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Course Brochure Cookery Craft Lifestyle JUNE 2018 - MAY 2019
Courses A-Z A unique experience, in a warm
and welcoming environment
04 Platinum Events
05 Bursaries
There’s something special about Denman
Founded by the NFWI in 1948, we offer a wealth of opportunities
06 Cookery Courses A-Z to learn new skills, make new friends, and leave feeling rested and
12 Craft Courses A-Z inspired. Everyone is welcome – men and women – and you don’t
have to be a WI member. We’ve got something for everyone, so
30 Platinum Events start browsing and call or book online today!
42 Lifestyle Courses A-Z
Denman’s 70th Anniversary
57 Course Calendar Keep an eye out for special Platinum courses DID YOU KNOW?
62 Terms and Conditions in 2018 and celebrate 70 years of Denman. The price of a Denman
We’ll be using our gorgeous gardens and the residential course includes
64 Application Form original Denman swan logo as inspiration! tuition from an expert tutor,
plus all accommodation, breakfast,
Become a Friend of Denman morning coffee and pastries,
two-course lunch, afternoon tea
Whether you’re new to Denman or a long-term supporter,
and three-course dinners.
becoming a Friend of Denman gets you closer to the college.
It’s practically
Not only will you have access to special events and this wonderful all inclusive!
support network, but every penny goes towards securing the
future of Denman. For just £75 a year you’ll receive a welcome
pack, membership card, special newsletters, 10% off all courses
and events, the residential room of your choice where available,
an exclusive tote bag and front row seats at events!
For more information, please call us on 01865 391 991
Denman and The WI Cookery School or email on info@denman.org.uk
are proudly sponsored by:
KEY
M Price for current WI members hese premium courses are
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NM Price for non-members exclusive – and taught by
big names in the industry,
Day school or they have fewer places
These courses involve physical to allow for individual tuition.
activity, long periods of standing
Family Friendly course
and/or require strong hands.
0202 For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 Follow us on 03
Mindful Baking Bursaries for Denman 2018/19 How to apply for Bursaries
PLATINUM
Thursday
Demo with Ali Haigh 2 August
The Denman Committee thanks the donors of
2018 To apply for any of the Denman
EVENTS
M £40 NM £45 bursaries listed below for their support in this bursaries detailed here, please
send a short letter in support of
Come and join us for a relaxing few hours with Ali who
will be demonstrating the benefits of mindfulness while
year’s programme. your application to:
baking - appreciating every ingredient we use to make Karen Hodge,
delicious homemade food. Just as a car deprives us of Federation And WI Bursaries Bursaries Donated By Individuals Denman, Marcham,
CELEBRATING walking, convenience foods can deprive us of using our Many Federations and WIs give one Freda Barnicoat Kindly donated OXON, OX13 6NW or email
hands to work in harmony with our brains. Ali will produce or more Denman Bursaries, usually k.hodge@denman.org.uk
by John Barnicoat in memory of his
some delicious food including a gluten free refined allocated following a ballot. Contact wife. Four course bursaries for £300
70 YEARS AT DENMAN sugar sponge cake, a date, chocolate and almond
torte, a spiced cornbread and a gruyere and
your local Federation or WI for details. each and four course bursaries for
£200 each are available for first time
In your letter or email please
give the following details:
rosemary pastry tart filled with beetroot and Bursaries Allocated By Denman attendees on a residential course. • Your full name, contact details,
butternut squash. WI and Federation.
Denman bursaries are supported by
Netherhall Kindly donated by an • The name of the bursary you
donations including donations given
avid Denman supporter. Eight course would like to apply for.
by, or in memory, of; Vera Cox, Dr
bursaries for £250 for any WI member • Whether you have received
Ernest Walker, Jessie Burns, Joan
Making Women’s Yeo, Claire Emery, Kathleen Mary
attending a residential course. a bursary from Denman in
the past.
Hughes and Olive Kenyon. Beryl Allen legacy Kindly donated by
Bothy Vineyard Voices Heard - Denman First-Timer bursaries
James Allen and his sister in memory • The number and title of the
course you would like to attend
Visit and Wine The Suffragists Eight bursaries for £300 each and
of their mother Beryl Allen. Ten course
bursaries for £300 each and eight
if your application for a bursary
is successful, plus a second
one for £250 are available for a WI
Tasting event member attending a residential course
for the first time.
course bursaries for £250 each are
available for first time attendees on a
and third choice.
• Any accommodation or dietary
residential course.
needs, should your application
Denman Carer bursaries be successful.
Sunday Mary Pexton Kindly donated by Mary
Three bursaries for up to £450
5 August Pexton. Five course bursaries for The closing date for
each for a two night residential
2018 £300 each for first time attendees applications is Friday 20 July
course plus care and travel costs
on a residential course. 2018. Successful applicants
are available for any WI member
will be contacted in writing
who is a full time carer. by Friday 3 August 2018.
egrettably it will not
R
M £55 NM £60 be possible to notify
Join us for a trip to Bothy unsuccessful applicants.
Notes
Vineyard, Oxfordshire’s Wednesday
oldest vineyard/winery • All bursaries awarded must be used • Denman Bursaries are open
18 July 2018 on residential courses taking place to WI members only, for
followed by a two hour wine
tasting class with the Oxford before the end of September 2019. residential open courses and
M £40 NM £45 • For WI individual members only. cannot be applied to a course
Chelt Wine School. A lovely
Most people assume the fight for the vote - won in part 100 years ago - arranged via a federation or a
Denman two course meal will • Only one bursary may be applied small group booking.
be provided after the tasting was all about the militant Suffragettes, but that’s not true. Following the for per individual.
class to finish the evening publication of her acclaimed book about the Pilgrimage, Hearts and Minds, • Denman Bursaries cannot be
• A bursary cannot be awarded to applied to courses already
off. This is an exclusive Denman is delighted to welcome Jane Robinson (top left) who will give an anyone who has been awarded
event with limited availability, booked with the exception of
inspiring talk and Q&A telling the story of how these ordinary people came a Denman bursary in the past travel bursaries.
so book early to avoid together and changed the world. After Jane’s presentation and a delicious three years.
disappointment. two course lunch, Anne Stamper (top right), Denman’s hon. archivist, and * Travel bursaries to be paid after the course attendance upon presentation of a receipt
WI historian, tells the story of how many of the leaders at the start of the in the case of travel by public transport and in the case of transport by car then the
NFWI had been active in the suffrage movement and how they saw the WI mileage rate paid would be standard NFWI rate, currently 40p per mile.
as a way of taking the next steps after winning the vote. # Carer costs will be paid after the course attendance upon a receipt or invoice.
