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Give your old bills, junk mail and other unwanted papers a new lease of life, and turn them into brand new, beautiful papers to use in other craft projects, or just to show off as works of art! This class will show you the basics to get started with papermaking at home using traditional western techniques. You'll make your own mould and deckle (which you can take home to use again), and make approximately 3 or 4 pieces of handmade paper with inclusions such as dried flowers, leaves, glitter and...
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Join Adela on a relaxed 3 hour mosaic workshop where you will learn how to use tools to cut old china and ceramic dinnerware to make beautiful mosaic wall hangings. I have plenty of plates and dinner ware to choose from, you are also welcome to bring your own. You can choose from a variety of shapes to make your mosaic on and depending on how fast and detailed you work you could make more than one mosaic, if you would like to make more than 3 you can buy...
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Silver Clay is a unique clay like substance with silver particles suspended in it. It can be moulded like Plasticine but after firing becomes 99.9% real silver. This course is for everyone, mums, dads, teens – anyone who wants to create that very special “one off” piece of bespoke jewellery – whether it is a fingerprint of a newborn or something special for a family member or friend. Each piece is unique to the maker. The craft is environmentally friendly because the precious metals contained in the clay are recovered...
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