CARMARTHEN SCHOOL OF ART @ Coleg Sir Gâr.
SHORT COURSES PROGRAMME - AUTUMN TERM 2015 - 2016
Location: All courses will be delivered on the Carmarthen School of Art
campus, Coleg Sir Gâr.
Jobs Well Road Campus
Carmarthen
SA31 3HY
Any Questions?
Contact details: [email protected]
Telephone campus office: Eiddwen Harries 01554 748201
AFTER YOU HAVE CHOSEN YOUR COURSE/S, WHAT NEXT.
• Please email Susan Hayward by Thursday 3rd September identifying which courses you
wish to enrol on.
• Enrolment will be on the 5th & 6th of October from 4.30pm to 7.00pm.
• Places are on a first come first served basis.
• On enrolment you will be expected to pay in full in the campus office.
1 & 2 DAY COURSES – OCTOBER 2015
MONUMENTAL PORTRAITS
Tutor: Hannah Davies
This course is the ideal opportunity to work BIG….. Using the
grid technique this two day workshop will enable you to scale up
a photographic self-portrait into a dramatic and imposing 6ft x 8ft
drawing. You will explore the impact of monumental scale,
pushing mark making, line and tone to create an original selfportrait using dry mediums.
Course Details and Additional
information.
Dates and Times: 27th & 28th October.
10 a.m. start.
Duration: 2 days
Cost: £99.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+.
Ability: Beginners to Intermediate.
Maximum class size: 10
Additional information: Students will
need to bring a 6” x 4” portrait photos of
themselves to work from. Materials will be
provided.
PAINT AN ABSTRACT CANVAS FOR CHRISTMAS
Tutor: Amanda Blake
This course uses still life as a subject matter for creating an
abstract painting on canvas. Students will learn to stretch and
prime a canvas and undertake several studies in preparation for
the final composition. Colour relationships, layering and mark
making will be investigated to create an image that is expressive
and individual.
A slide show will provide inspiration to develop a range of
abstract colour studies and mark-making experiments,
culminating in an acrylic painting on canvas.
LEARN TO LOVE YOUR CAMERA - DSLR STARTER.
Course Details and Additional
information.
Dates and Times: 27th & 28th
October.
10 a.m. start.
Duration: 2 days
Cost: £99.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+ The
course is suitable for beginners and
adults with some painting experience.
Maximum class size: 10
Additional information
Materials: Paint, paper and canvas
will be provided. Please bring your
own set of brushes and sketchbook.
Dates and Times: 27th October.
10 a.m. start.
Duration: 1day
Tutor: John Beynon
Cost: £49.00
You have read the instruction book and it hasn’t helped. This
course will help you decipher the jargon. We will teach you how
to take control of your SLR, the basics of exposure (so you
understand what your camera in doing) why you would use
different lenses and the basics of composition. We will cover
shutter speeds, Apertures, Exposure modes, lenses and
composition. Practical exercises and review of your photographs
will help you to see the improvement in your photography.
Remember you are smarter than your camera!
Progression: This course will give you the confidence to
progress onto more advanced photography short courses,
Adobe Lightroom for beginners, Adobe Photoshop as well as
specialist further and higher education courses in Carmarthen
School of Art
Who should Attend: Age 16+ The
course is suitable for beginners.
Maximum class size: 10
Additional information
Students must bring their own digital
single lens reflex camera with them.
MILLINERY FASCINATORS
Tutor: Kate McKenny
A bespoke Millinery 2 day short course led by award winning
local milliner Kate McKenny. Providing you with an opportunity to
make and dress a fascinator with a variety of creative design
effects. Gain skills and knowledge of this unique craft within a
friendly and inspired environment. Through a series of
demonstrations you will learn how to work with millinery fabrics
followed by creating your very own simple bespoke fascinator to
take away with you at the end of the course.
CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS.
Tutor: Laura Reynolds
This one-day workshop is designed to be an introduction to the
basics of sewing, and at the end of the day you will leave with a
self-made Christmas stocking to hang over your fireplace!
Techniques learned will include sewing machine stitches, seams
and finishes. These techniques will then be applied to making a
stocking in a fabric of your choice.
Materials: Sewing machinery, threads, tailors chalk and pins will
be provided for your use and there will be basic fabrics available,
however we advise you to bring your own fabrics, these could
include sentimental fabrics that you may like to repurpose to
personalise your stocking.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: 27th & 28th October.
