Crafty Hen Party’s Brighton…

If you have heard about Super+Super you will know just how much we love all things creative and crafty… and inspiring others to get stuck in learning new skills! But did you know that we also specialise in craft parties and events?!

 Fast becoming the go to craft venue in Brighton we offer a crafty party or event to help celebrate that very special occasion! Be that a Hen party, Birthday or baby shower… Oh and did we mention team building? That too!

Since the success of our parties at the HQ last year 2012 we have now further developed a range of parties and events that can be brought directly to you at home, the workplace or in the comfort of your weekend holiday accommodation! Hen’s on the Road is here!

With prices starting at £30 pp we will tailor your party to suite the needs of your day.

 What we offer…

£45 per head for a 3 hour in house party that comprises of a 2 hour craft class with a tea party to trump all others to follow shortly after! This event includes all materials, expert tuition by resident crafter Miss Amy Phipps, printed hand outs, tools and equipment…..Tea on tap + cake + tunes to craft along too.

Hen’s on the road…

If you love the idea of celebrating your special occasion in a more crafty and creative way, but would prefer  to do it in the comfort of your own home then look no further! S+S on the road has arrived! We will come to your house/hotel/garden party and host a lovely craft party complete with refreshments! Prices start at £30 pp.

So what’s next…

Simply email us with your preferred date and venue. Parties are usually held on Saturdays/Sunday 10-1pm or 2pm til 5pm depending on the kind of project you choose. Week day parties are available but start times will vary depending on our schedule of regular in house classes.

Now…

Choose the group activity you’d like from our list of projects. Alternately, if you have an idea you’d really like to make but its not on our list, email us at supersuperhq@gmail.com and we will try and arrange it! Max of 15 people depending on project. Our minimum guest amount is 5 people and we take 50% deposit in advance.

Craft Projects:

Brilliant Bunting

Hand embroidered Hanky’s

Pretty fascinator

Fancy pants – embellished knickers (bring your own pants for this one!)

Decorated Nipple tassles

Screen Printed Shopper tote bag

NB: One activity per party.

Lastly…

Tell us how many pals you’ll be bringing along!

We will tailor the day perfectly. We take 50% deposit on confirmation of booking, and then call/email you 2 weeks before your party to double check numbers before we order materials. Please let us know of any dietary requirements/allergies and we’ll make it a gluten and nut free affair!

*We are based in the South Lanes right on the sea front, just a hop skip and a jump from the beach….why not take your pals for a promenade on the Pier and a ride on the waltzer after the event!*

Calligraphy Workshop Brighton with Patrick Knowles. Calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing, is an art form that is accessible to everyone who can write. The workshop will cover all the basics from handling the pen and ink, learning the basic letterforms and hopefully, by the end of the session, creating something worth taking home.

For those who are already reasonably skilled there will be hands-on advice on how to improve skills and techniques and aspects of design and bringing their work to life on the page.

The course will run from 10.00 to 3.00 with a short break for lunch during which there will be a talk from local artist Trevor Lovedayabout his use of calligraphy in his artwork. http://artloveday.weebly.com/

All basic materials – pen, ink, paper – will be provided but participants are encouraged to bring any coloured inks, watercolours, special papers and other pens they may have if they wish. PLEASE NOTE: do not use conventional drawing ink that contains shellac as this will be too glutinous to use for calligraphy; only use purely water-based ink, Chinese stick-ink or watercolour.
Other papers will be available at cost as well as a range of pens to borrow on the day to experiment with as well as a range of reference material and books

WORKSHOP OUTLINE

The morning session will begin with a short presentation on the history of calligraphy and lettering and will progress with learning basic lettering skills, getting to grips with the pen and ink and making letterforms.

In the afternoon there will be a chance to work on personal pieces including larger lettering and perhaps experimental calligraphic shapes and forms.

Those who have existing skills can decide how they’d like to progress either by following the structured teaching of the morning or by going straight into developing work with the guidance of the tutor.

ABOUT THE TUTOR
Patrick Knowles is an experienced professional designer, lettering artist and illustrator. He designs and illustrates book covers for many of the UK’s top publishing houses as well as producing calligraphy and lettering for clients outside of publishing.

Get your ticket here!

His work can be seen at:

www.patrickknowlesdesign.com

Make-up Master Class with Maryann Richardson- Introduction to Makeup – is set to be a fun evening of learning about enhancing your own look for everyday.

