On Tuesday we delivered two free Shibori workshops at the PRISM exhibition Edgelands at the Art Pavilion. Both were a great success with participants travelling from as far a field as Wales to attend and see the show. We had return visitors who attended Ross’ contact printing workshops last year and a lady who we…
Category: Workshops
Red, Blue and Yellow – the Florence Trust Artist in Residence Workshops
Well, as they say, that was the week that was! We have the delivered our first series of Taster Workshops as Florence Trust Artists in Residence at our new home in Holy Trinity Church, Cloudesley Square, Islington. We are so lucky to have such a great space so close to home and we’d like to…
Natural Dyeing: A Heritage of Colour at the V&A
It’s been an incredibly busy few weeks for us, but as we sit this weekend, a little dazed and exhausted, I can safely say our course ‘Natural Dyeing: A Heritage of Colour‘ at the V&A Academy couldn’t have gone better! There was a huge amount of preparation involved in getting ready to teach a comprehensive…
Natural Dyeing: A Heritage of Colour at the V&A
We’ve SOLD OUT! But if you’re interested you can add yourself to the waiting list for next year! We’re really excited about this wonderful development – we will be teaching at the V&A Academy in October delivering a week long comprehensive natural dyeing course. Our five day course at the V&A Academy runs from the 2nd to…
PRISM Warped Workshop
On Monday Ross delivered a free taster workshop as part of PRISM’s free workshop series that accompanies the present exhibition at the Art Pavilion, Mile End. It was a great success, with far more people arriving through the morning than the 10 places we had planned for (we did actually deliver the workshop to 12…
Handmade Experimental Brushes and Botanical Inks
On Saturday, Ross delivered a hugely successful Handmade Experimental Brushes and Botanical Inks Workshop at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft. We were asked to deliver the workshop as park of a season of events to go with the excellent current exhibition Shōji Hamada: A Japanese Potter in Ditchling. Much like Ross… ‘Hamada developed a…
New Year, New Developments
January is always a grey and dreary month but it’s also a good time to think about the year ahead. Our first workshop is for the London Business School Student Association on Saturday and Ross is delivering Handmade Experimental Brushes and Botanical Inks at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft on the 4th March. This is part…
Contact Printing at the Duke
On Thursday we held the first of third of our workshops at the Duke of Cambridge in Islington, the UK’s oldest organic pub (bookable through their website). Sponsored by the Florence Trust and Churchgate Artists Studios CIC, the workshop places included a wonderful set lunch as part of the £20 ticket price. This week Ross delivered an introduction to Contact…
Indigo at the Duke of Cambridge
On Thursday we held the first of four workshops at the Duke of Cambridge in Islington, the UK’s oldest organic pub (bookable through their website). Sponsored by the Florence Trust and Churchgate Artists Studios CIC, the workshop places included a wonderful set lunch as part of the £20 ticket price and was thought a great…
moderneccentrics at the Duke of Cambridge
We are teaming up with the guys at the Duke of Cambridge, Britain’s first Organic Pub in Islington to bring you a morning of learning, creating (and eating), with a series workshops based around our artistic practice. There are four to choose from, running from from 10am – 2.30pm. Each £20 ticket includes a workshop…
Natural Dyeing Course with Jenny Dean
Applications are now open for the 2022 Natural Dyeing Course at Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, with renowned expert Jenny Dean, supported by our very own Ross Belton. This is the fourth time this incredibly popular course has run, and this year it will consist of 6 ‘in person’ Sundays at the Museum and…
Natural Dyeing at the Florence Trust – Discover the Beauty of Nature’s Palette
This summer, we are running a series of outdoor workshops at the Florence Trust starting on the 13th of July. On Tuesdays we have ‘Nature’s Palette‘, a 4 week comprehensive natural dyeing course and on Wednesdays we have our regular ‘Dyeing to Stitch‘ days with dyeing in the morning and stitching in the afternoon headed…
Modern Eccentrics 