10 a.m. start.
Duration: 2 Days
Cost: £99.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+ The
course is suitable for beginners
Maximum class size: 10
Additional information: The fashion
department will provide all materials.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: 27th October.
10 a.m. start
Duration: 1 Day
Cost: £49.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+
suitable for all levels.
Maximum class size: 8
Additional information: Materials:
Students are advised to bring
additional fabrics to personalize their
piece.
INTRODUCTION TO JEWELLERY – MAKE A TEXTURED
PENDANT
Tutor: Rose Wood
You will be lead through the stages necessary to produce your
own unique textured pendant made from copper. You will learn
to saw different shapes, texture the metal using a hammer,
create texture with a rolling mill and how to anneal and solder.
You will also learn some patination techniques (colouring metal)
and have the chance to think about different ways to fit your
pendant on to chain provided, this will involve
drilling/soldering/making jump rings.
Find inspiration by looking up the the work of Cinnamon jewellery
and BLUEskyBLACKbird.
Courses will be delivered in the purpose built jewellery
workshop.
JEWELLERY CASTING – RECYCLE YOUR UNWANTED
SILVER JEWELLERY & PEWTER CASTING.
Tutor: Rose Wood
This workshop will teach you the basics of cuttlefish casting to
produce contemporary jewellery from silver jewellery that you no
longer wear. Other small silver objects such as spoons can also
be reprocessed. A range of processes will be used to create
cuttlefish moulds to pour the molten silver into so creating a new
piece of wearable jewellery. To make additional pieces, you will
have the opportunity to work with pewter to explore these
exciting and ancient processes.
Find inspiration by looking up the work of Ros Millar, Kelvin J
Birk and Marian Hosking and Katrina Newman.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: 27th October. 10
a.m. start.
Duration: 1 day
Cost: £49.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+ The
course is suitable for beginners.
Maximum class size: 10
Additional information: Students
must wear enclosed shoes and a
cotton apron.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: 28th & 29th October.
10 a.m. start.
Duration: 2 days
Cost: £99.00
Who should Attend: Age 17+. Ability –
Intermediate. Students need to have some
experience of basic jewellery techniques.
Maximum class size: 8
Additional information: Students must
provide their own scrap silver. All scrap
will be tested before hand to ensure it can
be melted.
Clothing – cotton apron, sturdy closed
boots/shoes. Long hair must be tied up.
Appropriate protective equipment will be
provided by the department.
CERAMICS – INTRODUCTION TO HAND BUILDING –
MAKING A VESSEL.
Tutor: Lyndon Davies (TBC)
This course will introduce you to the techniques associated with
ceramic hand building. By the end of the day you would have
explore techniques demonstrated and produced a beautiful
ceramic vessel.
Hand building techniques will cover clay preparation, slab
building, coiling and pinching. Participants will also experiment
with a range of techniques to create decorative surface texture
for their vessels. In a sketchbook you will be encouraged to keep
notes and develop creative ideas to inform the work as it
develops. All work will be fired after the course for later
collection.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: 27th October
10 a.m. start
Duration: 1 day
Cost: £49.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+ The
course is suitable for beginners and
those with experience.
Maximum class size: 10
Additional information: Wear ‘work’
clothes and sturdy shoes.
The department will provide
appropriate protective equipment.
Please bring a sketchbook for
recording notes and ideas.
Course Details and Additional
information
RAKU – MAKE YOUR OWN TILES.
Tutor: Neill Curran
During this course you will learn the skills necessary to decorate
and fire ceramic tiles in the Japanese tradition of Raku. The aim
is to develop knowledge and gain hands on experience of the
Raku process, decorative techniques, glazing and firing skills.
Participants are encouraged to research the technique prior to
the session and develop some design ideas for their tiles. At the
end of the session each student will be in procession of a
number of fired completed tiles. All skills are transferable to other
types of ceramic. Resources: All materials will be provided.
Additional resources will also be provided by the ceramics
department to inform and inspire.
Dates and Times: 28th October.
10 a.m. start
Duration: 1day
Cost: £49.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+. Ability
- beginners to Intermediate.
Maximum class size: 8
Additional information: Wear ‘work’
clothes and sturdy shoes.
The department will provide
appropriate protective equipment.
Please bring a sketchbook with some
design ideas for your tiles.
