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Wed 26 Aug
Rachel Sermanni | Beatrix Potter Garden
18:00 - 22:00
Doors Open 18:00
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Wed 26 Aug
Rachel Sermanni | Beatrix Potter Garden
18:00 - 22:00
Doors Open 18:00
This workshop is suitable for beginners and those who have experience working with clay.
Artist Nicky May Bolland will lead a full day workshop exploring hand-building techniques to build our own clay vessels before having the opportunity to learn different surface-design techniques.
In the first part of the day we will learn and use the slab or coil building technique to create our vessels. Nicky will guide you through some of the processes and approaches that give the best results with slab and coil building methodology, including building your form and finishing the surface.
(Please bring lunch with you. We also have a cafe at Birnam Arts which serves soup, sandwiches and cake.)
In the afternoon we will explore some different printing methods to decorate your vessel. In the workshop participants will learn how to get the best results from processes including stencils and mono-printing.
Following the session your piece will be glazed and fired* before being available for collection.
Our approach to firing ceramics seeks to minimise the environmental impact - i.e. we try to ensure the kiln is as full as possible and where possible single fire work. For this reason you may have to wait sometime for your final work: we appreciate your patience and understanding on this.
Nicky May Bolland is an inter-disciplinary artist based in Perthshire, with an established visual arts practice combining clay and print-making techniques in novel ways. Nicky's work is concerned with relationships and entanglements: interspecies, inter-generational, inter-cultural. She loves creating work in clay, print-making and other mediums that captures the bold intricacy of the natural world and it's many inter-connections.
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Lovely wee cafe with amazing service. Been here 3 times now and always notice how friendly and upbeat the staff are. The coffee and cake is top notch also. Will definitely be back the next time I head to Dunkeld!
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Welcome to Birnam Arts, a boutique multi-purpose arts, conferencing and entertainment venue.
Pop in to the Foyer Cafe for breakfast, grab a delicious coffee with a selection of our homemade baking or enjoy a light lunch whilst browsing on the free WiFi. Wander upstairs to view the latest of our monthly art exhibitions before visiting the world of Beatrix Potter, or the Gift Shop to purchase a special gift for your loved ones or yourself!
We had not planned to present a hybrid festival, however that changed when one of our main authors tested positive for Covid. I greatly appreciated how the team worked with us to pivot and present remotely in part, making full use of your enhanced video conferencing equipment. As a result, we were able to deliver quite complex events with several elements all showing on screen simultaneously. The audio-visual quality was excellent, and our audiences were delighted that these events could still go ahead, in spite of Covid. The author in question was really pleased that he could join us on screen and remarked that he had not been so well supported in this way at any other festival.
Fiona Ritchie | Birnam Book Festival 2022
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Compact Arts & Conference Centre, it is also the exhibition centre for Beatrix Potter with an adjacent themed garden. The centre has a cafe with indoor / outdoor seating areas. Throughout the year the arts centre hosts a variety of different acts, shows, talks & exhibitions.
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