The Art of Recycling

The Art of Recycling		Jenni Stuart-Anderson
Rag Rug Making Courses & Events
The Thomas Shop 2007 Home Gallery Commissions Rag Rug Making Kits, Books, Tools and Equipment Contacts and Links		Workshops are for beginners and improvers and cover a variety of techniques. They range from one hour taster sessions to one day or weekend workshops and week long summer schools. What you can make depends on the time available but even taster sessions enable you to make a sample - it's all hands on. Longer courses also cover elements involved in design in greater detail and you could complete a project at summer school. Accompanied children are usually welcome. Some courses are just for young people or those with learning disabilities. Explore your creativity at your own pace with expert tuition. (Warning - this craft can be addictive!) Hessian, tools/equipment, books are available at courses or by mail order Course details may be changed and new dates added later so please check with venue or Jenni. Rag Rug Making Courses and Events in 2008 February 12 DAY WORKSHOP at Capuchin Yard, Hereford. 10am-3pm - £35 Call the Small Gallery 0776 889 8388 February 16 DAY WORKSHOP at Highwood Farm near Newbury, Berkshire (near M4, Junction 13) £50 incl lunch 10-4. Bookings: marianne@mohandes.co.uk 01635 40542 February 29, March 1,2 COUNTRY HOUSE WEEKEND at Lower Buckton, Leintwardine, Shropshire From 5ish Friday to Sunday lunch. Delicious home produced food. Optional walks in Mortimer Country. Small group. Cooked breakfasts, light lunches, elegant gourmet dinners, accommodation, tuition: £205 March 11 DAY WORKSHOP at Capuchin Yard, Hereford. 10am-3pm - £35 Call the Small Gallery 0776 889 8388 April 26,27 WONDERWOOL WALES at the Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells. Powys. Woolschool - workshops and tasters for all the family, demonstrations, rare breed animals. Details: http://www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk or 01982 552224 1.15pm-2.15pm - RAG RUG MAKING TASTER on the Wool Emporium Stand. £5 - plus materials £2 (book first). Make a sample using traditional shaggy rag rug technique and recycled textiles. Other taster sessions daily. Mid Wales Mouthful FOOD FESTIVAL Details: www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk/mouthful Over 50 stalls of local and sustainable produce, artisan and speciality food and drink from Powys. YUM! May 8-11 9am – 6pm RHS SPRING GARDENING SHOW at 3 Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcs. - with the Worcestershire Guild of Designer Craftsmen in Wye Hall. May 24 & 25 Handmade-in-Hay selling exhibition at the Butter Cross, Hay, during the Guardian's world famous Literary Festival May 30 DAY WORKSHOP at the Jinney Ring Crafts Centre, Hanbury nr Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Craft workshops, gallery, shop, scrummy farmhouse restaurant. £50 Details/booking 01568 750229 or email Jenni June 7 10am –5pm DAY WORKSHOP for Low Impact Living Initiative at Hackney City Farm, London. £60 See http://www,lowimpact.org for full details or call 01296 714184 July 1 10am-4pm DAY WORKSHOP at the Stanton Guildhouse, nr. Broadway, Worcestershire - £47 includes lunch. Bookings/info 01386 584357 www.stantonguildhouse.org.uk July 10 TALK to Hereford Textile Group, Tillngton, Hereford. Visitors £3. Details: 01432 840559 June 26 DAY COURSE: Crazy Rugs & Raggy Bags at Helena Lane Centre, Ludlow, Shropshire. Start a rug or decorate a hessian bag. £22 (plus £1 for hessian or £3 for bag) Bookings: 01743 355159 July SUMMER SCHOOL at Marlborough College - famous independent school in Marlborough, Wiltshire 13-19 Rag Rugs : Creative Recycling full 5 day course 20-26 - mornings only 5 day course: Rag Rug Samplers 20-26 - afternoons only 5 day course: Crazy Rugs & Raggy Bags - course for teenagers Residential or non-residential. Enquiries/bookings: 01672 892388 and http://www.mcsummerschool.org.uk August 3-9 SUMMER SCHOOL at Missenden Abbey, Great Missenden, Bucks - Rags to Riches Contemporary Rag Rugs at Pipers Corner. 3.30 Sunday to 12.30 Saturday. Design and make a unique project in beautiful Buckinghamshire. Residential or non. Enquiries/bookings 01296 892388 http://www.arca.uk.net/missendenabbey August 14-17 The FESTIVAL OF QUILTS at the N.E.C., Birmingham. Superb international exhibition, quilters’ heaven. Quick & Easy rag rug taster workshops at the Learning Curve 020 8692 2299 - http://www.twistedthread.com
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