INTRODUCTION TO BLACKSMITHING - MAKE A SPOON.
Tutor: Mike Davies
An opportunity to work with a professional artist to study some of
the seven techniques used by blacksmiths to produce a range of
small forged items. During the course you will learn drawing
down, bending, spreading and punching, on the college forge
and familiarise yourself with hammer techniques and the use of
the anvil. During the sessions you will produce a spoon in forged
steel. This class is suitable for a range of skills from absolute
beginners onwards and will give you a taste of the hands on
approach to teaching at Carmarthen School of Art.
MAD MASKS
Tutor: Mandy Lane
Are you a fan of Mad Max, the Grounders from the 100? If so
this class is for you. Working with a professional artist you will
create a custom made mask of your own design using a range of
materials, processes and paint techniques. Each mask will be
unique to its creator and can be as wild as your imagination
allows. This class is suitable for complete beginners to more
experienced student’s artists and will give you a taste of the
hands on approach to teaching at Carmarthen School of Art.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: 27th & 28th October
Duration: 2 days
Cost: £99.00
Who should Attend: Age 17+ The
course is suitable for beginners and
those with some experience.
Maximum class size: 8
Additional information: Wear ‘work’
clothes and avoid loose clothing
Wear steel toecap boots or sturdy
shoes. Students should have their own
note book.
Appropriate protective equipment is
available in the department.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: 27th October
Duration: 1 day
Cost: £49.00
Who should Attend: Age 15+ The
course is suitable for beginners.
Maximum class size: 8
Additional information: Wear ‘work’
clothes and sturdy shoes.
Materials: Students are encouraged
to bring found materials and objects to
embellish their masks.
NEEDLE FELTING FOR CHRISTMAS
Tutor: Gwennan Thomas
Start the Christmas festivities with this one-day needle-felting
workshop.
During the day you will learn the basics of needle-felting and
create your own unique decoration ready to hang on the
Christmas tree.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times. 27th October.
10 a.m. start
Duration: 1 Day
Cost: £49.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+
suitable for all levels
Maximum class size: 8
Additional information: All materials
will be provided.
WEAVING AROUND FOUND OBJECTS
Tutor: Louise Tucker
This workshop explores miniature woven studies around everyday found objects, looking at colour and texture.
Found objects can include pebbles, driftwood, matchboxes,
old/new books etc. A range of found objects and yarn will be
supplied on the day, however if you have an object or yarn that
you would like to use for the workshop please feel free to bring it
along.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: 28th October. 10
a.m. start.
Duration: 1 Day
Cost: £49.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+
suitable for all levels
Maximum class size: 12
Additional information: Materials will
be provided by the department.
EVENING CLASSES – AUTUMN TERM 2015
LIFE DRAWING
Tutor: Cath Fairgrieve / Martin Reed
This course will develop understanding of the fundamentals of
perspective and proportion to be able to capture the figure in
movement and atmosphere. Workshops will explore a variety of
techniques while also stimulating creative expression, using
simple but effective exercises. Topics include linear drawing,
tonal drawing, composition, expressive drawing/painting and
portraiture, to develop confidence to work in line and tone in both
wet and dry materials.
Other artists’ works will provide a source of inspiration.
ACRYLIC PAINTING
Tutor: Hannah Davies
This structured course explores the use of line, colour, tone,
composition and the application of paint media through
observational understanding of a subject matter. Workshops
include painting from a life model and traditional still life as a
subject to develop expressive and individual responses.
Book resources and slide shows will provide inspiration for
students to build new skills for a portfolio of studies and
experiments, culminating in an acrylic painting on canvas.
Materials: paint, paper and canvas will be provided.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: Tuesday Evenings
- 3rd / 10th / 17th / 24th November & 1st
December.
5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Duration: 1 evening a week for 5
weeks.
Cost: £149.00
Who should Attend: Suitable for all
levels. Age18+
Maximum class size: 10
Additional information:
Materials Please bring your own
sketchbook
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: Tuesday Evenings
- 3rd / 10th / 17th / 24th November & 1st
December.
5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Duration: 1 evening a week for 5
weeks.
Cost: £149.00
Who should Attend: Suitable for all
levels. Age18+
Maximum class size: 10
Additional information:
Materials Please bring your own
sketchbook and set of brushes. All
other materials will be provided.
