Arts and Crafts

You'll amaze yourself with what you create when you learn the techniques from our Arts & Crafts tutors

Beaded Jewellery
The range of beads now available locally or on the internet is stunning. Learn how to design and make your own beaded jewellery. Complete kits for making a necklace, bracelet and earrings are available from the tutor at a range of prices, to make this a hassle-free, fun class, ideal for beginners. Please bring your lunch and at least $20 cash to the tutor for your materials. Please enrol at least 1 week before class date so materials can be purchased.
Tutor: Tracy Benton

Cross Stitch New Course
Cross-stitch is one of the oldest forms of embroidery, practiced around the world. Create a Christmas design and make a beautiful card for the festive season. Limited to 6 students, no experience necessary. Please bring scissors, pencil and ruler. Course fee includes materials to make two cards.
Tutor: Beatriz Moreno

Fun with Mixed Media
Combine different media on canvas into your individual abstract or realistic designs. Explore using oil crayons, acrylics, printing techniques, found objects, postcards, newsprint and especially your imagination. Principles of design, use of colour and the difference texture can make will be covered in a fun course with local artist Jan Tyler. Wear old clothes & bring 1-2 Acrylic Painting boards (eg from The Warehouse or Ikes Emporium), Acrylic paint - test pots, house paint or tubes, large water containers eg icecream container, plastic trays for mixing colours, newspaper, tissue paper, rags and any special papers, shells etc you'd like to include in your painting.

Students and work from Jan's previous Mixed Media courses.

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Korowai Kakahu - Feather Cloak
It takes many hours to achieve a full length traditional Korowai (Feather Cloak). Learn to reach that level by taking smaller and more manageable steps and using more accessable materials. It is preferable to master the art of weaving before going on to Korowai, but not impossible to achieve a beautiful Cloak, should you want to get straight into this art. Please bring $25 for materials to the tutor on the first day.
Tutor: Herapia Cairns

Website Special - Enrol and pay for Course 304K before 2 August and pay just $130 for this course

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Learn to Draw
If you feel you have no talent for drawing but would like to learn then this course is designed for you. Explore Still Life, Portraiture and Landscape in a series of exercises that will give you the skills to draw. Great fun and a fantastic lead-in to painting. Please bring: A3 white paper, 1 sheet black paper, 6B pencil & sharpener, compressed charcoal, white chalk and a rubber.
Tutor: Jan Tyler

Mosaics Workshop
Be inspired to create beautiful, functional and quirky mosaic objects using brilliant or quietly sophisticated colours. The medium will be your choice, ranging from tiles, stones, glass or shards of china. Expenditure, depending on your choice of project, will be required for materials and tools. Initial evening session is an introduction to and preparation for the weekend workshop.
Tutor: Phillipa Grattan

Website Special - Enrol and pay for Course 304 before 2 August and pay just $130 for this course

Just click on a thumbnail image to see a full size view Tutor Herapia Cairns shares her knowledge of the age old art of weaving with New Zealand flax / Harakeke - Phormium tenax

Stained Glass
Stained glass is an art form dating back many centuries. Traditional methods used - copperfoil or leadlighting techniques. Create a beautiful, functional object. Start your project after the second lesson. Mobiles, windows, lampshades - the choice is yours. Tutor will work with you on your own individual project. Expenditure required for tools and materials.
Tutor: Phillipa Grattan

Watercolour Painting
For absolute beginners and those with some painting experience. Discover the artist within. Learn how to establish clear intention and identify your own style and personality in your work. Find your strengths and build confidence in your use of watercolour.
Please bring No12 Brush, (not acrylic), palette (or white plate), Winsor & Newton Water Colours - Aureolin, Prussian or Winsor Blue and Alizarin Crimson, Archers block 300g cold press A4 or A3, water container (white ice cream tub), sea sponge (from chemist).
Tutor: Julia Ferne

Website Special - Enrol and pay for Course 309 before 3 AUGUST and pay just $100 for this course

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CRAFTS at KAREKARE

Here’s a great opportunity to spend a relaxing weekend learning a new craft at tutor Robin Overall’s property in Karekare on Auckland’s West Coast. Limited places available - please enrol early. Please bring your lunch - tea & coffee supplied.

Build Your Own Wood-fired Pizza Oven
Learn how to build your very own wood-fired pizza oven. This hands on course covers two days of tuition in the art of designing and constructing a traditional wood-fired brick oven. Full instructions are given and practical hands on experience in all techniques is the order of the day. Topics include where to buy materials, how to cut bricks, mixing mortar, flue construction, making tools and firing the completed oven. You will be fully able to build your own oven after attending this in depth course. Course concludes with a practical firing of an existing oven and making the best pizzas you have ever tasted. Full plans and notes included. Held at tutor’s workshop in Karekare, West Auckland.

Introduction to Garden Sculpture
Create a stunning piece of sculpture for your garden. This workshop, spanning two days, will show you how to create a piece of garden sculpture by both the additive process and the subtractive process (carving). We will be working with cement and sand based mediums to produce stunning pieces without breaking the bank. The course covers methods and hands on experience plus you get to take your creation home. Bring your lunch. Morning and afternoon teas provided. Course is held at the tutor’s workshop in Karekare, West Auckland.

	"...thoroughly enjoyed ..." "I have had so much pleasure doing mosaics and I have learnt so much" " Really impressed - I have thoroughly enjoyed this course"

	"Great results ..." “Thoroughly enjoyed myself, Great course/ Great results. I’m hooked”

	"Enjoyed the class very much. .." " What a fantastic day! Jan opened up so many doors of ideas." " Jan shared enough info to get us motivated. She generates a very positive atmosphere." " Enjoyed the class very much. Learned heaps and really did end up with a masterpiece!"

	"Very thorough. .." "Great course, really great tools gained for further drawing. " "Very thorough and organised, good progression of skills."

	"Awesome fun. .." "The best art course I have ever done!" "Awesome fun, really brings out the artist in you!"

	"Enjoyable...." "This course was very creative and enjoyable." "Lots of practical idea for card making, the tutor was very helpful and attentive."

	"Great class. .." “Great class – I learned a lot.”

	"Friendly and informative...." "Awesome course, lots of information and goodies to take home!" "Tutor was very helpful, friendly and informative."

	"Enjoyable...." "Herapia is a knowledgeable, patient tutor who shares knowledge informally and relates to all ages and cultures." "Love it! This is my second time and I just keep on learning. Awesome course!"