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Please note we will be closed on Saturday 30th Nov so that Redwood Designs can move in to our studios so there will be a little bit of disruption to the gallery space. Open Thursday and Friday 11-5 and back open Sunday 1-4

Redcurrant Glass are off on their travels

Redcurrant Glass will be on tour this weekend at Capesthorne Hall https://www.creativecrafts-online.co.uk/craft-venues/#Location11

Congleton Rd
Siddington
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 9JY
Info: A Special Event not to be missed as

Christmas themed rooms are throughout the hall
Website:http://www.capesthorne.com/

Opening Times: Craft Fair open Friday 5pm to 9 pm Saturday – Sunday 11.30 to 4.30pm

and our Julie will be open at the studios from 11am-5pm but be aware we have a new studio doggie who will want to say hello

if she isn’t standing on the tables of course!

We are opening our new studios with a Christmas exhibition

on Sunday 17th November at 1pm -4pm

opening Thursday to Saturday 11am-5pm

and

Sundays 1pm – 4pm

the exhibition will run to Sunday 22nd til 4pm all welcome

New Workshop Dates from Julie Miles Ceramics

Porcelain Tiles Workshops

Tiles impressed natural objects in porcelain using natural material such as grasses, flowers and leaves.
You will create a set of four tiles that can be used as coasters or wall plaques, door numbers etc using colour and oxide to bring them to life. Participants will learn the basic skills involved in creating clay tiles. We will be using a porcelain clay suitable for displaying outdoors once fired. Creating decoration with collected natural materials ie grasses, seed heads, flowers and leaves to create patterns and pictures on the surface. We will introduce a splash of colour using underglaze and oxides to pick up the details on the surfaces once fired. Maximum 6 per workshop age 16 + duration 2 ½ hrs

Dates for 2019

Prices include materials and firing £45 Thurs 28^th November 1pm -3.30pm or 6.30-9pm Thurs 5^th December 1pm -3.30pm or 6.30-9pm

Porcelain tea light holders

Create your own tea light holders using slab building techniques with porcelain. In this 2 & ½ hr workshop you will learn techniques on how to handle the porcelain, rolling out techniques and forming and joining the porcelain, impressing and incising using textures to exploit its beautiful translucent qualities to create your very own tea light holder. At the end of the workshop you will have created at least one porcelain tea light holder to be fired. Maximum 6 per workshop age 16 + duration 2 ½ hrs

Dates for 2019

Price includes materials and firing £45 Saturday 23^rd November 1pm -3.30pm Sunday 1^st December 1pm -3.30pm Wednesday 4^th Dec 6.30-9pm Wednesday 11^th Dec 6.30-9pm

Christmas decorations in Porcelain

Come and make your own personalised Christmas tags, tree decorations. Learn how to roll out porcelain to 2mm thick, how to handle the material, impressing and incising techniques using textures to exploit its beautiful translucent qualities. You can leave your creations white or using underglazes to print or stain the imprints to coordinate your Christmas presents. Julie is an experienced teacher in ceramics with a degree in Design Craft & an MA in Ceramics. She has taught since graduating in 1998 in various settings from art galleries to a disused quarry, all ages and abilities. Bring an apron, enthusiasm and anything that you would like to use to impress including leaves, fabric, flowers etc and you will be able to achieve with step by step tuition some amazing creations. Go on have a go and get creative. Refreshments offered on arrival whilst going through housekeeping & health & safety for each workshop. Maximum 6 per workshop age 16 + duration 2 ½ hrs

Dates for 2019

Prices include materials and firing £45 Sunday 8^th Dec 1.30-4pm

All welcome here Fired Up North Studios, Unit 25, Lomeshaye Village, Turner Road, Nelson, BB9 7DR

New address: Fired Up North Studios,

Unit 25, Lomeshaye Business Village, Turner Road, Nelson, BB9 7DR

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