Blooming Designs - Art in the Barn

Contact Name: Alison Butler

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Address:
Whitewool farm
East Meon
petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 1HW

Blooming Designs - Art in the Barn

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Blooming Designs - Art in the Barn's Courses

Beautiful batik on paper in Hampshire

Beautiful batik on paper in Hampshire

Batik is an ancient textile technique originating in Indonesia. Pattern is applied onto cloth using molten wax with fine brushes or tools called tjantings, before coloured dyes are applied to the fabric. In more recent years this highly decorative and colourful process has been used to create designs and images on paper. Explore this vibrant process, creating a range of experimental samples and unique outcomes. You may choose to work with the themes of florals or abstract pattern, or take inspiration from different cultural images; alternatively you may wish to...

Create printed fabric products in Hampshire

Create printed fabric products in Hampshire

If you have ever considered designing and creating something to use in your home or thought about making personalised gifts for your family and friends, this is the workshop for you. Join me in the heart of the Meon Valley to explore kitchen table printing. Simply bring along your design ideas for images, patterns and shapes and learn how to translate these into a design, before cutting a stamp using Essdee Master Cut and printing your design. We will initially create paper and card based products, such as gift tags...

From the garden: Still life with a mixed media approach

From the garden: Still life with a mixed media approach

Spring, summer and autumn can be an inspirational time for those with a love of gardens, with their beautiful colours, shapes and forms heralding a change in the seasons. Join us in the heart of the Meon Valley, to explore floral images through a mixed media approach. The workshop will be delivered by Alison Butler of Blooming Designs in her home studio. This is an inspirational space in a beautiful setting. With over 25 years experience as a textile designer and book illustrator, Alison will guide you through a...

New - A day of drawing with line and wire - explore natural forms in Hampshire.

New - A day of drawing with line and wire - explore natural forms in Hampshire.

Hampshire - Next course on 9th October 2020

“I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing”, Van Gogh. If you agree with Van Gogh and count yourself as an absolute beginner or as a more experienced artist, it’s worthwhile practise to spend time exploring your drawing skills. Starting with the principle that everyone can draw, you will focus on learning to look, plan your ideas and create a series of drawings. Working on different types of paper and using a range of different materials, you will draw natural forms with a particular focus on their linear...

New - Block Printing on Fabric in Hampshire.

New - Block Printing on Fabric in Hampshire.

Hampshire - Next course on 10th October 2020

If you have ever considered designing and creating something to use in your home or thought about making personalised gifts for your family and friends, this is the workshop for you. Join us in our thatched Long Barn in the heart of the Meon Valley. Bring along your designs ideas or images, patterns and shapes and learn how to translate them into a design, before cutting a stamp using Essdee Master Cut and printing your design. We will initially create paper and card based products, such as gift tags and...

New - Lino cutting for beginners and rusty printmakers in Hampshire.

New - Lino cutting for beginners and rusty printmakers in Hampshire.

Hampshire - Next course on 12th October 2020

Lino cutting and printing is a very enjoyable process that can be explored at our kitchen tables and requires the minimum of specialist equipment. Many of us may remember creating our first Lino cut during our Art lessons at secondary school. If you are looking to learn a new creative skill, but need a process that can be "picked up and put down" and fitted around a busy life, this may well be the technique you have been looking for. Join us in our inspirational thatched barn on the edge...

New - More Tea Vicar? Create beautiful paper sculpture in Hampshire.

New - More Tea Vicar? Create beautiful paper sculpture in Hampshire.

Hampshire - Next course on 11th October 2020

Join us and learn how to create beautiful paper sculpture. Using a deceptively simple process, you will learn how to make your own templates and create a cornucopia hanging and free standing paper sculptures, including hearts and fruits from vintage papers and old books, before moving onto tea cups, jugs and tea pots, which are the stars of the show. Once you have learnt the appropriate techniques at the workshop, and with just a few basic pieces of equipment, you will be able to designs and create your own sculpture;...

New- Create with a Gel printing plate - Monoprinting without a press in Hampshire.

New- Create with a Gel printing plate - Monoprinting without a press in Hampshire.

Hampshire - Next course on 8th October 2020

Gel printing plates are a lively and instant product to create monoprints, with the advantage that they don’t require the use of a printing press. Each print is unique and this highly adaptable process invites experimentation. Gel printing plates look and feel like gelatin, but are durable, reusable and store at room temperature; they come in a range of sizes and shapes are easy to clean with mild soap and water or baby wipes and are always ready for printing. They are used in conjunction with acrylic paints and need...