Archive of South West | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 12
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Bookbinding
Listed on January 14, 2016 by The Grange in Featured CoursesCased bookbinding – Improvers.
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Letterpress Printing
Listed on January 14, 2016 by The Grange in Featured CoursesAn introduction to letterpress printing.
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Open Day – How a Traditional Book is Made
Listed on January 14, 2016 by The Grange in Featured CoursesHow a traditional book is made - our annual book skills open day
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Bookbinding
Listed on January 14, 2016 by The Grange in Featured CoursesGerman fine paper bookbinding.
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Letterpress Printing
Listed on January 14, 2016 by The Grange in Featured CoursesAn introduction to letterpress printing.
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Composers in Exile
Listed on January 14, 2016 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesThe weekend will explore a wide variety of music, all of it written by composers who for various reasons were living far from their homelands. Among the composers to be featured are Handel, Stravinsky, Korngold, Rachmaninov, Chopin and Bartók. Sheafhayne Manor is a Grade II listed Elizabethan manor house, commanding wonderful views across the East Devon...
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Othello & Otello
Listed on January 14, 2016 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesAn opportunity to explore in detail Othello (Otello), one of the most famous of all dramas. We will discuss both Shakespeare’s play and Verdi’s opera, with illustrations on DVD with large screen. Bartley Lodge is a splendid Grade II listed country house hotel set in the heart of the New Forest, in eight acres of grounds. The facilities are...
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Frome Festival
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesWelcome to the 15th Frome Festival. Once again we are delighted to present a programme packed with events to appeal across all age ranges and a multitude of tastes. The Frome Festival is a community festival in the true meaning of the term.
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Beginners
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Developing New Ideas from Old Textiles
Listed on January 7, 2016 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesThe Hilton Bristol is by the junction of the M4 and M5 and close to Bristol Parkway Station. Discover how to take raw materials and textiles, and by applying a range of experimental techniques, explore the qualities and characters of fabric and paper to express your individual designs. Here is a truly unconventional...
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Drawing with the sewing machine needle
Listed on January 7, 2016 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesA two-day residential course to develop your hand-stitchery skills in a quality hotel at Bristol. Your course starts with Friday dinner at 7 pm and runs through to Sunday afternoon tea, but you can check in from 3 pm and take advantage of the hotel’s facilities before you meet your fellow students. Fees include...
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Mountmellick – an Irish ‘White of White’ embroidery technique
Listed on January 7, 2016 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesA two-day residential course to develop your hand-stitchery skills in a quality hotel at Bristol. Your course starts with Friday dinner at 7 pm and runs through to Sunday afternoon tea, but you can check in from 3 pm and take advantage of the hotel’s facilities before you meet your fellow students. Fees include...
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Traditional Wooden Boat Building
Listed on October 28, 2015 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesGet insight into and practical experience of the construction and repair of traditional clinker and carvel craft. Learn tool sharpening, scarfing, fitting planks, riveting and steaming. The theory of set-up and lining-off planks is also covered. If time permits, you will fit rubbing strips and knees.Read more ... -
Introduction to Boat Building
Listed on October 28, 2015 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesEver wondered what thwarts or cold moulding are? This ‘boat beginners’ course looks at how different boats are shaped and why, terminology, construction methods, materials, propulsion, sails and rigs and rigging. Unusually for the Academy this is a classroom based course but workshop walkabouts and short strolls to the harbour and Cornish Pilot Gig shed to look at boats mean legs will be stretched regularly.Read more ... -
Modern Wooden Boat Building
Listed on October 28, 2015 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesShape and fit glued clinker and cold moulded planks, practice strip planking and stitch and tape boat building. Learn the basics of scarfing (lengthening planking timbers) and lamination of timber components. Understand the theory of modern methods for setting up building moulds, backbone arrangements and lining-off planks.Read more ... -
Wooden Boat Restoration
Listed on October 28, 2015 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesA five day melting pot of traditional and more modern techniques. Practical activities include tool sharpening, timber preparation, scarfing, gluing, removal and re-fitting of clinker planking, riveting and steam bending. Time permitting you will also refit internal components such as thwarts, risers and knees. Courses are suitable for complete beginners as well as experienced boat builders wishing to add or hone a particular skill. Well behaved dogs are welcome too. For more information please contact us. We are always happy to discuss which course is right for you. Please contact Janine Cashin on 01297 445545 or email office@boatbuildingacademy.com. Read more ... -
GRP Repairs
Listed on October 26, 2015 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesThis four day course starts with basic information about working safely with polyester based glass reinforced plastic (aka GRP) and understanding the functions of components (e.g. resin, catalyst and pigments) Read more ... -
Basic Woodworking 1
Listed on October 26, 2015 by Boat Building Academy in Featured CoursesAn intensive woodworking course suitable for confident beginners as well as those with a little (perhaps school day) experience.Read more ... -
Bobbin Lace Making
Listed on October 16, 2015 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesAlison Winn’s bobbin lace making courses are ideal whether you are a beginner or experienced lace maker.Read more ... -
Silken Soutache Braid
Listed on October 16, 2015 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesDiscover the sewn craft of Soutache Braid on a weekend residential course in Bristol. Your course starts with Friday dinner at 7 pm and runs through to Sunday afternoon tea, but you can check in from 3 pm and take advantage of the hotel’s facilities before you meet your fellow students. Fees include an en...
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JANÁČEK
Listed on October 15, 2015 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesJanáček is one of the great composers of the 20th century, but he was already aged 46 when that century began. The most distinctively Czech of the Czech nationalist composers, he owes less than Smetana and Dvořák to Western European models, and was a provincial musician for most of his life.Read more ... -
Beethoven and the Archduke Rudolph
Listed on October 15, 2015 by Arts in Residence 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.Read more ... -
Discover the Joys of Playing the Ukulele
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesWhether you are a beginner or an improver on the ukulele, this workshop weekend is for you. You’ll be given a kick start in improving your skills on this wonderful instrument, as well as an opportunity to sing and play with a group of like-minded enthusiasts.Read more ... -
A Day of Raw Chocolate
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesA day to learn about the history, its traditional healing uses, and the many health benefits of organic raw chocolate. We’ll make individual chocolates, truffles, desserts and drinks to tickle your taste buds and nourish your soul. Read more ... -
Bookbinding Course at Dillington House
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Dillington in Featured Courses Course participants will be introduced to the use of leather and associated techniques and will be able to complete a half-leather binding, a stronger and better binding than the case-binding of the beginners’ courseRead more ... -
Hawkwood College Open Day 4 May 2015
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Hawkwood College in Member NewsAn enjoyable day for the whole family! Free taster workshops * tours of the grounds * stalls by tutors, traders and partners. Delicious home-made organic food and ice cream * children’s activities * Maypole dancing and peace dancing. Free entryRead more ... -
Dare to be Great! with Polly Higgins
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Hawkwood College in Featured Courses“Polly is inspirational. With warmth, soft humour and deep passion she shared her personal journey and shows us just how we can dare to be great.”Read more ... -
Running with the Mind of Meditation
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesThis weekend is for both new, casual or very experienced runners. It is about running and the mind that runs! Read more ... -
Mindful Drawing
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesMindful Drawing is an exploration of drawing as meditation and is suitable for all levels. Inspired by the work of Frederick Franck, author of The Zen of Seeing, the emphasis is on process rather than outcomeRead more ... -
Viva Verdi!
Listed on February 14, 2015 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesA fun opportunity to have a weekend singing Italian opera choruses in the Cotswolds! Led by Gavin Carr, tenor and conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus Read more ...