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An Introduction to Autumn in the Mediterranean Bread Baking for the Home Bread Baking for the Home Children’s Indian Cookery
COOKERY COURSES A-Z Anglo-Indian Cookery 189.111 – 19-21 October 2018 189.237 – 9-11 November 2018 178.2026 – 26-28 September 2018 for 6-12 year olds
178.1895 – 5-7 September 2018 Autumn is a mystical time where 189.104 – 5-7 April 2019 Learn about making an array of 178.1841 – 29 August 2018
Jenny takes you on a journey of the harvests of wild mushrooms, Alison grew up in an artisan delicious breads and doughs using Join Bhavini for a fun day in the
A Taste Of Italy discovery, bringing back the home chestnuts and grapes set off a bakery and she will be sharing her a variety of methods and ingredients. kitchen learning about Indian spices
189.052 – 8-10 October 2018 cooked dishes that her grandmothers colourful landscape. This is holiday experience on this special weekend Recipes will include a garlic and herb and flavour combinations, then you
Whether you are planning a trip to once prepared. Learn how to make an food made accessible to you at home. bread course. Learn how four simple focaccia, a cheese and cumin loaf, will get to make some delicious Indian
Italy, enjoy Italian cuisine or just want authentic Chicken Jalfrezi, the right This course will be full of dishes that ingredients can be combined to a sweet enriched dough, soda bread dishes to take home and share with
to try out the language, this is the way...without a green pepper in sight! are ablaze with colour and full of produce wonderful breads. Recipes and a fig, hazelnut and honey rye your family for dinner, including a
course for you. Learn conversational Explore the strong influence of those vibrant flavours from everybody’s include rosemary and potato focaccia, bread. Katie will also demonstrate main curry, rice, vegetable side and a
Italian, discover the history and culture delicious spices from India where favourite cuisine. cinnamon swirls, sultana and walnut doughnuts and a Moroccan flat bread bread, yummy!
of Italy and then cook up Italian English memsahibs interacted with M £405 NM £445 loaf, and curried naan bread. for tasting during the course. M: 1 Adult 1 Child £90
favourites in the WI Cookery School. their cooks to produce unique, tasty Alex Mackay M £405 NM £445 M £340 NM £380 NM: 1 Adult 1 Child £100
M £375 NM £410 and satisfying dishes. Alison Haigh Katie Churchard M: 1 Adult 2 Children £130
M £340 NM £380 Autumnal Baking NM: 1 Adult 2 Children £140
Lindy Wildsmith and Sue McKenna Children’s Chocolate Workshop
Jenny Mallin 178.1831 – 22-24 August 2018 Cakes of the World Bhavini Mistry
A Taste of Spain Join Katie for skill building in the 178.1720 – 1-3 August 2018 - Morning Class
189.907 – 11-13 March 2019 An Introduction to Baking kitchen, covering a range of baked Join our very own queen of baking, 178.1780 – 19 August 2018 Cooking the Americas
Spain is rightly famous for its simple 178.1688 – 27-29 July 2018 goods using seasonal ingredients, Kelly, for a tour of the world’s most Come and spend a fun, tasty and 189.29 – 19-21 November 2018
cooking using fantastic produce. From M £340 NM £380 including a beetroot and apple famous cakes. From sachertorte to slightly messy morning with us 189.991 – 27-29 March 2019
classic paellas to the Moorish inspired bread, lemon and elderflower Jamaican rum cake with stops in learning how to make chocolate lolly This brand new course is a journey
189.561 – 11-13 January 2019 drizzle cake, plum tart tatin and
cookery of Andalucia, this course will Germany and Scandinavia, you’ll pops and flavoured chocolate bars. through the Americas, with stops in
M £325 NM £360 spiced pumpkin biscuits. M: 1 Adult 1 Child £75
cover some of the most popular Iberian create some showstoppers to take Spanish influenced Argentina, Peru,
Join Katie for a weekend of inspiration M £340 NM £380
dishes. Plus a selection of tapas dishes home and share. NM: 1 Adult 1 Child £85 Mexico and the USA.
and skill building in the kitchen, Katie Churchard
and some sweet treats too! touching on pastry, bread, cake M £340 NM £380 M: 1 Adult 2 Children £85 M £405 NM £445
M 405 NM £445 Kelly Mauger NM: 1 Adult 2 Children £95 Peter Lien
and biscuits. Recipes will include Autumnal Jams, Pickles and Chutneys Katie Churchard
Peter Lien bakewell tart, chocolate chip cookies, 189.170 – 29-31 October 2018 Curing and Preserving
Afternoon Teas cheese and cumin bread and a As the nights draw in and the trees
chocolate cake to be decorated Christmas Getaway 189.824 – 27 February - 1 March 2019
189.1092 – 15-17 April 2019 shed their leaves, join us to preserve
with a black forest twist. Autumn fruits and vegetables for
Weekend Curing is a broad, fascinating and
Create high-end afternoon tea pastries, addictive subject covering a variety of
Katie Churchard the year ahead, using the traditional
cakes and sandwiches with a mixture 189.380 – 7-9 December 2018 useful kitchen crafts, including salting,
methods championed by the WI.
of traditional and modern styles. Artisan Bread Learn how to make Autumn jams and Come away for a break before drying, smoking, potting and pickling.
M £375 NM £410 189.762 – 15-17 February 2019 Christmas! Treat yourself to M £375 NM £410
Kelly Mauger pickles (sweet and savoury), jelly, Lindy Wildsmith
Take your bread making to another chutney, sauce and vinegar. For those a relaxing few days with the
level by learning the art of sourdoughs girls, learn something new and
American Baking and long fermentation dough. Suitable
who enjoy entering competitions, there
even pick up some inspiration
189.581 – 18-20 January 2019 will be hints and tips from the tutor who
for beginners and experienced bakers. is an NFWI Preserves Judge. for starting a new hobby next
189.1272 – 17-19 May 2019 M £375 NM £410 year. Start your weekend with a
Join Kelly for a trip stateside, as M £375 NM £410
Dede Liss Vivien Lloyd cocktail, choose three workshops
you bake your way through delicious from our exciting offer, enjoy our
goodies and desserts including Artisan Winter Preserves Baking for Market Stalls Saturday night entertainment and
Florida’s key lime pie, donuts, 178.676 – 30 January - go home on Sunday refreshed for
bagels, whoopie pies and New 189.243 – 12-14 November 2018
1 February 2019 If you are looking for new ideas for the Christmas preparations.
York’s infamous cheesecake. If you are into jam making and M £375 NM £415
products to sell at your local market,
M £375 NM £410 preserving, why not try your hand at join us for this baking course. You will
Kelly Mauger our winter themed preserving course be making a selection of sweet and
featuring the likes of cranberry relish, savoury products including chocolate,
mincemeat, red onion marmalade, beetroot and cherry loaf cakes, peanut
Ingredients pickled onions, confit of duck and butter and maple syrup cookies and
are included in potted venison? Great to keep or give lumberjack tray bake slices.
the cost of a away for Christmas! M £405 NM £445
cookery course M £375 NM £410 Alison Haigh
What’s more Lindy Wildsmith
they will all be
prepared for you
in advance!
