Bill Guilding is a professional artist and has been teaching drawing part-time for over 10 years. As an artist he has carried out several commissioned public mural paintings and portraits. Bill originally graduated in Fine Art at U.W.E, later qualified as a teacher with a PGCE, and has taught in schools and colleges. Here Bill […]
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Explore Embroidery with your Sewing Machine
A creative and fun workshop where you will learn to upcycle scraps of fabric and sketch with thread to form a picture. Freehand machine embroidery is a popular technique in the crafting world; it’s easy, quick, effective and produces a great range of results. Suitable for all abilities. (You will need a special embroidery/darning foot […]
Samuel Tan | | Arts, Courses, Saturday Courses, Textiles and Upholstery Tutors, Textiles, Sewing and Upholstery |
Free Machine Embroidery with Appliqué
A creative and fun workshop where you will learn to upcycle scraps of fabric and sketch with thread to form a picture. Freehand machine embroidery is a popular technique in the crafting world; it’s easy, quick, effective and produces a great range of results. Suitable for all abilities. (You will need a special embroidery/darning foot […]
Jenny Wilkes | | Arts, Courses, Saturday Courses, Textiles and Upholstery Tutors, Textiles, Sewing and Upholstery |
Design your own garden
An opportunity to improve and refresh your garden with support and help from a professional garden designer. You will learn how to redesign your own plot, beginning with basic principles and going on to cover choosing the right plants. NB It is important that participants have a garden, or part of a garden, to work […]
Bruna Costa | | Cookery and Gardening Tutors, Courses, Gardening and Willow Craft, Saturday Courses, Stoke Lodge |
The Murky World of Neo-Noir – ONLINE
We will focus on the new-waves of noir-infected films from the 60’s to today. What differences will we find between classic noir and neo-noir? Will those murky private-eye flics get even murkier in their updated versions? A few days before each session, the tutor will send the students a film title, link where to find […]
Samuel Tan | | Arts, Courses, Film Studies, Film Studies Tutors, Stoke Lodge |
Transgender Films
We will look at how transgender people are represented in films, particularly in those works that move away from the stereotypes of earlier films. The Nineties inaugurated a new wave of transgender-themed films and in recent years, the topic has become more mainstream, with more film-makers exploring ways to convey transgender experiences with honesty and […]
Samuel Tan | | All Tutors, Arts, Courses, Film Studies, Film Studies Tutors, Stoke Lodge |
Sewing for Complete Beginners
Starting from scratch, you will go from learning how to thread a sewing machine to making three sewing projects! By the end of the course you will have learnt how to make a cushion cover, a small zipped bag and a pair of pyjama shorts. Material for cushion cover and zipped bag are included in […]
Samuel Tan | | Arts, Stoke Lodge, Textiles and Upholstery Tutors, Textiles, Sewing and Upholstery |
Film, Poets and Poetry
What is the relationship between poetry and film? And between film and poets? What is a poetry film? We will explore these questions through films about poets, like “The Colour of Pomegranates” (Sergei Parajanov) and “Paterson” (Jim Jarmusch), films inspired by poets (“Songs from the Second Floor” by Roy Andersson), a story where poetry means […]
Samuel Tan | | Courses, Film Studies, Film Studies Tutors, Stoke Lodge |
Classic Films about Childhood
When the main characters are children, a film can often experiment with adventurous, strange and enchanting storytelling. The best films about childhood seem to be those that approach the complexity of the youthful experience with an adult awareness but allow themselves to reflect the magic of a child’s point of view. We will watch a […]
Samuel Tan | | Courses, Film Studies, Film Studies Tutors, Languages Tutors, Stoke Lodge |
Fern Busuttil
Subject: Wood Work I am a woodworker and maker who enjoys creating, fixing, salvaging and reusing all kinds of useful and decorative things. I have a background in working with young people and people with support needs, and have run many creative and practical workshops for both children and adults. I am interested in how working […]
Samuel Tan | | All Tutors, Woodwork Tutors |