Join award-winning Textile Artist Alice Burnhope for this short course in mastering traditional craft techniques to create your own tactile surrealist A4 artwork, inspired by Edward James’ ‘Las Pozas’ Sculpture Garden.

The course begins with Alice facilitating an inspirational talk about her practice, techniques, and a brief introduction to the surrealism movement.

On the first day, we will dive into 15 textile hand processes, enabling you to create your artwork.

You will learn:

• 6 embroidery stitches
• 4 appliqué techniques
• Adding texture through gathers, pleats, quilting, and volume through stuffing

The second day focuses on creating your own A4 surrealist artwork. We will start with an hour of sketching your design and discussing which techniques to use. The rest of the day will be dedicated to bringing your artwork to life, with Alice’s support throughout.

Included

On this course the tutor will supply most of the materials.

What students need to bring

• Interesting or sentimental fabrics they would like to work with for their final piece
• Photographs, sketches or objects of interest to help inform their surrealist design
• Sketchbook, pencil and ruler for notes

Additional information

Please wear appropriate clothing/aprons for the workshop or studio, this includes stout covered footwear (no sandals or open toes).

Daily Timetable

Course teaching 11am–5.15pm
Students arrive 10.30am-11am (coffee optional)  
Morning teaching 11am-1pm
Lunch break between 1pm-2pm (lunch is not included)
Afternoon teaching 2pm-5.15pm (15 minute break, 3.30pm–3.45pm)
Teaching finishes 5.15pm  
 

Short courses are open to anyone aged 18 and over. The course fee covers tuition and materials where stated. You will need to bring all other items listed under the ‘Materials to bring’ section.

Refreshments

Coffee and tea are included in the course fee, but you will need to bring lunch with you to eat in the refreshments room. There are also plenty of other local venues to purchase food.

Access

If you have any specific access needs, we will need to know about your access requirements in advance. Please tell us about your needs in confidence by emailing: [email protected] This venue has steps to the front reception, with limited access via a side gate to the ground floor. There is a small lift to higher floors or stairs.

Safety

Short course students are required to sign a safety compliance form as part of West Dean Health and Safety regulations.

Refunds and cancellations

Please refer to our terms & conditions below.

Disclaimer

The information given is accurate at the time of publication. However, West Dean College reserves the right to cancel or amend courses if circumstances require.

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