Proud Sponsors of
the WI Cookery School
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Curries of the World Desserts to Impress Festive Baking and Treats Gourmet Salads Indian Cookery Let’s Make Cheese - Part 2
189.211 – 5-7 November 2018 178.1741 – 8-10 August 2018 189.376 – 3-5 December 2018 189.1257 – 13-15 May 2019 178.1836 – 29-31 August 2018 178.1578 – 9-11 July 2018
189.1056 – 8-10 April 2019 If you are cooking for family, friends Recipes will include: spiced orange Forget limp lettuce and curling M £370 NM £410 M £340 NM £380
This course will be a real adventure. or hosting a dinner party you can and cranberry sauce, turkey and cucumbers, salads have gone
189.772 – 18-20 February 2019 189.796 – 20-22 February 2019
Take a journey into cuisines that you easily create a piece of artwork on a stuffing pie, mince pies, Christmas glam! Colourful, nutritious, filling
plate that not only looks impressive, crumble, Stilton and walnut pate, and portable, learn the secrets M £405 NM £445 M £375 NM £410
haven’t tried before. The Caribbean,
but also tastes great. The dishes cranberry and rosemary focaccia and of how to use pulses and grains Join Peter to make a selection of his Louise will show you how to make
Middle East, Malaysia, even South
included in this course are chocolate a bread wreath centre piece. All gift alongside fresh or roasted vegetables, favourite dishes, including curries, clotted cream, plus a range of hard
Africa – they all have their own
soufflé and a modern take on lemon wrapped with stress free ideas to use herbs and nuts to create dishes that pickles, chutneys, breads, and rice, cheeses, including cheddar and
curries. So join us to sample fragrant
meringue pie. leftovers. work as individual meals or buffet as he shares his Indian heritage. camembert. This is a follow-on
fish, meat and vegetable dishes
table winners. Peter Lien course so it is essential that you have
flavoured with spice pastes and M £340 NM £380 M £325 NM £360
completed the introductory course first
powders. Katie Churchard Linda Hewett M £375 NM £410 Italian Street Food as it will have given you the grounding
M £405 NM £445 Peter Lien 178.1582 – 11-13 July 2018
Peter Lien Eastern Feasts Flavours of Asia and knowledge to make the more
Great British Bakes Join the feast and make the most complex cheeses.
178.1966 – 14-16 September 2018 189.655 – 28-30 January 2019
delicious (but inexpensive) food in Italy! Louise Talbot
Curry House Favourites Simple, colourful and vibrant food Asia plays a huge influence in Peter’s 189.917 – 15-17 March 2019
Each Region has its own speciality:
189.1056 – 18 April 2019 from the great reaches of the Middle cookery, so join him on a journey Take a whistle stop tour around the Let’s Make Cheese - Part 3
Sicilian arancini and rice suppl’, piadine
With Indian food now known as East, guaranteed to bring sunshine through the Far East, stopping off in British Isles to discover an assortment
to any occasion. Explore techniques, Japan, China, South East Asia and of delicious regional baked goods
wrap filled with cheese and parma (The Blues)
Britain’s adopted national cuisine, it ham, fried polenta, Ligurian focaccia
ingredients and recipes inspired by the Indian subcontinent. Starting with from our very own shores. This course 178.1727 – 3-5 August 2018
is no surprise that everyone has their di recco and farinata, Apulian calzoni,
go-to favourites when they visit their travels through the Bosphorus, Black a selection of Pan-Asian street food, will cover a rich selection of recipes M £340 NM £380
Sicilian brioche with ice cream and
local curry house. In this course, you Sea, Aegean, Mediterranean, North which you will prepare for lunch, the with a variety of cookery techniques 189.576 – 14-16 January 2019
Neapolitan pizza.
will learn to cook some of the dishes Africa, and Persia. course will also include mee goreng, and skills, including Welsh Bara Brith, M £325 NM £360
that are reminiscent of every good M £340 NM £380 beef rendang and dal with roti bread, Dundee Cake, Banbury Cakes, Bishop M £340 NM £380
Mariella Bliss Louise will show you how to make
curry house. Ashley Keen and Korean Beef. Cake and Cornish Saffron cake. blue cheese and a range of delicious
M £125 NM £145 M £405 NM £445 M £375 NM £410 Knife Skills goodies also incorporating blue
Bhavini Mistry Edible Gifts Peter Lien Jill Arthur cheeses. This is a follow-on course so
189.541 – 10 January 2019
189.395 – 5-7 December 2018 it is essential that you have completed
Healthy Indian Cookery Learn the essential skills needed to
189.411 – 10-12 December 2018 French Bistro prepare meat, fish and vegetables the introductory course first.
There’s no gift as special as 178.2044 – 28-30 September 2018 189.575 – 17 January 2019 Louise Talbot
like a pro. In one of Denman’s most
something homemade so join us for a Discover how to create wonderful Enjoy the flavours and spices of
popular courses, you’ll master the
cookery class that will not only get you French bistro food – the style of Indian food without the high calorie
different techniques required to dice,
Low Carb Living
in the festive spirit but will also help cooking that conquered the world. and fat content associated with 189.1206 – 1-3 May 2019
julienne, and finely chop fruit and
you reduce your Christmas shopping! Learn how to prepare meltingly traditional curry houses. Learn an Are you looking to reduce the amount
vegetables, fillet fish and joint poultry.
M £375 NM £410 tender Confit de Canard, a delicate array of innovative, healthy, low fat of sugary foods, pasta and bread in
You’ll also learn how to choose,
Kelly Mauger Millefeuille aux Framboises, the and flavourful dishes that will tantalise your diet, but unsure how to keep
maintain and store your knives
classic braised Carbonnade de Boeuf, your taste buds but won’t compromise it exciting and tasty? This course
Express Dinner Parties properly.
and Sea Bass cooked ‘en Papillote’. on flavour. Recipes will include a will show you delicious meals that
189.621 – 23-25 January 2019 healthy chicken tikka massala, lemon M £135 NM £155
M £370 NM £410 Peter Lien
are high in protein, fat and healthy
Denman Summer School Take the stress out of cooking for Peter Lien quinoa pilaf, vegetable tadka dahl and vegetables. There will also be dishes
Italian Week dinner parties by learning some delicious coriander and chilli uttapum. Let’s Make Cheese - Part 1 that are naturally high in protein like
speedy yet impressive starters, mains Gluten and Dairy Free Italian Cookery M £125 NM £145 178.178 – 15-17 August 2018 shakshuka baked eggs, or lentil dhal.
