Archive of Non-residential | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 11
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Bobbin Lace: Bucks Point Weekend
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThe course covers all the techniques for this type of lace and is suitable for those who are new to Bucks Point as well as for those who are experienced in making this beautiful type of lace. During the weekend you could start a new project or work on / complete an on-going one, learn...
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Stumpwork – A Bug’s Eye View
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesImagine lying in a flower meadow looking through the grasses and flowers at the insects and bugs that are crawling up the stems. Using embroidery stitches, padding and raising, free standing elements and wires, learn to make these fascinating creepy crawlies. You will be taught to use iridescent silk organza and needlelace for wings and...
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Stumpwork – A Bug’s Eye View
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesImagine lying in a flower meadow looking through the grasses and flowers at the insects and bugs that are crawling up the stems. Using embroidery stitches, padding and raising, free standing elements and wires, learn to make these fascinating creepy crawlies. You will be taught to use iridescent silk organza and needlelace for wings and...
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The USA – Founding a Nation
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesStandard Weekend Price: See aboveFrom the first settlers that moved from Asia to North America to the European colonists who followed in the steps of Columbus and the Pilgrim Fathers, this is the story of successive generations – of Indians and of families from Europe – forging a life on the wilds of the New...
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Creative Patchwork
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesCome to Knuston and create your own Patchwork! Whether you already know what to do or whether you need to start from scratch does not matter I can get you going. You will go home with knowledge and enthusiasm to carry on sewing!
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Creative Patchwork
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesCome to Knuston and create your own Patchwork! Whether you already know what to do or whether you need to start from scratch does not matter I can get you going. You will go home with knowledge and enthusiasm to carry on sewing!
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Sing A Sound of Music
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesA fun filled weekend singing the amazing songs from the musical The Sound of Music. No previous singing experience or the ability to read music is needed, just the willingness to join in and enjoy yourself. There will be structured vocal warm-ups and tips to achieve the best from your voice and all of the...
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Chinese Brush Painting
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis weekend course will study a number of subjects such as flower, bird, fruit, animal, fish or landscape, all taught in the traditional method of demonstration and practice. Learning will continue on Saturday evening with a presentation on painting or travel for example. This course is suitable for both beginners and the more advanced. New...
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Chinese Brush Painting
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis midweek course will study a number of subjects such as flower, bird, fruit, animal, fish or landscape. Examples will be provided for use during the course, which will be taught in the traditional way of demonstration and practice. Learning will continue in the evening with a presentation on painting, culture or travel. This course...
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Beadweaving: A Geometric Journey
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesGeometric Bead work is a fascinating technique and one that is actually fairly easy to learn. Students will be working with Japanese Delica cylinder beads which sit together perfectly creating a firm foundation. A working knowledge of basic peyote stitch would be an advantage for this technique. Help with colour combinations will be given. All...
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Pyrography Workshop
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThe course wil be structured to allow the following areas to be covered: Introduction to the course; History of Pyrography; Demonstration of techniques and practicing a variety of basic techniques working on Leather, Veneer and making a Greeting Card. You will get to work with Getting to know the equipment and materials and produce small...
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Creative Patchwork
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesCome to Knuston and create your own Patchwork! Whether you already know what to do or whether you need to start from scratch does not matter I can get you going. You will go home with knowledge and enthusiasm to carry on sewing!
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Canal Art with a Contemporary Twist
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesCanal Art, the colourful decoration found on canal narrow boats, is based on the traditions of the late 1800’s, early 1900’s, and now includes many contemporary designs that reflect the countryside, animals, places, film, television characters, etc. The traditional styles have been adapted to suit the many different types of boats now found on canals...
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Beethoven and the Archduke Rudolph
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesBeethoven’s wide-ranging list of compositions offers endless opportunities for discovery. Our weekend will feature a variety of music written for or dedicated to his favourite patron, the Archduke Rudolph, including concertos, chamber music, piano sonatas and the great Missa Solemnis. There will be visual and musical illustrations, as well as a performance of the celebrated...
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A334 Literature from Shakespeare to Austen
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThis weekend course is aimed at Open University A334 students. The course will cover the study of prose, poetry and drama from Shakespeare to Austen. We will consolidate what you have learned on the module so far and help you gain new insights. We will be considering texts from a variety of genres in their...
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Honiton Lace
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThis is a practical course designed for bobbin lacemakers of all abilities. For those who have knowledge of basic bobbin stitches there is the opportunity to be introduced to the techniques of this classic English lace. Those experienced in Honiton lacemaking can expand their skills and understanding of this lace and gain inspiration and guidance...
