fun informative course with exciting and rewarding results.

Batik— Find out about wax pots, tjantings, and stamps. An experimental day with access to tools of this fascinating Indonesian trade, and plenty of inspiration to give you ideas.

Linocut Printmaking— learn the techniques to create your own fabulous prints for art, cards, scrapbooks and textiles.

Mixed Media Notebook— a follow on course to mixed media textiles where you will further your skills and learn even more exciting techniques and use them to create a notebook.

Felt Handbag— a rewarding course where you will learn how to make a new addition to your wardrobe from felt. You will also learn different ways of finishing your beautiful design.

3D & 2D silk paper—Learn how to make delicate vessels out of silk paper and silk waste. Also learn various ways of making your own beautiful paper. Once you know the technique the possibilities are endless.

Freehand Machine Embroidery—Lower those feed dogs on your machine & learn this fantastic technique that opens up a whole new crafting world. Pictures, writing, machine freedom! Bring your own machine or use ours (recommended to bring own if you have suitable one).

Indigo Dyeing Course— Particularly interesting for patch-workers but thoroughly enjoyable for all. Learn how to create various resists & folds to create fascinating fabrics in this instantly recognizable colour. Create lots of fat quarters or even your own scarf!

New For 2013!

Introduction to Silk Painting— Introduction day to this lovely, relaxing technique. It really is magical to watch the paints expand on the silk.

Felt Tea Cosy & Egg Cosy— Make your breakfast table handmade & fabulous with this day course where you get to design and make a hand felted tea & egg cosy.

Large Mixed Media Picture—Bring together all of the techniques learnt on the mixed media course to make a picture.

Marbling—Learn new ways of creating amazing patterns with this wonderful craft. Create fabulous  papers for wrapping, cards or scrapbooks.

Felted Hot Water Bottle Cover—A great course to make a present for someone or even keep for yourself. Design to match a room or personality… the choice is yours!

Free-Machine Decorated Apron & Card— If you’ve always wanted to design your own apron then this is the course for you. We provide an apron, fabrics & plenty of inspiration. Why not make it to match your kitchen or as a gift for a friend?

Experimental Free-Machine Embroidery— Want to take your free-motion embroidery further? This is the course for you…learn about dissolvable papers to create lace effects and plenty more fabulous ways of using your machine. An inspirational & experimental day

 2013 Course Dates

January

Wednesday 2nd: Marbling—FULLY BOOKED!

Saturday 5th: Hand Felted Hot Water Bottle Cover

Monday 7th: Indigo Dyeing—FULLY BOOKED!

Saturday 12th: Felt Tea Cosy & Egg Cosy

Tuesday 15th: Feltmaking—FULLY BOOKED!

Friday 18th: Marbling

Saturday 26th:Feltmaking

 February

Saturday 9th: Experimental Free Machine Embroidery - FULLY BOOKED!

Friday 15th: Mixed Media Picture – FULLY BOOKED!

Wednesday 20th: Free-Machine Decorated Apron & Card

Thursday 28th: Feltmaking

March

March 2nd: Felt Hot Water Bottle—FULLY BOOKED!

Saturday 9th: Advanced Free Machine Embroidery

Friday 15th: Mixed Media Notebook with Silk Paper pages

Tuesday 26th: Feltmaking

Sat 30th: Free-Machine Embroidery – FULLY BOOKED!

April

Saturday 6th: Nuno Felt Scarf

Thursday 11th: Felt Handbag

Thursday 18th: Felted Hot water bottle - FULLY BOOKED!

Saturday 27th: Batik

May

Saturday 4th: Linocut Printmaking

Friday 10th: Indigo Dyeing Course

Saturday 18th: Free Machine Embroidery

If you fancy a course, but the dates given aren’t suitable, or we are fully booked, please feel free to book privately at no extra cost.