178.1618 – 16-20 July 2018 and desserts to wow your guests. 189.014 – 3-5 October 2018 Bhavini Mistry M £375 NM £410
178.2016 – 24-26 September 2018
Imagine yourself moving from city M £405 NM £445 Among your recipes: Sea-bass Ashley Keen
to city on your own grand tour as Alison Haigh on a bed of potatoes and cherry Heritage Wheat Special - M £340 NM £380
you cook delicious food and learn tomatoes, Polpettone (Meat Roulade Bread Weekend 189.275 – 14-16 November 2018 Magic Fridge
about authentic regional dishes. Everyday Preserves filled with omelette and ham), Involtini 189.1214 – 3-5 May 2019 189.946 – 20-22 March 2019 189.110 – 17-19 October 2018
Learn about the major Italian 189.727 – 8-10 February 2019 di Verza (Cabbage Rolls with potatoes Many people are turning away 189.1367 – 31 May - 2 June 2019 This course is to inspire you and
cities and their attractions and Learn how to make a marmalade, and sausages), Sicilian Caponata with from bread due to a difficulty digesting give you the tools to cook simple
M £375 NM £410
pick up essential phrases to help jam, chutney, curd, pickle, syrup, aubergines, Peperonata, Beetroot the high level of gluten in modern and delicious food every day without
Join farmer’s wife and cheese maker
guide you around the peninsular. and fruit in alcohol. Included in the and horseradish dip. And for pudding? flours. Heritage and ancient grains spending a fortune. It has all the
Louise for a fascinating course in
Enjoy visits to the Ashmolean course will be: sourcing ingredients, Sorbet and Biscotti! offer a solution as they contain a advantages of cheating without
making cheese at home. Louise will
Museum and West Wickham choosing equipment, preparation and M £375 NM £410 lower percentage of gluten and so the guilt because you prepare and
show you how to make a range of
House and Garden to see how cooking fruit and vegetables, how to Mariella Bliss even those with a gluten intolerance preserve the magic yourself.
soft cheeses using domestic kitchen
Italian culture has influenced test pectin content, types of sugar and find bread made with these flours M £405 NM £445
utensils and cover halloumi, mozzarella,
our own. vinegar to use, how to test for a set, easier to digest. Learn how to make Alex Mackay
mascarpone, butter, cream cheese, and
M £665 NM £725 finishing and sealing preserves. your own great bread using these ricotta, as well as a discussion on the
Lindy Wildsmith and M £375 NM £410 flours on this introduction course. principles of hard cheese.
Sue McKenna Vivien Lloyd Proud Sponsors of Not suitable for coeliacs.
the WI Cookery School M £340 NM £380
M £375 NM £410 Louise Talbot
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Magic Fridge - Menu 2 Modern Vegetarian Perfect Pastry Retro Puddings Thai Cookery Winter in the Mediterranean
189.1017 – 1-3 April 2019 189.889 – 6-8 March 2019 189.302 – 21-23 November 2018 189.193 – 31 October – 189.1341 – 29-31 May 2019 189.753 – 13-15 February 2019
The Magic Fridge is the course to Are you or a family member 189.853 – 4-6 March 2019 2 November 2018 Learn about the exciting flavours of Winter food doesn’t need to be drab
inspire you and to give you the tools vegetarian? Love to have dinner If you are a fan of the Great British Indulge your sweet tooth and Thai cookery and the art of balancing and this is a course full of wonderful
to cook simple and delicious food parties but do not want to cook two Bake Off or have always found pastry evoke the memories of days gone the characteristic taste sensations ways to spice up your winter fare.
every day without spending a fortune. different meals? Let us introduce challenging, why not take your skills to by, making a selection of tried and of sweet, sour, saltiness and heat. Dishes that sparkle with citrus and
From there on in just swing open your you to an array of exciting, modern a new level by learning how to avoid tested delicious puddings to add to The course will feature some of spice without too much heat that are
fridge door for a little magic whenever vegetarian meals. Even the carnivores crumbly pastry, soggy bottoms and your retro repertoire. Recipes will the country’s most famous dishes, both comforting and light. Upside
you want to eat well. will not miss the meat! shrinking sides? You will make perfect include: sticky toffee pudding with a including salads, noodle dishes down lemon curd and grapefruit tart,
M £405 NM £445 M £375 NM £410 pâte sucrée, shortcrust, choux, puff toffee sauce, upside down pineapple and, of course, curries made from seabass with winter minestrone and
Alex Mackay Ashley Keen and hot water pastry, which you will cake, golden syrup sponge, spotty homemade curry paste. a winter version of Greek salad are
turn into an array of delicious goodies dick, a sherry trifle, roulade, tapioca, M £405 NM £445 just a few of the fantastic dishes you
Midweek Meals Moorish and Middle Eastern to take home. stuffed apples, bread and butter Peter Lien will learn. But more than the recipes
189.725 – 6-8 February 2019 189.133 – 22-24 October 2018 M £375 NM £410 pudding, crème caramel and a themselves, you will learn a ton of
Many of us don’t have the time 189.734 – 11-13 February 2019 Kelly Mauger chocolate fondue. Vegetable Bakery techniques that you can apply to
or inclination to create culinary At the crossroads of Europe, Asia and M £375 NM £410 189.106 – 15-17 October 2018 many other dishes, so that your winter
masterpieces after a long, busy day, Africa, the region known as the Middle Pizza, Pasta and Sauces Weekend Jill Arthur Everybody knows that carrots are food can sparkle with Mediterranean
however we still want to eat well. East has taken its culinary influences 189.1003 – 29-31 March 2019 wonderful in cake, but you may be sunshine no matter what the weather.
Join Ashley to learn how to make from many places and people, Learn how to make fresh pizza and Scandinavian Cookery surprised at what other vegetables M £405 NM £445
some interesting, quick, delicious and including the Moors. Learn about pasta and extend your repertoire 189.1076 – 12-14 April 2019 can liven up your baking. Many of
Alex Mackay
nutritionally balanced meals to spice the traditions of Moroccan, Persian beyond bolognese sauce! Learn Linda will share her experience of these cakes use less sugar and some
up your recipe repertoire. and Lebanese cookery and local how to make pizza dough and fresh living beyond the Arctic Circle in are gluten free. You’ll make chocolate World Street Food
M £375 NM £410 ingredients such as sumac, salted egg and flour pasta from scratch - Northern Norway. Scandinavian and beetroot cake, tropical parsnip 178.1997 – 17-20 September 2018
Ashley Keen lemons, pistachios and rose water. tagliatelle, pappardelle and tagliolini, cookery revolves around a varied and polenta cake and carrot cookies M £505 NM £565
Together you’ll make a delicious lunch then create some delicious and varied diet of seasonal produce to be to list a few!
Mindful Baking of mezze salads and dips, then go on sauces which will complement the enjoyed. Recipes will include: M £405 £445 189.537 – 7-9 January 2019
189.079 – 12-14 October 2018 to make Persian Chicken with Harissa pasta shapes, including a mushroom meatballs, dreamy mash and Alison Haigh 189.1311 – 24-26 May 2019
189.642 – 25-27 January 2019 Pilaf, a fruity Tagine, and some and Marsala sauce and the famous cranberry sauce, Johansson potatoes, M £405 NM £445
Join us for a weekend of mindful delicious Orange and Sumac biscuits. ‘pasta alla norma’ sauce. Scandi fish soup, Nordic open Vegetarian Italian Some of the most delicious food
baking, using a range of wholesome M £405 NM £445 M £375 NM £410 sandwiches and Rye pancakes with 189.1142 – 24-26 April 2019 in the world isn’t served in fancy
gluten free and unrefined ingredients Peter Lien Mariella Bliss berries and syrup. Cook some delicious vegetarian restaurants, but from stalls and carts
to create healthier alternatives to your M £375 NM £410 dishes that even meat eaters will love, in bustling markets or on busy streets.
favourite sweet and savoury bakes. Moorish and Middle Eastern Menu 2 Linda Hewett parmigiana di melenzane, risotto with Why not take your taste buds on a
M £405 NM £445 189.612 – 21-23 January 2019 sagrantino wine, rolls with avocado, global cookery tour visiting countries
Alison Haigh 189.1181 – 29 April - 1 May 2019 Simple Super Foods Everyday rocket and parmigiano to name just as diverse as Austria, Spain, Turkey,
If you loved Peter’s first Moorish 189.1024 – 3-5 April 2019 a few. Mexico and Japan?
