Priscilla Edwards: Curious Creatures Sculpture Workshop

Explore the extraordinary possibilities of working with lightweight wire to create a figurative piece that incorporates found materials. Priscilla will share with you her unique combination of creative techniques and show you how to shape wire using pliers and fingertip manipulation to make a structure. You can incorporate your own found materials such as vintage doll parts and pieces of china ornaments into your piece, and can choose for it to be free standing or suspended. Priscilla will demonstrate the process of applying layers of silk and wax to your piece, which can than be embellished by adding stitching, touches of paper, paint, buttons, broken jewellery and beads.
As the sculptures develop you will see their distinct characters unfolding and become your own unique creation, that include fragments of precious fabrics and treasures from your own collections. Priscilla will have examples of her own work available and will talk you through how she puts pieces together, to provide an insight into her making process and how she develops ideas. All materials will be provided, but do bring along materials to personalise your piece such as broken china or doll parts, paper ephemera, feathers, haberdashery, buttons, lace, threads, beads, old zips and broken jewellery. And if you have them light weight fabrics (cottons and silks work best) and a pair of grip pliers.

The workshop is 10 - 4pm

Information for art workshops:

Full payment will be taken at time of booking (this is non refundable or transferable to a different workshop). However IF this workshops has to be cancelled you will of course receive a refund in full.

All materials and use of equipment are included, however it is recommended that you bring a few items to personalise the work (as listed above)

Please bring a packed lunch. However hot and cold drinks, biscuits and cake will be provided!

Under 16’s must be accompanied by a participating, paying adult.

Please be aware the workshop artists retain the intellectual property to their own ideas- you cannot go into business making, or running workshops showing copies of the artists work. You can however use the ideas for personal use and with your own students, if you are a teacher.