Dare to Dabble
Choose from 2 sessions: 10.30am – 1.00pm or 2.00pm – 4.30pm
Learn about the different traditional techniques before creating your own aboriginal painting. Small rocks will be provided to paint on but please feel free to bring something bigger such as a terracotta plant pot.
Bookable after 4th January.
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Exhibition:
This display features a wonderful collection of Chinese folk art – embroidered children’s hats roughly 100 years old.
Silk has been used in China since ancient times and embroidery has become a common folk art in China. Many of the children’s hats contain animal imagiary, which is believed to invoked good fortune, outwit evil forces and help bring happiness and longevity.
Exhibition:
A display by Dutch lace maker Yvonne Scheele-Kerkhof and her interpretations of Asian motifs.
She describes her work as ‘painting in thread’ and through these exquisite pieces she takes us on a journey to discover the beauty of the Orient and the meaning and symbolism of the designs.
The Beauty of the Orient is on show until April 24th.
This display complements another exhibition on show at the museum entitled A Mothers Love. Find out more here.
Exhibition:
Inspired by nature in a single seedpod or insects sheltering in the tree canopy, a found treasure or beloved artefact, the work within this exhibition is constructed using material such as handmade paper, rusty wire and recycled lace, charting a creative textile journey to a place that is On the Edge of traditional stitch practice.
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On the Edge is on show until April 10th.
Dare to Dabble
Choose from 2 sessions: 10.30am – 1pm or 2pm – 4.30pm
An action packed workshop that will look at many types of paper art including dip dying, folding and cuts. You will go home with lots of material that you can use in other art works, give as gifts or simply enjoy them within their own right.
Bookable after 4th January.
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This display will highlight a collection of nature-inspired glass, mostly loaned by the Broadfield House Glass Museum, but will also include work from the Nature in Art collection.
A number of different techniques will be on show, demonstrating the wonderful variety of items and revealing how craftspeople have exploited the many qualities of glass to celebrate nature.
Melting Point will be on show until May 22nd.
Exhibition:
This is Nature in Art’s first ever exhibition of stereoscopic (3-D) images, first invented in 1832 and now enjoying a revival.
You will be able to borrow some of our 3D glasses and go on a journey through the micro world, seeing things, as for the first time, in their true three dimensional form.
Discover a whole new way to see and enjoy the beauty in nature.
Small but Perfectly Formed will be on show until June 12th.
Dare to Dabble
Choose from 2 sessions: 10.30am – 1pm or 2pm – 4.30pm
Explore the qualities of acrylic paint in the style of artist Monet. This workshop will introduce you to how you can get the most out of this great medium.
Bookable after 4th January.
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