Modern Cakes and Middle Eastern course, join him Super foods are everywhere you M £375 NM £410 Peter Lien
189.222 – 7-9 November 2018 for further recipes, featuring a brand look: in the news, supermarkets, Mariella Bliss
Join Katie and Kelly for a cake baking new selection of dishes from the magazines and on television. But do World Street Food - Menu 2
and decorating course using traditional region. The group will prepare a new you know which ones you can use Viennoiserie: Breakfast Pastries 189.066 – 10-12 October 2018
and contemporary techniques to create range of mezze dishes for lunch on to create tasty everyday recipes the 178.1623 – 20-22 July 2018 189.812 – 25-27 February 2019
modern masterpieces, including mirror the first day, and then move on to a whole family will enjoy? M £340 NM £380 Why not take your taste buds on a
glaze cakes, an illusion decorated variety of slow cooked dishes, and M £375 NM £410 global cookery tour by joining Peter
189.027 – 1-3 October 2018
rainbow cake with ombre frosting sweet treats. Ashley Keen for a second instalment of one of our
and a mojito flavoured naked cake M £405 NM £445
Platinum Special: M £375 NM £410 most popular courses?
using crystallised edible flowers Peter Lien Botanical Chocolates Summer Jams If you have ever been lucky enough to
M £405 NM £445
for decoration. 178.1664 – 26 July 2018 stay at Raymond Blanc’s Manoir your
Peter Lien
Patisserie Celebrate the soft fruit season by croissants may have been made by
M £375 NM £410 178.1799 –
learning how to make traditional jams Katie. Learn to make your own pain
Katie Churchard & Kelly Mauger 189.144 – 24-26 October 2018 18 August 2018
using recipes championed by the WI. au chocolate, croissants, brioches and
189.696 – 4-6 February 2019 Forage the Denman
danishes from a true pastry master.
This course will cover many of the garden with Katie to find an array At the end of the day there will be jars
of four flavoured jams and at least ten Katie Churchard
classics of French pastry work, including of botanicals to pair with other
sweet shortcrust and choux pastry that natural ingredients, such as citrus recipes to take home.
M £125 NM £145 Join as a Friend of
Find out more can be used to make wonderful tartlets and honey to incorporate into
Denman for just
about our special and éclairs. You will also learn how to making tempered chocolates Vivien Lloyd
£75 and enjoy
one-off events! make fashionable macarons and other filled with delicious infused
discounts, VIP seats
See pages 4, 30 &31 decadent petits fours. ganaches.
and more!
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the WI Cookery School
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Acrylic Painting: Springtime Art: Michele’s Little Art Course (Part 3) Beaded Decorations for Christmas Beading the Russian Connection Bring Your Stash Let’s Sew
CRAFT COURSES A-Z 189.897 – 13-15 March 2019 178.1937 – 10-13 September 2018 189.360 – 28-30 November 2018 189.026 – 7-9 October 2018 189.239 – 9-11 November 2018
Using photographs supplied by The follow-on from the Drawing and Using tiny seed beads and lots of This bead weaving course will explore This is a fun course which will cover
the tutor, by the end of the course Watercolours for Beginners, Parts deliciously sparkly crystal beads you stitches with a Russian connection. St lots of small projects such as zippered
you will have completed a number 1 and 2. Now Michele will introduce will create a beautiful beaded bauble, Petersburg chain stitch will be used bags and pouches, snap purses,
of exercises and have a couple of you to pastels and show you how a beaded snowflake and light-catching to create a beautifully sinuous set glasses cases, coasters and place
A Paper Bag But Not As You Know It paintings to take home with you. to use them on their own and with beaded icicle to hang on your including a necklace and a matching mats, little cases and storage boxes
189.1210 – 7-10 May 2019 M £330 NM £370 other water based media to create Christmas tree. They also make the (but different) bracelet, and Russian and will include some mini patchwork
An exciting course exploring the Jonathan Newey wonderful effects. You will have fun ideal gift for loved ones that cannot chevron chain stitch will be used to and appliqué work, or whatever you
properties of ordinary printed paper developing your creative skills even be found in any shop, however, after create a pretty pair of earrings (plus want to make! This course can be
and turning it into a glorious designer Aladdin’s Jewellery Box: Reclamation further! all your efforts you may find it hard a necklace or bracelet if there is time) as simple or as challenging as you
evening bag. By mixing prepared Jewellery-Making M £445 NM £505 to part with them! This course is to complete the ensemble to provide want it to be, with tutor guidance and
magazine papers together with 189.1140 – 26 April 2019 Michele Floyd suitable for those with some beading a full suite of jewellery to wear home! support throughout.
lining, stitch, wax and a little silk The central aim of this course is to experience. Suitable for beginners and improvers. M £330 NM £370
embellishment, you will create a make something new and wearable Art: Pastels for Beginners M £330 NM £370 M £330 NM £370 Natalie Green
unique accessory that you will be from old, or broken, items. Students 178.1672 – 25-27 July 2018 Sally Boehme Sally Boehme
proud to carry on a night out. can share, or swap amongst A thoroughly enjoyable introduction Bumper Craft Take Away
M £460 NM £515 themselves and add beads and to the beautiful effects that can be Beading for Beginners and Beyond Bobbin Lacemaking 178.1796 – 17-19 August 2018
Marilyn Pipe stones from the huge collection of achieved with this delightful medium. 189.582 – 14-17 January 2019 189.064 – 9-12 October 2018 M £300 NM £340
pearls and beads brought by the tutor. It will cover all the basics you need An introduction to the materials Whether you want to learn basic
A Paper Book From Start to Finish to know. needed, an explanation of the bobbin lacemaking techniques
178.1614 – 16 July 2018
M £110 NM £130 M £105 NM £125
189.885 – 6-8 March 2019 M £300 NM £340 techniques, showing samples and or further improve your skills and
Frances Benton
An exciting course exploring the Michele Floyd many demonstrations. This course is knowledge of torchon, Bucks point, 189.536 – 11 January 2019
properties of ordinary printed paper An Introduction to Hand Weaving ideal for beginners but those who have Bedfordshire, Bruges flower or M £65 NM £85
and turning it into a designer book on a Rigid Heddle Loom Back to Basics Using a Sketchbook done beading before are welcome to Milanese bobbin laces, this course
complete with hand painted pages. 178.1735 – 6-8 August 2018 come and learn more techniques. offers individual tuition tailored to each 189.534 – 11-13 January 2019
189.053 – 8-10 October 2018
Using easy techniques, this is a Explore texture, colour, line and M £460 NM £515 student’s knowledge. M £280 NM £320
wonderful way to use those discarded 189.895 – 11-13 March 2019
Fascinated by fabric? Then come and shape during this course, using Pat Trott M £460 NM £515 189.1208 – 29 April – 1 May 2019
magazines to produce a stunning, and natural form objects as a starting point Gwynedd Roberts
useful, item or two! learn how to weave unique, exciting M £300 NM £340
and creative cloth on a simple rigid - all provided by the tutor. Emphasis
M £330 NM £370 will be on using a sketch book as Try your hand at a medley of different
heddle loom using colourful hand- craft projects with a contemporary
Marilyn Pipe a springboard to work towards a
knitting yarns (both supplied) and then twist. You will make a number of small
take home with you a lovely scarf. finished painting in gouache. Sketch
Acrylic Painting: Paint Like the books can be very exciting in their projects to give you lots of lovely
Impressionists This is a new take on a traditional ideas for your WI craft sessions, to
craft and you’ll be in for a treat! own right to explore different medial
189.1094 – 15-18 April 2019 ideas and to create and develop decorate your home or to give away
Suitable for beginners. as special presents. There will be a
This is a course aimed at beginners composition.
