All courses are offered as 1 day/6 hour workshops through the Saint John Arts Centre.
9am-4pm with a 1 hour lunch break.
Saint John Arts Centre
20 Hazen Avenue
Saint John, New Brunswick
Canada
E2L 5A5
Phone: 506-633-4870
Saint John Arts Centre emailRegistration MUST go through them please. Flights of Fancy -Mosaic Birdhouses
Saturday, September 24, 2011 Cost: $95 Birdhouses just seem to beckon a person into whimsical acts of inventiveness in decoration. Riotous colours and architectural excess. Why not have a purple and orange house? Why not give your broken china a new life as roof shingle? The birds wont pass judgement. Let your child side delight in adorning a home for your favorite chickadee.
In this 6 hour workshop we will learn how to prepare a surface for mosaic work, how to mix mortar and apply it and how to safely cut and nip tile to create your birdhouse beautiful! Participants are asked to bring a small wooden birdhouse ( there are several designs available at Micheals) and any materials they would like to use such as broken china, pottery, glassware, shells, buttons etc.
Come play!
Feeling Framed -Mosaic Picture Frames
Saturday, October 29, 2011 Cost: $95 Do you have piles of photos stuffed in an old shoe box or languishing on your computer??? Wouldnt it be nice to get your favorite into a frame? Frames dont have to be boring black or silver or mass produced. Come design and decorate your own frame to reflect your love of colours and textures. We will have beautiful glass and ceramic tiles to work with and no mosaic experience is necessary.
In this 6 hour workshop we will learn how to safely cut and nip tile to create a stunning work of framing art! We will talk about how to generate designs and how to lay tile in patterns. Participants are asked to bring any materials they would like to use such as broken china, pottery, glassware, shells, buttons, beads, etc.
Come play!
Putting Out The Welcome Mat
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Welcome Sign -Mosaic Greetings For Your Home
Saturday, November 12, 2011 Cost: $95Creating a mosaic greeting sign to adorn the entrance of your home is a great way to play with number and letter forms in tile. The finished message may welcome or raise a chuckle. Up to you!
In this 6 hour workshop we will learn how to safely cut and nip tile to create letters and number. I will be teaching a mosaic laying technique called the Indirect Method. We will discuss how to generate border pattern designs and how to determine colour choices to make your sign eye-catching. Participants are asked to bring a wooden plaque or board max. 8x10 (choices available at Micheals). No mosaic experience is necessary.
Come play!
Welcome The Season of Light Mosaic Candle Platters
Saturday, December 10, 2011 Cost: $95 As we come near to the darkest time of the year we yearn for the light to return. This mosaic project will be to create a reflective tiled plate that may be used to hold an arrangement of candles. The vitreous glass tiles will glimmer and bounce the wavering flames from surface to surface and maybe we can forget for a while that it is so dark outside.
In this 6 hour workshop we will be working with a silicone adhesive on earthenware plates. You will learn how to safely cut and nip tiles to create patterns and images of your own design. We will discuss how to generate designs and how to determine colour choices and laying patterns to compliment the natural form of the plate. You are asked to bring ideas and images you might like to use as a jumping off point for a design. No mosaic experience is necessary.
Come play!
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