Archive of Weekend Course | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 11
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Parchment
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis course is suitable for those who already have a basic knowledge of parchment craft techniques, including tracing, embossing and simple perforating. Participants will be able to choose from a selection of patterns for greetings cards, pictures or technique samplers. Although the emphasis will be on the use of grids to create both...
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Screen Printing, Stencilling & Stamping on Polymer Clay
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesDuring this course we will explore the techniques of screen printing, stencilling and stamping on polymer clay before creating lovely pieces of jewellery or other decorative items. Screen printing - best known for fabric decoration and relatively new to the polymer clay world - creates beautiful effects quickly and easily. Stencilling is similar,...
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Parchment
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis course is suitable for those who already have a basic knowledge of parchment craft techniques, including tracing, embossing and simple perforating. Participants will be able to choose from a selection of patterns for greetings cards, pictures or technique samplers. Although the emphasis will be on the use of grids to create both...
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Parchment
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis course is suitable for those who already have a basic knowledge of parchment craft techniques, including tracing, embossing and simple perforating. Participants will be able to choose from a selection of patterns for greetings cards, pictures or technique samplers. Although the emphasis will be on the use of grids to create both...
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Bobbin Lace: Beginners & Beyond
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesHave you always wanted to make lace but are worried that it looks complicated? Are you a beginner wishing to continue to develop your skills? Are you already a lace maker but would like to continue with your work or start a new pattern? Help is at hand! This is the ideal course...
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Bobbin Lace: Beginners & Beyond
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesHave you always wanted to make lace but are worried that it looks complicated? Are you a beginner wishing to continue to develop your skills? Are you already a lace maker but would like to continue with your work or start a new pattern? Help is at hand! This is the ideal course...
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Flowers and Butterflies in Beadwork
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesDelicate and realistic two and three dimensional flowers and butterflies are worked using just needles, thread and predominantly tiny seed beads, applied to beadwork bases to create unique and desirable necklaces, pendants, lariats, bracelets, earrings and brooches, also napkin rings and bookmarks. Work at your own pace using a number of bead threading...
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A Weekend of Tai Chi and Dao Yin
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesSpend a weekend enjoying a variety of flowing Chinese exercises and leave feeling relaxed. This course is suitable for men and women, for beginners and those with experience of Tai Chi. You will be encouraged to slow down and exercise smoothly, find your balance and improve your flexibility at your own pace and,...
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German Language Through Literature and Film
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesDer Tangospieler by Christoph Hein tells the story of a man desperately trying to re-enter society after 21 months in prison for playing piano in a subversive student cabaret. The book not only gives an insight into various aspects of life in the GDR but also highlights the effects a totalitarian...
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The Egyptian Tomb: Doorway to the Afterlife
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThe ancient Egyptians believed that the first doorway to the Afterlife was the doorway of the tomb itself. This Course will look at the development of the Egyptian tomb from the Mastabas of the Old Kingdom, through the rock cut tombs of the New Kingdom, to the tombs of the Graeco-Roman period. The...
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Copperplate Calligraphy
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesMy aim for the course is that the students will gain a basic understanding of the Copperplate alphabet including the capitals and to gain confidence in writing with a pointed nib. Please bring: Flat board or large piece of cardboard to work on, A3 or A4 smooth paper, straight or angled...
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Japanese Embroidery
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis course is suitable for both experienced stitchers and those new to the subject. New students can either embroider a small motif using traditional threads, fabric and stitches, or if they want to make a larger commitment, make a start on the ten phase learning programme. Established students will be able to continue...
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Goldwork
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesGoldwork is a stunning form of embroidery most often associated with ecclesiastical vestments. This course will introduce you to the main techniques involved. Students can either stitch pre-set designs such as dragonflies, ivy leaves, tile motifs or work on their own design ideas. All levels are welcome from total beginners to the more...
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Achieving Ways to Tranquility
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesLike winning the lottery or the World Cup, achieving tranquillity can seem an impossible dream. Instructions and advice are everywhere, the choice is endless, but is it possible? Is it easier to pop pills or complain about boredom or busyness? Do you want to find some peace in the moment or peace in...
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European Bobbin Lace
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis is a practical course for all abilities of lacemakers, from those who only have knowledge of the basic stitches to those who wish to study advanced techniques. Many of the laces are taught with the aid of colour coded diagrams to help students continue to work at home. Laces available to study...
