EASTER HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS ARE HERE!

I am a bit behind in posting this weekend due to the bustle of classes and marketing preparation ...here are the dates for the Holiday Workshops! I will be updating the website, venues + hopefully you'll see flyers in a school near you through this week!

It is with great excitement that we release the dates for the WEAVE+WONDER Easter Holiday art+craft+books workshops!

These holiday workshops have been extremely popular and we have so enjoyed meeting and working with your children.
At WEAVE+WONDER, our goal is to nurture and inspire creativity in each child through the work of Great Artists, outstanding literature and innovative art projects!
We offer two wonderful venues who fully support our creative endeavours and enjoy hosting you for coffee+cake or to browse for that perfect book while your children are creating!

Over the two weeks of Queensland state school holidays, we are offering 6 workshops.
In the first week, the classes offered at Riverbend Books + Teahouse and the Gallery Cafe, Carindale are the same two classes.

Mon 2nd April: Gallery Cafe - Egg painting+clay - all about Easter!
Wed 4th April: Gallery Cafe - nest weaving + more clay - partner class with Mon 2nd.

Tues 3rd April: Riverbend Books+Teahouse - Egg painting+clay - all about Easter!
Thurs 5th April: Riverbend Books+Teahouse - nest weaving + more clay - partner class with Tues 3rd.

Thurs 12th April: Riverbend Books + Teahouse - Circles in Nature theme - acrylic on canvas!
Fri 13th April: Riverbend Books + Teahouse - Circles in Nature theme - paint+stitching mixed media work!


For more creative inspiration + class preparation, please take a look at our website www.weaveandwonder.blogspot.com or like us on Facebook to follow our journey!

We'd love to have you join us for these classes and bring a friend!
They always book fast, please email melissa@guyatt.net for bookings.

Lets explore SPRING!

Here we go...

Tomorrow we begin an intense week of creativity, fun, colour and adventure!

WEAVE+WONDER aim to:
WEAVE great stories through our creating time...
INSPIRE the imagination through the work of Great Artists...
GROW knowledge using age appropriate art theory...
NURTURE creativity through experimenting with natural + quality materials...
Leave with display + play-worthy art and a sense of WONDER in all they have created!

Sincere thanks to the wonderful venues: The Gallery Cafe, Carindale Shopping Centre and Riverbend Books + Teahouse, Bulimba, for the ability to set up a magical creative space for the children, while Carers + Siblings enjoy a great coffee + meal!
Classes begin at 9.00am and 11.00am sharp, please check venue details and confirm your class time....

Children...I can't wait to meet you and share in this artistic adventure as we explore Spring together!

Stamping wrap up

I so love this stamp making series!
With a small group of chatty engaged children, a mix of boys and girls, hands busy - carving and concentrating - we thoroughly enjoyed our three afternoons together at the Gallery Cafe! The environment is warm and inviting and with the promise of hot chips and milkshakes for a late afternoon snack, they enthusiasticly engaged in our learning + creating!
Our third and final week was all about learning to use our stamps - creating pattern repeats and learning basic print making techniques. The children, after planning their designs, stamped up a storm and made some beautiful custom leathergoods - a bookmark, keychain and small pocket notebook as well as gift tags!
This series is a wonderful introduction to the art of carving and printmaking, using kid-friendly rubber + foam and basic design ideas. The children have left with some beautiful work, stamps they can re-use again + again and having learned a new skill - I am sure there will be much more stamp carving going on in these households in the days to come!

gathering * part II leather goodness

We are very excited about the creativity that comes forth at the hand of your children as they learn to carve their very own stamps! In this second series of stamp making, we will look at new inspiration in geometric shapes and patterns.
Right now, we are loving the leather - soft and beautiful - ready to be made into exciting products and stamped with their very own designs - notebooks, keyrings, bookmarks - just the perfect gift idea for a special Dad on Fathers day!
Book now for this exciting 3 week series running on Thursday afternoons from 3.45-4.45pm at the Gallery Cafe Carindale.
PLACES ARE LIMITED AND FILLING FAST! We start two weeks today - Thurs 24th August 2011!

new classes * gallery cafe

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
ALL NEW THREE WEEK STAMP MAKING SERIES

We had such a successful + enjoyable time in the after school stamp making classes last term, there have been requests to repeat this series - HERE IT IS!

COMMENCING THURSDAY AFTERNOONS 24th AUGUST 3.45-4.45PM
RUNNING FOR 3 WEEKS

In these classes we will explore the technique of handcarving and experiment with different mediums, eventually carving our own rubber stamp designs. We will then make some exciting products using our stamps and learn about printmaking in the process!

THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE UNIQUE GIFTS FOR FATHER'S DAY!
We will provide lots of exciting ideas to make within our last class.

I highly recommend this series as the children really enjoyed learning how to carve, experimenting with the tools and design ideas until they were happy with their creations. The children came away having learn't a new skill, made some beautiful stamps that they could continue to use and some wonderful products with those stamps - journal cover, gift tags and drawstring bag to keep their stamps in!
I urge you to book now as there are limited places in this class - earlybird and sibling discounts apply!