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

Saturday gone Super+Super welcomed Zara Wood aka Woody and Miss Amy Phipps to host our much anticipated Creating Characters workshop, previously held at YSP and Fingal Arts Dublin. With a window cram packed with Woody’s hand illustrated characters and stacks of colourful threads, books and scraps of magazines to aid the imagination our excited group of attendees let loose on their sketch books to create some crafty magic of thier own!

The first half of the day was spent with Zara creating their very own character – picking up useful tips on sourcing inspiration, fully utilising sketchbooks and ‘getting into’ the creative process.

Then working with both Amy & Zara on translating characters through hand embroidery onto fabric, framing them in lovely wooden hoops to make a one off very personal artwork.

Thanks to Woody and Amy for a truely creative and inspiring workshop. Watch this space for dates of our autumn Characters event!

Quotes from previous attendees:

‘Thank you! You’ve made sketchbooks anti-panic & doodles a stitching heaven’

Josie attending the workshop at YSP

‘An excellent course – I learned so much and feel inspired to keep going.’

Liz attending the workshop at YSP

Another little fellow has arrived at SuperSuper HQ! Say hello to Ana. She’s blooming marvellous and is our 8th installment from the marvellous Zara Wood. Pop down and have a good stare at the exhibition if you haven’t already.

Hello critter number 7! Felicity arrived today in all her furry glory to hang out (pun intended) with the other 6 characters who are currently residing at Super+Super HQ.

Monday is almost done and S+S wants to wish you all a lovely evening by introducing the latest Character to appear in our window…Eleanor!

Our 4th and latest character to pop up in the Creating Characters Exhibition window at S+S HQ is the studios Sebastian. Bon Jour!

Super+Super will be hosting it’s first Creating Characters workshop on Saturday 26th May with the amazing illustrator Zara Wood. Creating Characters combines drawing and embroidery along with techniques of coming-up with characters and tips on sourcing inspiration. It is a two-fold workshop featuring Zara Wood and textile designer Amy Phipps.

Firstly, spend time with Zara aka Woody creating your very own character – pick up useful tips on sourcing inspiration, fully utilising your sketchbook and ‘getting into’ the creative process. Then work with both Amy & Zara on translating your character through hand embroidery onto fabric.

Take home a sketchbook full of ideas and an embroidery hoop ready to hang on the wall framing your very own creation. Plus the confidence & motivation to continue creating.

Attendees should bring their own sketchbooks and favourite pen, along with any specific fabric or threads of their choice to personalise their own creations. We will provide basic drawing equipment plus the haberdashery kit to make the embroidery hoop character.

*£40 per head including refreshment and basic embroidery kit*

20 places max to allow for one to one tuition.

Booking is essential and full payment must be taken on booking. Email us at supersuperHQ@gmail.com or call us on 01273 773910 to book over the phone via debit or credit card.

(workshop fee refundable only in the case of tutors having to cancel event)

*Suitable for Adult attendees with some experience in drawing and hand sewing*