What Maryann will go over:

- Tools for your kit
- Step by step how to achieve a flawless foundation suited to you.
- Conceal or Correct which do you need?
- How to choose the right mascara
- Professional product recommendation
- Step by step eye makeup that can be transformed into an evening look-make your eyeshadow last!
- Eyebrows – shape and correct with makeup
- How to choose the right shade of lipstick an make it last
- How to achieve killer cheekbones, Kim Kardasian eat your heart out!

INTRO PRICE £25 and you can get your ticket here!

Here is a bit of back ground to Maryann’s exciting career so far in the make-up industry! 

http://www.maryannrichardson.com/

Lino print workshop Brighton. We have two exciting lino print and mixed media print workshops coming up in June and early July! One will explore a whole host of styles of printing including lino and screen printing and the other shorter session on lino printed stationary sets!

Mixed Media Print Day

Sunday 9th June
10am til 3pm

Spend a day printing, stamping, scraping, cutting and hand colouring a selection of delightful mixed media treat

Order of day….

Cards, tags or gift wrap (repeat patterns)

Lino cut art print (hand coloured)

Screen print tote (stencil cut)

Leaving at the end of the day with amongst other things…

Screen printed tote bag, hand stamped greetings cards, gift tags or wrap and a lino print art print (max size A5)
An intense day of colourful creativity! All materials, equipment papers, lino and cutting tools provided. Take away with you all the knowledge, and some extra materials to re create at home (including professional lino cut tool and scalpel)

Bring along a few inspirational images, colours or shapes We will provide a selection but its good to come with ideas in mind to maximise the session.

Unlimited tea/coffee + home baked cakes provided
£60 pp
8 spaces MAX

Get your ticket here!

*please note S+S do not provide lunch but would advise bringing one along… There will be a 30 min break for lunch mid way through the session

Lino Printed Stationary Workshop

In this 3 hour session you will create original designs for gift wrap, tags and note cards and leave with a lovely personalised stationary collection!

All materials provided including your own lino cutting tool with 4 blades to take home and continue creating printed treasures!
Papers, cards and envelopes… inks and paint, lino tiles, trays and brushes, tea and cake!

£35 pp

Get your ticket here!

Max 8 spaces

The first Cat toy making workshop Brighton!

Yep you heard us right!

March saw us welcoming a new Kitten to S+S HQ… And so far all his toys have been lovingly hand crafted. Lets face it those sticks with feathers that our feline friends adore cost a bomb!

SO… Come and spend an evening with us 2 crazy cat ladies and lets craft a whole host of fancy treats four your furry friends!

£10 will get you all the crafting materials to make 3 cat toys, expert tuition, printed handouts to take home, Catnip…. Tea+Cake and a whole load of joy! Get a ticket here!

May 13th

7-9pm

Soap Making Workshop Brighton. This 3-hour workshop was the perfect intro to the basics of traditional cold-process soap making! And us Supers’ were lucky enough to nab a spot on Hannah’s first workshop here at the HQ, spending the afternoon making our own soap from scratch.

We mixed natural oils such as olive and coconut oil with an alkali and then added our own scents, to produce a totally lovely loaf of soap to take home in a reusable mould! Our flavour of choice was a mix of Basil, Lemon and a little Sage….zingy and fresh.

Hannah also produced a range of starter kits. For £12 this goody bag is jam packed with everything needed to recreate the process at home!

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At £32 pp for a three hour session packed full to the brim with science, scents and lovely cake (Home baked, not soapy) it was every penny great value.

We are totally inspired and took a kit home each! Next date tbc but email us at supersuperhq@gmail.com for more info and to pre book a spot.

Sewing Workshops with Zoe Edwards! If, like us, you are totally hooked on The Great British Sewing Bee you will be itching to dig out those sewing machines and start making! That said, sometimes it’s a little bit trickier than you think. This is where our super seamstress Zoe Edwards comes in. This month Zoe is offering two very different but equally amazing sewing classes…

First up is Rework Your Wardrobe. A chance for you to bring in unloved, unworn, broken or just ill-fitting clothes and transform them into brand new totally wearable garments. We’re talking hemming trousers and skirts, fixing holes, reshaping for a better fit, inserting new zips, shortening hems and then some. It’s the perfect way to bring some much needed fun into your clothing selection.

Saturday 4th May – 10-1pm
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Next up we have an Introduction to Commercial Sewing Patterns. This session aims to take the beginner sewer towards being a confident dressmaker by explaining and demystifying the sometimes daunting world of commercial sewing patterns. By the end of the session you will understand their cryptic language and know how to use them. Perfect for all you budding seamstresses out there!