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French (Advanced)
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesUn week-end tout en français ! Nous étudierons le roman de Kamel Daoud, Meursault contre-enquête, ce qui nous donnera l’occasion de redécouvrir L’Etranger d’Albert Camus. Deux livres pour le prix d’un ! Je vous engage à les lire tous les deux et à venir prêts à discuter...
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Pottery for Beginners
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis is a structured course for students with little or no previous experience. It comprises of a series of short projects designed to introduce basic making and decorating techniques that allows the student to create interesting and individual pieces. Work will involve using coiling, slab and throwing techniques working with different clays. Surface...
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Goldwork Embroidery
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesGoldwork is a stunning form of embroidery most often associated with ecclesiastical vestments. This course will introduce you to the main techniques involved. Students can either stitch pre-set designs such as dragonflies, ivy leaves, tile motifs or work on their own design ideas. All levels are welcome from total beginners to the more...
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Looking at the Novel
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesOur focus will be on four finely crafted, highly regarded novels drawn from across a century and more. Each has a distinctive setting. We will explore narrative styles, themes and techniques and approaches to building character. What is memorable about each work and how does this affect or maybe influence our own thinking and enjoyment?...
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Coloured Pencils: Rust and Rustic
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis is a course that will show you how to draw rusty and rustic still life and architectural features. Using photographs supplied by the tutor you will be shown how to draw old rusty metal features such as door locks, hinges and peeling paint and also how to draw parts of old wooden...
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A Sumptuous Chatelaine: Hand Embroidery
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesMost embroiderers I know would love to own a Chatelaine – so why not take this opportunity to make a sumptuously embroidered and beaded one to treasure Time permitting it could include a scissors case, needle case, thimble case and pinwheel all embroidered with beautiful threads and encrusted with beads.
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Wet Felt Making
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThese workshops are designed to give a basic knowledge of wet feltmaking and to explore the possibilities of this wonderful medium. During the weekend we will discuss specific feltmaking techniques and processes such as nuno, lamination, cobweb and 3D. We shall also take a look at natural breeds and their felting qualities. I...
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Early Music: From Susato to Sweelinck
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesWhile many composers of Franco-Flemish or Netherlandish stock were lured south to warmer climes, others preferred to stay put, adding to the rich seam of music of post-Josquin and post-Lassus idiom. Investigating the latter, we shall see how Antwerp could compete with Venice in its array of talented printers, some of their publications...
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Papermaking with Plants
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesLearn how to use plants to make decorative, colourful, and unique papers through embossing, laminating and embedding. We’ll make paper using petals, leaves, fibres, seeds, perfumes and dyes from marigolds, roses, tagetes, sunflowers, lavender, clematis, cardoons, thistles, bulrush, and horse radish! If you like plants and gardening, have an appreciation for colour and...
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European Bobbin Lace
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis is a practical course for all abilities of lacemakers, from those who only have knowledge of the basic stitches to those who wish to study advanced techniques. Many of the laces are taught with the aid of colour coded diagrams to help students continue to work at home. Laces available to study...
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Your Sewing Machine Know-How
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesIf the machine can do it, you can make it with a little know how Beginners and experienced welcome to make an article of your choice or simply experiment with a variety of sewing techniques. Your machine can be an older basic type or a modern more advanced model. There will be a...
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Spin Wool & Alpaca Yarn
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesBe inspired; Spin your own yarn for knitting weaving and crochet using fine wool, fleece and alpaca during a really satisfying and eco-friendly weekend. All wheels, fleece, fibre and equipment included and no previous experience necessary. Use traditional wheel, drop spindle or e-spinner and make at least one skein, probably more. Use a...
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Extended Flute Weekend
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis new course is for flautists with at least 18 month’s experience. Participants will receive individual support and advice as well as group tuition. Participants can expect to play with those of similar experience whilst benefitting from the skills and expertise of the tutor. A varied library of music will be available for...
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Extended Clarinet Weekend
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis new course is for clarinettists with at least 18 month’s experience. Participants will receive individual support and advice as well as group tuition. Participants can expect to play with those of similar experience whilst benefitting from the skills and expertise of the tutor. A varied library of music will be available for...
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Coloured Pencils: Down on the Farm
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis is a course that will show you how to draw farm animals with coloured pencils. Using photographs supplied by the tutor you will be shown how to shade, select and mix colours, how to achieve textures such as fur and feathers and how to use different surfaces. By the end of the...
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