An introduction to Lino Printing

9th November 2024

Participants learn’t how to carve and print using Lino.

The technique can be used successfully with either complex or very simple lino cuts, so all levels of experience were welcome.

Needlefelted Christmas Baubles

2nd November 2024

Participants created Christmas tree baubles from wool felt, ribbon, beads and threads. Participants will learn basic needle felting technique and easy decorative embroidery stitches.

Copper foil birds –
with Alison Tait

19th October 2024

Participants learn’t to cut glass, apply copper foil and solder pieces of glass together to make a bird decoration. By the end of the workshop each participant had created a glass bird to take home.

Colours from Plants –
with Edward and Lucy Campbell

5th October 2024

During this workshop participants learn’t to make ink from foraged and cultivated plant sources including walnuts, weld,  acorn caps and indigo.

Experimenting with sketchbooks and photographs – with Liz Hardy

14th September 2024

This workshop was an opportunity to look together at ways to keep our sketch books fresh and useful to our artistic process.

Two-day ceramics workshop –
with Alison Tait

20 April & Saturday 18 May 2024

Two-part vase making pottery workshop with Alison Tait, artist and experienced teacher, working in the Scottish Borders. Learn’t how to make a pottery vase decorated with textures of plants and other found objects. Then returned to decorate with underglaze colours, painted into and around the texture.

‘Pigments and paints from the landscape’ workshop

6th Apil 2024

Borders Arts Collective welcomed artists Edward Campbell and Lucy Lee (from the Old Mill Palnackie exhibition space and art studios in Dumfries & Galloway) they ran an edited version of their pigments course.

Book-making – mixed media collage workshop

23rd March 2024

Book artist Isabell Buenz explored the worlds of collages, easy printing techniques and book binding in this full day workshop.

Portraiture Class –
with Dorothy Aitcheson

9th March 2024

Participants learn’t portrait drawing techniques in a monotone or restricted palette, focusing not just on the head but clothes and fabric as well.

Wet Felting

10th February 2024

Participants learn’t how to make a felted object similar to below picture!

Prints for Springtime

10th February 2024

Printmaking without a press

Brush-making workshop

27th January 2024

Participants learn’t ho2 to make handmade brushes from found objects to make different mark making techniques.

Stained Glass Workshop

13th January 2024

Participants learn’t how to design an Angel, cut glass using your pattern then copper foil and solder your Angel.

Botanical Art Workshop

Rachel Sutherland

7th October 2023

Participants learn’t how to measure the plant and scale the drawing, how to notice and record the specific characteristics of the plant and how to mix watercolour to match the colours.

Pastels in landscape & portrait

Dorothy Aitchison

23rd September 2023

Draw & Paint at the same time with Pastels. Intensive tuition in Form, Colour & Technique. 

Book Sculpture / Altered Books

Isabell Buenz – Paper & Book Artist

2nd September 2023

Creating a unique sculptural piece of art from discarded or pre-loved books using a variety of simple but effective techniques.

Weekend Willow Sculpture Workshop

with Trevor Leat

Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 May 23

Trevor Leats Willow 2 day workshop was a very enjoyable and well attended one and we’re very much looking forward to him coming back next year.

Slipper Workshop

with Shani Sedgwick

18th March 2023