A Creative Space to Gather and Learn
This workshop could be a follow-on to the earlier one on 20 March, or can stand alone. Please note it will be repeated on Saturday 22 April. Join Cass Barron, Edinburgh based bookbinder for a day of creative bookbinding that will equip you with the skills to make 2 book structures featuring a decorative cross […]
Fife Contemporary are collaborating with Off the Rails Arthouse to support artists creative development in Fife by offering this critique day at subsidised prices. Help develop your practice through this valuable, supportive and constructive session. This one-day vibrant critique will allow you to share your work with asupportive enthusiastic group of fellow artists/designers. Open to […]
This workshop is a repeat of the one on Monday 17 April. It could also be a follow-on to the earlier one on 20 March, or can stand alone. Join Cass Barron, Edinburgh based bookbinder for a day of creative bookbinding that will equip you with the skills to make 2 book structures featuring a […]
Our very own Treasurer, Grant Newell is showcasing his handmade books and journals as part of this years Open Studios North Fife event. He will talk you through the design and construction process and will have work for sale. He will demonstrate that this wonderful process is a good way to upcycle and reclaim used […]
Four Days of Conversation and Making with Fraser Taylor This intensive four day workshop will allow each participant to develop strategies in advancing their practice. You will be required to bring existing work with you which will be discussed in a one on one with Fraser establishing a way of moving the work forward. The […]
We are delighted to welcome back Jenny Matthews RSW for a one-day workshop called Spring Flowers in Watercolour. Jenny is one of Scotland’s foremost watercolour specialists in botanical subjects. Trained at Edinburgh College of Art in Drawing and Painting, including a period tutored by Elizabeth Blackadder, she has been a professional artist for 30 years and has […]
Join local wildlife and landscape artist Julie Campbell for a day of exploring working with limited palettes. Julie’s landscape, wildlife and comic art features bold lines and a limited choice of colours, giving her work a stylised simplicity while preserving nature’s depth of detail. Have a look at her website for inspiration. This is a […]
Print for Stitch with Sheila Mortlock What attracts us to working with textiles are the layers we can create through printed colour, applied fabric and stitch. It all goes to create a surface texture that is rich and interesting. This workshop will demonstrate how simple print techniques, easily done at home without the need for […]
Upended Traditions (a zero-waste workshop) Artist Kate Downie will be leading an experimental, materials-based workshop over 2 days using the flatlands of the Howe of Fife as the bowl of inspiration. “I will be encouraging fresh uses of old art materials which may have laid dormant on studio shelves over many years- old varnishes, ends of […]
Tutor- Elspeth Lamb What can I expect ? Japanese woodblock printing (Mokuhanga) is a technique which involves inking the block with watercolour paints and specialist brushes as opposed to western forms of printmaking which mostly utilize oil based inks usually applied with rollers. Today, Mokuhanga only differs slightly in technique from those prints we recognize by […]