PHOTOSHOP FOR BEGINNERS
Tutor: Matt Long / Angharad Griffiths
Adobe Photoshop CC is the industry standard image
manipulation software for working with digital
images/photographs.
Whether you want to use Photoshop for print based work or
online graphics, this course will introduce you to the most
efficient and effective way of getting started.
The course covers all major Photoshop features including
compositing images, graphics and text, manipulating colour,
understanding resolution, creating a montage, using Photoshop
filters, working with layers and preparing images for print and
screen output.
You will be working on suites of Apple Mac computers, and will
be provided with a Wacom Intuos drawing tablet to use in the
sessions.
LIGHTROOM FOR BEGINNERS.
Tutor: Daniel Staveley
Are you daunted by the thought of organising all of your digital
photographs? Would you like to vastly increase workload and
save time?
Adobe Lightroom can help you with your digital assets to quickly
organise, edit and prepare and publish images for use in print,
digital media, PDF’s etc. much faster than you ever thought
possible.
You will be introduced to the basic tools of Adobe Lightroom;
which covers Library module (organising your images), tethered
shooting in the studio, Develop module, Slideshow module,
editing in Photoshop, Print module and Web module. By the end
of the course you would have built a professional digital
catalogue of your images.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: Monday Evenings 2nd / 9th / 16th / 23rd & 30th November.
5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Duration: 1 evening a week for 5
weeks.
Cost: £99.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+
Suitable for all levels but students will
need some basic computer skills.
Maximum class size: 14
Additional information:
Materials. Participants must supply
their own USB hard drive with a
selection of images to be reprocessed.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: Tuesday Evenings - 3rd
/ 10th / 17th / 24th November & 1st
December.
5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Duration: 1 evening a week for 5 weeks.
Cost: £99.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+ Beginners
with some computer experience and
awareness of Adobe software.
Maximum class size: 9
Additional information:
Materials. Participants must supply their
own USB hard drive with a selection of 20
images.
WELDED SCULPTURE.
Tutor: Mike Davies
An opportunity to work with a professional artist to construct a
welded steel sculpture from steel stock and found objects.
During the class you will use hand tools to cut and shape a
variety of individual elements before final positioning and fixing
using the college welders to finish your sculpture. All materials
and tools are provided by the college. This class is suitable for a
range of skills from absolute beginners onwards and will give
you a taste of the hands on approach to teaching at Carmarthen
School of Art.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: Tuesday Evenings
- 3rd / 10th / 17th / 24th November & 1st
December.
5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Duration: 1 evening a week for 5
weeks
Cost: £149.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+
suitable for beginners and those with
some experience.
Maximum class size: 8
Additional information:
Wear ‘work’ clothes and steel toecap
boots or sturdy shoes.
A range of protective equipment will
be supplied by the Sculpture
department.
TAILORING YOUR WARDROBE
Tutor: Laura Reynolds
Would you love to be able to alter your own clothes? By the end
of the 5 week course you will be able to tailor your wardrobe to fit
your body type. You will be shown how to carry out alterations
such as; shortening trousers and skirts, lengthening skirts and
dresses, adjusting fit and shape and inserting zips. The course is
suitable for anyone interested in sewing and learning to adapt,
alter, revamp or fit their clothes to create a new, interesting and
wearable wardrobe of clothes.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: Tuesday Evenings - 3rd
/ 10th / 17th / 24th November & 1st
December.
5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Duration: 1 evening a week for 5 weeks
Cost: £99.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+ suitable for
those with some basic sewing skills.
Maximum class size: 12
Additional information: Materials
Please bring a selection of clothing items,
i.e., trousers/skirts.
INTRODUCTION TO THE POTTERS WHEEL
Tutor: Neill Curran
This course will cover the basic skills needed for beginning a
lifelong skill through practical demonstration and guidance. Clay
preparation, centring clay on the wheel, throwing a basic
cylinder. From this stage the student will move on to make cups,
vases, and bowls. There will also be a follow up to this course
where students can glaze and Raku fire finished work.
Clay and tools will be provided, each student will also have a
wheel to develop their skills on, and all finished work will be
glazed and fired by the tutor.
CERAMIC SURFACE DECORATION
Tutor: Lyndon Davies (TBC)
This course will develop an understanding of different ceramic
decoration techniques including the use of engobe, coloured
slips, under glazes and stains. These techniques will be
combined to produce decorated work that will be glazed and
fired on completion. The decorating techniques will also include
practical techniques such as paper resist, sgaffito and inlay.