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Flappers, Vamps & All That Jazz: The Roaring Twenties
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThe 1920s were a time of great upheaval, as society was torn between a desire to return to the certainties of the past and rejection of the old certainties of the Edwardian era. The result was a creative tension that led to new developments in society, politics and the arts, including daring new plays, modern...
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An Exploration Weekend
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesA weekend course with Brian Anderson, photographer and adventurer, looking at some of the great explorers and their expeditions into the unknown world, or the ‘terra incognita’ of their centuries. We will travel the routes of Magellan, Drake, Cook, Weddell and others, and see the landscapes, wildlife & peoples they encountered on their expeditions. This...
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1685 – A Great Year for Music
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThe three greatest figures in the world of baroque music were all born in the same year. Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti grew up in very different environments, and only the latter two ever met. So it is fascinating to explore how their careers developed in parallel, but on very different lines. Harpsichordists Steven Devine and...
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Mah Jongg – Chinese Traditional Way to Play
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesMah Jonng, also known as 'The Game of Four Winds', has been the Chinese national game for centuries. It is said that half the population of China can play this game. The beauty of the tiles, the variety of the rules, the Eastern tradition and culture in the playing make the game logical, competitive and...
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Musical Impressionism – From Dawn Till Dusk
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesDuring this weekend we will try to get inside the ‘feel’ as well as the ‘nuts and bolts’ of the Impressionism label in search of what it means in music. It’s not as easy to pin down as is the Impressionist Painting Movement. Debussy initially scoffed at the tag, but what did he and Ravel...
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Stumpwork Strawberries
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesIntricate strawberry designs have embellished embroidered textiles all through history, particularly in the Elizabethan age. This course will cover many different ways of working raised strawberries, together with their flowers, to build an attractive piece of work that could be made up into a scissors holder or needlebook. This course will cover a variety of...
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Saqqara: Egypt’s Most Important Ancient Necropolis
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesIn this weekend course we will enjoy an in-depth exploration of one of Egypt’s most significant ancient sites – Saqqara, the necropolis of Egypt’s ancient capital Memphis. We will examine the architecture, reliefs, inscriptions, statuary and funerary equipment of the extraordinary tombs of pharaohs, nobles and sacred animals, dating from the Early Dynastic Period through...
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Moorish Spain
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesNo era of European History was as remarkable or left as indelible a mark as Moorish Spain. The history, language, architecture, decorative arts, music, gastronomy, personality of the Iberian Peninsula owes so much to the civilization that occupied at least part of Spain for nearly 800 years. We shall follow the history of Moorish Spain...
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Sibelius: The Man and The Music
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesSibelius is one of the giants of music. In particular his seven symphonies are recognised among the towering achievements of western man, but they and other masterpieces were only created out of enormous struggle. Using both musical and visual illustrations we will explore the relationship between the man and the music as his remarkable career...
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William the Conqueror and His Sons
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThe Battle of Hastings and William's Norman settlement which followed it were one of the great watersheds in English history. It was a period of revolutionary change but also some striking continuity with the Anglo-Saxon society and culture it was replacing. The reigns of his sons William Rufus and Henry I were to build on...
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Chinese Brush Painting – Summer Flower with Bird and Insect in Freehand Style
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesFlowers and birds have been popular subjects in traditional Chinese brush painting for over two thousand years. This course will focus on the basic skills of painting different kind of flowers, birds and insects in free hand style, such as: wisterias with swallow, peony with butterfly and Chinese lotus flower with dragonfly. The course will...
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Classical Guitar Orchestra Weekend
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesA unique musical experience for classical guitarists of all ages and of varying abilities (but not complete beginners). The emphasis is on participation, with students working in a non-competitive and supportive environment. Parts of the orchestra range in difficulty from elementary (Grade 2) to advanced (Grade 8) and are allocated in accordance with each students’...
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From King Lud to King’s Cross: The History & Life of London
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesDr Johnson wrote: 'When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life;for there is in London all that life can afford'. In this course, we shall look at the life of London from its foundation to the present day: its trades, industries, docks and rivers; its theatres, music halls and other entertainments;...
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Made in Britain: How Prehistory Shaped Our World
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesBefore the coming of the Romans the people of these islands were non-literate, relying on word of mouth to pass on their skills and knowledge. Through an exploration of the archaeological inheritance they left behind this course reveals how their craftsmanship, ingenuity and endeavour shaped our world, laying the foundations for the Britain we inhabit...
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