Tuesday 7th May – 6.30-8.30pm
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Sketchbook workshop Brighton is a brilliant opportunity to experiment with a range of everyday materials and techniques to create a sketchbook brimming with originality, texture and colour. Over four weekly sessions, textile artist Clare McEwan will lead you in exploring mark making, 3d construction, collage, mono-printing, photography, and digital imagery development. A course celebrating trial and error, concentrating on process rather than outcome. The finished piece will be your unique sketchbook –a testament to your brave artistic self! – and creative skills to take forward.

Come armed with inspirational images, objects or text. These will be vital starting points for your book and allow you to get going immediately on week one. All making materials will be supplied but feel free to bring any papers/surfaces/fabrics you also want to work with. Bring a digital camera (phone/compact/SLR) for all 4 weeks and laptop or iPad for week 3 for editing images.

Don’t hesitate in talking to Clare if you have any questions about equipment. cfmcewan@gmail.com Follow Clare on Tumblr for course tasters.

See some of Clare’s work at http://www.claremcewan.com/ andhttp://cfmcewan.com/

£88 for course

Course dates: Wednesdays 7pm-9pm

April 17th, April 24th, 1st May and 8th May 2013

Week 1: 2d and 3d experiments + photography

Week 2: Mono-printing + photography

Week 3: Experimental photography and digital photo development

Week 4: Collage, refining pages and building book

Sunday 21st April sees a new exciting workshop at the HQ. Speckled Fawn Soaps are hosting a 3 hour workshop to introduce you to the basics of traditional cold-process soap making.

Learn to make your own soap from scratch by mixing natural oils such as olive and coconut oil with an alkali and then adding your own scents and decorations to produce your own truly personalised loaf of soap to take home in a reusable mould!

Protective wear and all soap ingredients will be provided, but please bring an old towel or cloth to insulate and protect your soap as you travel home, and don’t wear your best clothes!

A little bit about Speckled Fawn Soaps:

Speckled Fawn Soaps is a Brighton-based creator of handmade soaps. They make their soaps using the traditional cold-process method, so they know every little thing that goes into them and have complete control over how creative they can get.

All the soaps are completely vegan and cruelty-free, the majority are 100% natural, and they strive to use high quality ingredients which carry great benefits for the skin and smell amazing!

Many of the base oils used are organic, and they completely avoid using palm oil due to the adverse effects the plantations cause to the environment. They also NEVER use SLS, SLES, parabens, or anything else nasty and have been assessed to ensure all the soap ingredients comply with EU cosmetic safety laws.

We can’t wait for this one! The workshop runs from 2-4pm and tickets can be bought below:

http://speckledfawnsoapsupersuper.eventbrite.co.uk/

If like us, you have clothes in your wardrobe that don’t quite fit properly, whether it’s trousers that are too long or a dress with unflattering sleeves, you can do something about it! You don’t need to look longingly at them hanging there in the hope one day you’ll wear them. Instead, fish them out and bring them along to the Rework your Wardrobe workshop at the HQ.

Run by resident sewer Zoe Edwards from So Zo…you can bring your unloved, unworn, broken or ill-fitting clothes to this session and learn skills and techniques that will bring them back into wardrobe rotation!

We’ve hosted a few of these classes now and it’s so lovely to come for a couple of hours on a Sunday morning or a couple of hours of an evening and sit and transform an item you love, into an item you love even more! Don’t worry if you are a bit rusty with a sewing machine, Zoe is a fab teacher and you’ll be whizzing away before you know it.

Check out a few before and after snaps from the last workshop:

Ace aren’t they!

Reworking your existing clothes, rather than chucking them away and buying new things, will save you money and has a much smaller environmental impact. Plus, this session will teach you new sewing skills and approaches that you can use again and again in the future. The Rework Your Wardrobe session is simple: you just need to bring a back full of garments to fix, fit or rework, we provide all the equipment you will need.

However, if your garment had a broken zip, you will need to bring a replacement that Zoe can help you insert. The session will start by taking a look at what everyone has brought and having a brief chat about each garment to establish what needs to be done to bring them back to life. Zoe will then assist you to fix/fit/rework as many garments as possible within the session.

The skills, techniques and approaches you will learn will obviously depend on what your garments require, but they may include:

• Hemming trousers and skirts
• Fixing rips, tears and holes
• Reshaping for a more flattering fit
• Inserting a new zip
• Shortening hems or sleeves for a new look
• Plus many others!