and students with some knowledge M £330 NM £370 range of projects to try, using beautiful
Linda Parkhouse M £300 NM £340
that will show you how the French fabrics, felts, buttons, threads, beads,
Sue Klemencic
impressionists painted landscapes. papers and all sorts! The projects are
Art: How to Approach Abstract Art;
Using photographs of impressionist
Express Powerful and Passionate Bead Weaving Lacy Effects quick and simple. They take around
painters such as Monet, Morrisot and for Jewellery an hour or so to make, and are
Cezanne you will be shown how to Emotions with Just Shapes and Colours intended to give you lots of ideas to
189.643 – 25-27 January 2019
mix colours, use the paint thick and 178.1772 – 13-16 August 2018 share with others.
Plunge yourself into the wonderful
thin, use white to lighten colours and This course is an exciting opportunity Natalie Green
world of bead weaving. Using needle
how to use both brush and palette for you to express emotions, moods,
and thread combined with a beautiful
knife to achieve a different style and sentiments and even your innermost
selection of beads, learn how to
effect pertaining to the particular artist. feelings in purely abstract terms.
create light, comfortable pieces of
M £460 NM £515 Richard will explain how working
jewellery with a luscious, lacy effect. Take a photo of your
Jonathan Newey with lines, shapes and colours can
This course is suitable for beginners cookery or craft projects
produce unique and expressive
and those wishing to add further and share it with us
pieces of abstract art.
techniques to their repertoire. on social media! Find
First timer?
M £445 NM £505
Richard Box M £280 NM £320 our handles at the
Take a look Sally Boehme bottom of the page
on page 5 and use the hashtag
and apply for #MadeAtDenman
a Denman
bursary!
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Calligraphy: An Introduction Calligraphy: Gothic Script Celtic Design: An Introduction
189.182 – 30 October – 189.1294 – 23-26 May 2019 189.1070 – 12-14 April 2019
1 November 2018 The hand that springs most to The beautiful and complex patterns
Calligraphy is defined in the dictionary mind when the word calligraphy that we are all familiar with in Celtic
as the art of beautiful writing – is mentioned is Gothic, or Black art were actually developed from
penmanship, but you do not have Letter as it is often known. It is earlier examples of interlacing designs
to be an artist to enjoy this craft and characterised by its closed spaced from the Romans, and much earlier
obtain satisfying results. You will upright strokes and has become much Chinese work. During the course you
concentrate on the Foundation Hand used to represent anything ‘Olde will cover square knots and triangular
– this being the ‘mother hand’ – before English’. We will work from historic knots, which can be applied in many
going on to look at elements of layout examples and study basic calligraphy areas of the arts and crafts, such as
and design and the use of colour, techniques, initially with a fibre tip pen embroidery, patchwork, calligraphy,
with the aim of working towards a and progressing to a broad edged woodcarving and stained glass.
finished piece of work. By the end of metal nib. M £330 NM £ 370
the workshop, students will be able M £300 NM £340 David Nicholls
to take away a short piece of work David Nicholls
and feel confident to attend further Chinese Brush Painting:
courses. Left handers welcome! Calligraphy: Learn, Design and Create An Autumn Fan
M £330 NM £370 189.028 – 4-5 October 2018 178.1982 – 20-21 September 2018
David Nicholls M £180 NM £200 On this short course you will use the
189.164 – 28-30 October 2018 meticulous style of Chinese painting
Button Craft Bonanza Calligraphy: Beginners to create a beautiful composition on
178.1777 – 17 August 2018
M £330 NM £370 a silk fan. There will be a choice of
189.768 – 18 February 2019 You will have seen this on-trend script Chinese Brush Painting: Chinese Brush Painting: Seasons of
189.1270 – 17 May 2019 Calligraphy simply means beautiful subjects from luscious autumn fruit,
writing, and during the day we will
everywhere. The beauty of learning
colourful flowers or a misty autumn Predators and Prey Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness
Have you got piles of buttons this script is it is easier to master 178.1845 – 24-26 August 2018 189.065 – 10-12 October 2018
lying around or a just a button study calligraphy made with a broad landscape. The tutor will bring fans
and personalise, making it unique to On this course, you will be introduced You will be using traditional brushes
collector-holic?! This is a fun day edged pen and based on a tenth and special Chinese brushes to buy,
you. You will be using a fine point nib to this ancient oriental art. You will use and paper and the Chinese way
which gives you several projects century manuscript. This course is for but please do not buy any especially,
which is perfect for left handers too. the traditional equipment of ink stone of using the brush to create your
to made a dent in your button stash complete beginners and for anyone though if you already possess some
Practising the skills in this script, you and ink stick, brushes, paper and silk. compositions. This course is designed
and show off your beauties to best who has long admired calligraphy please bring them.
will gain your confidence and finish Using these and watercolours you will for those with no experience, and for
effect. We will use buttons to create and wants to know how to start. M £180 NM £200
the day by making a small beautiful practice brush strokes which you will those who already enjoy this way of
decorations, pictures, accessories, Demonstrations and individual tuition Jean Turton
piece for special occasions, such as a use to create several compositions painting.
jewellery and greetings cards and will be designed to cater for your
card, place name, gift tag etc. Using Chinese Brush Painting: Life on Water in both ‘free style’ and ‘meticulous M £330 NM £370
lots of other ideas too. particular needs, and materials will be
fantastic metallic inks with calligraphy, 189.982 – 27-29 March 2019 style’ round the theme of predators. Jean Turton
supplied.