The workshops will be delivered in the ceramics degree
department where you will also learn appropriate health and
safety requirements and good working practice relevant to the
specialism.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: Tuesday Evenings
- 3rd / 10th / 17th / 24th November & 1st
December.
5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Duration: 1 evening a week for 5
weeks
Cost: £99.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+
Beginners and those wishing to
refresh their skills.
Maximum class size: 8
Additional information: Materials
Please bring sketchbooks to help
develop ideas for shape and form.
Students will be asked to wear
practical clothing and sturdy enclosed
shoes.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: Monday Evenings - 2nd
/ 9th / 16th / 23rd & 30th November.
5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Duration: 1 evening a week for 5 weeks
Cost: £149.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+ Beginners
and those wishing to refresh their skills.
Maximum class size: 10
Additional information: Materials
Please bring sketchbooks to help develop
ideas for shape and form. Students will be
asked to wear practical clothing and
sturdy enclosed shoes.
FACES – TAKE A BETTER PORTRAIT
Tutor: Huw Davies.
If you have ever taken a portrait that is too dark or out of focus, if
you have later discovered that your subject has red-eye, or they
are wearing a street sign as headwear, or simply has no head.
Then this course is for you. The course is a basic introduction to
portraiture where you will refine your skills and techniques in
both the studio and on location, focusing on elements such as
exposure, lighting, composition, focus and depth of field.
Workshops will include practical exercises and projects that will
help you light and compose your shots and use your
environment to take a better portrait.
You will cover exposure (speeds, aperture, ISO) using your lens
(focus, depth of field) Composition (rule of thirds, golden triangle)
lighting in a studio, lighting on location.
Progression: Specialist short courses in Adobe Lightroom and
Adobe Photoshop as well as specialist further and higher
education courses at Carmarthen School of Art. Please talk to
your tutor for details.
PRINTMAKING
Tutor: Dalit Leon
This course will introduce you to traditional processes of
printmaking using an Albion press. You will learn to mono print,
collagraph and etch a subject of your own choice, using personal
photos for inspiration. This will be developed through line,
composition and tone using mono-printing and collage as a
process to generate ideas before committing to a final image on
a metal plate. Final outcomes will be printed on specialist
papers.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: Tuesday Evenings
- 3rd / 10th / 17th / 24th November & 1st
December.
5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Duration: 1 evening a week for 5
weeks.
Cost: £99.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+
Beginners who have an interest in
photography.
Maximum class size: 8
Additional information:
Materials. Please bring a camera with
manual functions.
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: Tuesday Evenings
- 3rd / 10th / 17th / 24th November & 1st
December.
5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Duration: 1 evening a week for 5
weeks.
Cost: £99.00
Who should Attend: Suitable for all
levels. Age16+
Maximum class size: 10
Additional information:
Materials Please bring your own
sketchbook and a stock of photos to
work from.
JEWELLERY MAKING – CHAINMAKING – MAKE A
CONTEMPORARY SILVER CHAIN.
Tutor: Rose Wood
Over the course of 5 weeks you will work with wire and sheet
metal and explore the endless possibilities that come with
making handmade chain. You will learn how to make and solder
multiple links, to shape/reshape your links, to add unusual
touches and finish your chain through polishing or oxidation.
Initially working in copper, you will develop and refine your skills
to produce a series of experimental pieces. These will inform the
design and production choices you make for you final piece, a
silver one off contemporary handmade chain.
For inspiration see Amy Tavern (Line Drawings and Parallel
Constellations) and Karola Torkos (Garland and Changeable)
Course Details and Additional
information
Dates and Times: Monday Evenings 2nd / 9th / 16th / 23rd & 30th November.
5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Duration: 1 evening a week for 5
weeks
Cost: £149.00
Who should Attend: Age 16+
Beginners and those wishing to
develop their skills.
Maximum class size: 10
Additional information: Materials
Please bring sketchbooks to help
develop ideas for shape and form.
Students will be asked to wear
practical clothing and sturdy enclosed
shoes. All materials will be provided.
All details are correct at time of release. We reserve the right to amend any of the course details within this document if necessary.
Courses will run subject to confirmation of numbers recruited.
If any changes are made applicants will be notifies as soon as possible.