Join visual artist Lindsay Viner in our under 18s art and craft holiday club and get creative in this playful, hands-on workshop inspired by things up in the sky!

This imaginative workshop will encourage you to explore colour, movement and pattern through a range of exciting creative techniques.

In this workshop, you will experiment with gelli plate printing to create unique, layered prints, which you will then use to design your own birds. This process encourages playful exploration and produces beautifully textured, one-of-a-kind results. You will also create woven rainbows, learning simple weaving techniques while exploring colour combinations and pattern. The workshop will also include sun or moon collages inspired by the work of contemporary collage artist Clare Youngs, where you can experiment with shape, composition and colour to create striking sky-inspired artwork.

With a mix of guided activities and opportunities for independent creativity, this session encourages you to explore materials and develop your own ideas. Set in a relaxed and supportive environment, this workshop is perfect for curious young makers who enjoy experimenting and trying new techniques.

Tutor: Lindsay Viner
Date & Time: Tuesday 11th August, 10am - 4pm
Venue: Scissors Studio, New Brewery Arts
Price: £60 (£0.00 VAT)

Please note, students will need to be signed in and out of the class by their adult. If your child is taking themselves to and from the class, please notify us beforehand.

You are welcome to bring a lidded bottle of water with you but we kindly ask that you do not bring food into the studio.

Refreshments are available at our on-site café Blend until 4pm.

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Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is suitable for those aged 8 - 12 years. All abilities are welcome, you just need enthusiasm and a love of making!

What you will need:
All materials are provided.

Please wear clothes you are happy to get messy, or bring an apron.

You will need to bring a packed lunch and drinks bottle.

Students will be supervised during their lunch break by the workshop tutor and volunteer. If nice weather, they may go outside into Brewery Court for some fresh air. Please ensure students are dressed appropriately for the weather.

Meet Your Tutor - lindsay viner

Lindsay is fascinated by the landscapes, places and stories of those who have gone before us and the ones that we give to those who come after us.

She predominantly use drawing and paint and reclaimed textiles to explore ideas about inheritance. How we receive and process the places, lands, thoughts, feelings and objects (and the marks on these things) that are handed down to us. And what we in turn, both consciously and unconsciously, choose to pass on. As the fourth generation of her family to live on the farm, with her son in the fifth, Lindsay’s work often centres around this particular small slice of the natural world in which she feels profoundly embedded.

​Reclaimed textiles have inherent notions of previous stories, often with coupled the intimacy of being associated with the body or the domestic, that can hold unique resonances; drawing and paint, for her, has a newness and immediacy that connects her to the subject in present, at that singular moment when her brush meets the canvas or paper.

Lindsay is passionate about encouraging other's creativity, and about the potential role for art and craft in our mental wellbeing and has worked as an artist and workshop leader for community groups, and particularly support groups for those with anxiety and depression for over 5 years.