M £110 NM £130 your work will look a million dollars. On this course you will be using the These will include fierce tigers, proud
M £105 NM £125
Natalie Green
David Nicholls
Jane Lappage traditional equipment of Chinese ink, eagles and a light hearted frog. One Creative Paper Cutting
paper and brushes to paint, using of the subjects you will complete is a 189.724 – 8 February 2019
Calligraphy for Christmas Calligraphy: Working in Italics
189.374 – 3-5 December 2018
Calligraphy: Copperplate 189.024 – 3-5 October 2018 the free style method, a variety of composition on silk. This day school will introduce you to
178.1778 – 17-19 August 2018 subjects around a watery theme. M £300 NM £340 a variety of cut out items and a little
We will study versal capitals, drawn During the course, you will study the bit of history of the craft to show how
copies of Roman capitals, and how The copperplate hand is directly basics of calligraphic techniques, the This will include fish, frogs, birds and Jean Turton
derived from the transference of the flowers that you will find around water. versatile this craft is. You will learn the
to construct them, there will be use of the broad-edged pen, inks and Chinese Brush Painting: basic skills and lots of top tips. You
various methods of decoration using italic hand onto copper plates with metal nibs. You will study in detail You will learn the traditional way by
an engraving tool for the purpose of watching the tutor, then having a copy Promises of Spring will get to grips with creative lettering
interlacing and filigree space-filling each of the letters in both the upper and produce a panel unique to you.
printing. The engraving tool influenced to work against. 189.623 – 23-25 January 2019
designs, and advice on how to use and lower case alphabets, and study This could be a birthday greeting, or
the style of the lettering and it evolved M £330 NM £370 On this course we will be using the
colour effectively. There will be the basics of design. Finally we will family names or short saying.
into the fluid, flamboyant hand we Jean Turton traditional Chinese equipment to
discussion on the use of gold leaf and complete a project based on a short
another, simpler method of gilding, are all familiar with. Unlike most other poem or piece of prose that you have
paint some spring flowers, such as M £110 NM £130
forms of calligraphy, copperplate uses plum blossom and primroses, and Christine Green
which, unlike traditional methods of brought with you.
a pointed nib rather than one of a other new life. We will also include
gilding, is guaranteed to work, and M £330 NM £370
chisel edge, and relies on pressure on a spring landscape as part of our
is virtually indistinguishable from the David Nicholls Craft materials aren’t
the nib for stress and emphasis. compositions.
more laborious methods. always included in
M £280 NM £320 M £300 NM £340 M £280 NM £ 320
David Nicholls Jean Turton the course price, but
David Nicholls don’t worry! We’ve got
all sorts of goodies in
the Craft School, just
ask your tutor.
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Creative Papercutting 3D Crochet for Beginners Crochet Pattern Reading
Denman Summer School
189.726 – 8-10 February 2019 189.061 – 10-12 October 2018 189.1133 – 26 April 2019
Papercutting is the craft of the 189.972 – 25-27 March 2019 By the end of this day school your
moment and with this course you We will cover the simple stitches confidence in pattern reading will have
can master the basics of this highly which form the basis of many crochet soared! During the day we will unpick
rewarding, low cost, creative craft. designs, alongside tips on tools, simple and complex written pattern
With the help of some resource yarns and fibres, reading patterns instructions, investigate antique and
sheets you will master how to use a and charts, inspiration and ideas and vintage approaches alongside modern
scalpel safely and accurately. You will designing your own small beginners styles, and demystify the crochet
learn how to design for successful projects. Design and create your own chart. This is a hands-on course in
papercutting and how to incorporate pieces/one larger piece to make and which we will be writing and drafting
lettering into the design. take away which could include a floral patterns and charts and working some
M £330 NM £370 corsage, a granny square cushion front, crochet too! It really is easy once you
Christine Green a cafetiere cosy or a crocheted bag. know how.
Denman Summer School Sculpting: Denman Summer School: Mosaics
M £330 NM £370 M £105 NM £125 Wax to Bronze: The Art of Lost 178.1661 – 23-27 July 2018
Crochet Flowers Natalie Green Lindy Zubairy Wax Casting This course involves making
189.1008 – 29-31 March 2019 178.1775 – 13-17 August 2018 outdoor ornaments using two
This course looks exclusively at Crochet for Christmas Crochet: Broomstick Crochet This exciting course takes you different techniques. Firstly making
crochet flowers and is levelled at 189.373 – 3-5 December 2018 189.192 – 2 November 2018 through the method of lost-wax stepping stones using the indirect
those who may have tried out If you can make a crochet chain and Celebrate the season learning a casting bronze, a technique used method of working with mosaic
a little crochet already and wish to have tried even a tiny bit of crochet new crochet technique that uses a for over thousands of years. The materials and secondly making
develop, and will be fun for more before, then you will be ready to have conventional hook alongside a chunky course begins with wax sculpting, table tops, birdbaths, urns or pots
experienced crocheters too. We will a go at some Christmas crochet on knitting needle to create a peacock the tutor introducing you to a with the direct method. This is a
practice various techniques from this course, immersing yourself in feather style openwork lace fabric. You variety of techniques. You will then wonderful opportunity to really be
Denman Summer School: Experimenting creative and make a statement in
‘Working in the Round’ and combining glittery, silvery, snowy and Scandi don’t need much crochet experience, learn the ceramic shell process,
different stitch heights, creating building up a mould around your
with Watercolour Techniques your garden. All the techniques
yarns. Stars and snowflakes, baubles just a little working knowledge of the
rosebuds from lacy border style strips, wax model. Finally, we fire up 178.1738 – 6-10 August 2018 used have many applications
and birds provide a vehicle for you to basic stitches. This irresistible openwork
multi layering using the ‘back loop the furnace for an exciting day of We will complete a number of and you will gain understanding
improve upon your pattern reading pattern is rich with possibilities for
only’ approach and practice some pouring molten metal! Experience paintings each one designed to show of working with a wide range of
and learn some new techniques. creativity and new design.
‘Round the Post’ stitches to create the magic of breaking apart how a certain effect can be achieved mosaic materials and lots of ideas
M £280 NM £320 M £105 NM £125 using watercolour paints and other
3D effects. Lindy Zubairy Lindy Zubairy your mould to reveal the bronze for future projects.
sculpture inside! materials/media. M £540 NM £600
M £330 NM £370
Lindy Zubairy Crochet Freeform Crochet: Lets Get Started on M £540 NM £600 M £540 NM £600 Priscilla Wheater
178.1894 – 7 September 2018 Tunisian Crochet Abi Burt Pat Gove
Crochet for Beginners Freeform crochet is exactly what 178.1981 – 20-21 September 2018
189.585 – 18-20 January 2019 it says it is, crochet that has no You’ll learn the big three main
Get hooked on crochet, the creative regular form. The crocheted fabric stitches - the simple, knit and purl
yarn craft which is quicker than is formed by working a number of - and make up some combinations
knitting and has a huge range of ‘scrumbles’, which are then joined of these that will provide you with a
possibilities. We will cover all the together. Unique to you, there is no basis from which you will be able to
basic stitches, iron out all your right or wrong method to work. The further explore. You will take home
‘beginners issues’, and you’ll leave crochet fabric is not repetitive so there a workbook, a collection of stitch
able to read a crochet pattern and are no granny squares or anything swatches and lots of newly learned
confidently develop your skills resembling one! You will need to skills and creative inspiration.
independently. Watch out relatives! be confident in your ability to work M £180 NM £200
You’ll all be getting something doubles and trebles and to start with Lindy Zubairy
handmade for Christmas! a chain for straight work and a sliding
M £280 NM £320 ring for circular work.