Prices

Felt making £30

Nuno Felt Scarf, Felt handbag, Felt Tea Cosy, Felt Hot Water Bottle £35

Introduction to Silk Painting £40

Freehand Machine embroidery, Free–Machine Decorated Apron, Batik, Linocut printmaking £50

Mixed Media Textiles, Mixed Media Notebook, Large Mixed Media Picture, Experimental Free-Machine Embroidery & 3D silk paper £60

Indigo Dyeing & Marbling £66

A 50% deposit is required.

Cash or cheques accepted.

Prices include tea, coffee, biscuits, cake and materials.

Courses run approx from 10-3.

Please contact me for Bookings.

Or email: kirsty@kirstyhopkins.co.uk

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Or Tel: 01423 712654

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What people have said:

“The best day out I’ve had in ages”

“Really enjoyed the feltmaking and was surprised at what I produced, will be back for more”

“Great fun”

“A lovely day, I’ve really enjoyed myself”

“I want to book the next one now!” 

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Focus On Kirsty Hopkins at King Street Workshops

 This is a focus piece on one of the King Street Workshops, something we plan to do for all the artists/designers. It will give you a little insight into their techniques and how they work. 

Kirsty Hopkins is in studio 10 and has been there for 18months now. Previously she worked in a converted barn and did shows up and down the UK as well as in Seoul, South Korea.
She works mainly in mixed media but has on display screen prints for this current exhibition...although the textile influence can be seen in these as there is so much texture conveyed within the prints.

"Screen Printing is a technique that I have recently really come to love. The ability to overlay images, colours, textures to create a unique piece of art has a compelling appeal.

When I screen print I like to use stencils, that I have previously created, and work at a piece until I am satisfied it is completed. One reason that I have so much texture in my prints is that I did not wait for the paint to dry, instead I keep printing so the colours meet and melt together. By using this technique I can create both deeply complex images with hints at silhouettes and also strikingly minimal pictures, where colour and form are the focus."

 "I absolutely love this screen print (left). It does not have as many layers as the others in the series, but I instantly knew it was finished. It is often a question I get asked...how do you know when a picture is finished...the answer is you just know ."  
























 "The piece seen below, ‘The Tea Party’, is

 perhaps my favourite work.  The ’tea’ pots were actually based on Moroccan coffee pots. This was the first large picture I worked on, so that may explain some of the significance and importance I place on it. I have had it up in my own home for a long period as I have not been able to part with it, but now feel the time is right.

I love the strength of the colours and the way in which they interact with each other. The shocking pink with the blue of the large coffee pot brings out both colours to their full extent.

I used a range of fabrics, threads and beads in this piece and I believe my love of

various textures to form a picture was

ignited by the creation of this piece."

Kirsty Hopkins work can be viewed on:

http://www.kirstyhopkins.co.uk/

  

Summer Spark is Shining

So we didn't get the blog up and running in time for the preview but on June the 19th we are serving afternoon teas and have a Cuban band! See details below and come and do the salsa around our courtyard!..

......If you like exciting and original design, don’t miss this event at the King Street Workshops, Pateley Bridge.

Now in it’s 5^th year, the annual “Summer Spark” covers ten days and is an opportunity to view work by North Yorkshire’s finest designer-makers. This year, painter Maureen Little exhibits as part of the North Yorkshire Open Studios and resident designer-makers show sculpture, glass, paintings & prints, textiles, jewellery and millinery, all displayed in the studios where the work is produced.

The Spark goes out with a bang on Sunday 19^th June, with a Weaving Workshop held by acclaimed Japanese Textile Artist, Sieko Kinoshita and toe-tapping Latin American music, provided by the accomplished musicians of “Cuban Lift”, rounding off the event.

Preview: Friday June 10^th 5.00-9.00pm

Open: Friday June 10^th – Sunday 19^th June 10am – 5.30pm

www.kingstreetworkshops.co.uk

King Street Workshops, The Old Workhouse, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5LE

As you can see we have created some fabulous bunting that is now unknotted and up around the workshops complex!