Lindy Zubairy M £105 NM £125
Jan Blight
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Crochet: Tunisian Crochet for Beginners Dorset Buttons: Jewellery Drawing with Pastels Embroidered Landscapes Embroidered Landscapes: Miniatures Embroidery (Hand): Magnificent
189.755 – 15-17 February 2019 189.582 – 18-20 January 2019 189.412 – 10-12 December 2018 189.021 – 7-9 October 2018 189.1253 – 13-15 May 2019 Mountmellick
On this course you will revise the This course will introduce how Dorset This course is aimed at beginners You will be able to learn and practice to You will learn how to create ‘stitching 189.102 – 15-19 October 2018
simple stitches, and troubleshoot any buttons are constructed and then and improvers who wish to thoroughly do plants, walls, fields and the many sketches’ from a range of stitching Mountmellick is a traditional, hand
issues such as untidy edges, colour builds on that knowledge to make understand the subtle qualities of elements that make a landscape. This materials. You will learn a range of embroidery technique, which is both
changing, increasing and decreasing. necklaces, bracelets and earrings. this wonderful medium. The class course is open to all levels of ability embroidery stitches, ribbon ribbons, beautiful to look at and relaxing to do.
You will work with extended height M £280 NM £320 will be encouraged to experiment, including beginners to embroidery. needle weaving and stumpwork along If you are a newcomer to embroidery,
stitches to create colour waves, Kate Fenney under guidance, how to use them to You will work on a landscape design, with what you might collect on Mountmellick is an ideal technique
and explore how to create beautiful their best advantage. Pastels can be designed by your tutor, incorporating your days out. with which to begin, as it employs
and subtle textured patterns using Drawing for the Terrified used in a lightly applied way giving a many of the skills/stitches to continue M £330 NM £370 many lovely stitches which are also
short rows. You will try out openwork 189.733 – 11-14 February 2019 sketch-like feel or they can be used to interpret your own pictures into Deborah Hastings used in other forms of embroidery. It
stitches that make interesting use of Are you terrified of drawing but have heavily thus creating a feel of an oil embroideries at home. is a ‘white on white’, highly textured
the return pass, and some interesting a secret longing to learn how to do painting. A still life set-up will be used M £330 NM £370 Embroidery (Hand): Japanese Temari technique developed in Ireland during
alternative stitch combinations to it? Then enrol on this course where as well as landscape photographs to Deborah Hastings Balls and Chinese Rice Dumplings the 19th century. On this course
make attractive colourwork. Richard will guide you through certain enjoy versatility of this medium. 189.242 – 11-15 November 2018 you will learn how to transfer your
M £330 NM £370 processes slowly, gently and step M £280 NM £320 Embroidered Landscapes or an In Japan, Temari balls are given to design onto fabric, dress a frame, and
Lindy Zubairy by step. If you follow his ‘recipes’, Jan Mehigan Orange Tree celebrate important events such start a piece of work using a great
you will be amazed at what you will 178.1985 – 20-21 September 2018 as births, birthdays, anniversaries variety of stitches. You will also make
Crochet: Tunisian Crochet for Improvers be able to draw. The main focus will Drawing: Building Confidence in M £180 NM £200 and weddings. They are decorative samples of the knitted fringe that is a
189.192 – 2-4 November 2018 be on learning how to see what is Making Marks 189.893 – 11-13 March 2019
baubles made with a soft wadding characteristic of this type of work.
M £300 NM £340 often merely glanced at. Once this 189.019 – 1-3 October 2018 core, wrapped with sewing thread to M £560 NM £610
189.1269 – 17-19 May 2019 is understood and put into practice, M £330 NM £370 form a ball, which is then divided into
If you can hold a pencil, you can draw! Pat Trott
you will be able to try many and This course is open to all levels sections and sewn with contrasting
M £330 NM £370 The simplest definition of drawing
various drawing techniques in both of ability including beginners to threads to form many simple and
This course provides an opportunity to can be thought of as making marks
monochrome embroidery. A variety of embroidery complex patterns. Chinese rice
troubleshoot any issues arising from on a piece of paper. This course will
and colour. techniques will be demonstrated to dumplings can be used as Christmas
your Tunisian practice, and freshens provide an opportunity to experiment
M £460 NM £510 create elements of the landscape decorations or mobiles. Smaller ones
up some skills, as well as introducing with a variety of approaches to mark
Richard Box and each student will get individual can be made as earrings and wrapped After you visit,
you gently to more advanced making that will lead to confidence
attention to develop their skills. with silk threads in colour schemes take advantage
techniques. You will try some cables, in visualising thoughts and recording
openwork, extended stitches and a
Drawing with Coloured Pencils what is seen. You will use a variety
Deborah Hastings to match your favourite outfits, to of the Denman
hexagon using tricks from entrelac. 189.236 – 9-11 November 2018 of drawing media and by the end of give you that total, complete, colour Discount – 10%
Lindy Zubairy Coloured pencils are often overlooked the course you will be able to put the co-ordinated, fashionable look. off your next
as a drawing medium, but they do eraser in the bin! M £560 NM £610 visit if you book
Dorset Buttons: An Easter Basket offer an opportunity to create a soft M £330 NM £370 Pat Trott within a week!
189.1037 – 5-7 April 2019 painterly image if used in a sensitive Stuart Green
If you have wondered what to do with way. Water soluble coloured pencils
Dorset buttons, look no further, this will be used to extend skills with a Drawing: Portraits
course begins with the basic cartwheel brush, thereby introducing painting 189.194 – 2 November 2018
construction and then builds on that by into the mix. Learners will begin There are seven billion people on the
making a six inch basket of flowers to this course by seeing how coloured face of the earth, and most of them
hang. Dorset buttons are very versatile pencils can be used to create very have two eyes, a nose and a mouth
with a variety of designs only limited by subtle colour blending, by the – yet, with the exception of identical
the threads used or imagination and combining of colours on the surface twins, they are all recognisable one
can be the finishing touch to another of the paper. Drawing techniques will from another. How can this many
piece of work or used as a button. follow building on textures and light to faces, each so similar, be recognised
M £330 NM £370 dark tonal qualities. as different? We will learn ways of
Kate Fenney M £330 NM £370 seeing these differences, and will
Sue Klemencic draw several portraits, including a
self-portrait drawn in a mirror. This
fascinating area of art is admired
above all others, because ‘getting
Don’t forget a likeness’ seems to be the hardest
to pick up thing to do.
a Denman M £110 NM £130
souvenir in our David Nicholls
shop on your
next visit!
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