The Second Saturday of the Month
🍉❤️ Daily Thread are running a drop in badge making workshop🍉🪡. In solidarity with Palestine we will be creating watermelon badges as well as Valentine’s Day hearts ❤️. Advanced skills in crafts or sewing are not needed to join the fun, we will also provide the materials needed, see you there! ❤️🍉
⏰~1-2:30pm at The Old Print Works (506 Moseley Road, Birmingham, United Kingdom).
10th Feb – Share & swap – 12 – 2pm
At the Mix cafe
If you’ve got any surplus vegetable seeds still in date bring them along, grab a coffee, meet other growers in the community as well as myself…pick some seeds up for yourself and save a little money!
Join young artist Jaden Brown for a portrait painting workshop! 👨🏿🎨🎨
Limited places – Booking required – Link below
Free. Ages 14+
Taking place within his first solo exhibition ‘From The Same Cup’, the workshop will draw upon the themes of identity and connection present within his own artworks on display.
The workshop will begin with an exclusive tour and talk about the exhibition from the artist himself, inspiring ideas for how portraits can be so much more than just a representative image of a person’s face.✨
You will then get into pairs and sit opposite each other, using acrylic paint and pencil to create a portrait of your partner. All the while, you’ll be encouraged to get to know the other person through conversation, uncovering their true identity and building connections between you. You’ll be encouraged to think creatively about how to incorporate patterns, motifs, colour, and imagery into your portrait based on what you learn about your partner through your conversation!
Ages 14+
Please arrive promptly at 2pm.
This will be a relaxed, gentle and no-pressure workshop.
No art experience is needed. All abilities are welcome!
Free.
Materials provided.
Come join us for our Saturday in–person workshop based on the tile of the Dome of the Rock, with a guided tutorial (materials will be provided).
1.30 – 3.30pm | Saturday 10th February 2024 | MIAH Gallery, Moseley Community Hub | 496 Moseley Road Balsall Heath B12 9AH.
Join us to learn about this Dome of the Rock tile design and create your own ceramic coaster to take home. This workshop is being delivered as part of the ‘Balsall Heath Second Saturdays’ programme – a monthly mini-festival celebrating making, creativity, community, local culture and the arts, held on the second Saturday of every month.
This workshop is inspired by the ceramic tiles that decorate the Dome of Rock, or Qubbat aṣ-Ṣakhra, in Jerusalem, Palestine (occupied Palestinian territories). Painted in an underglaze of cobalt blue on a white tile, this floral design can be tesselated to create a never-ending pattern. During this workshop, you will study one of the tile patterns that adorn this building, which is currently housed at the British Museum and in the teaching collection of the MIAH Foundation Islamic Arts Gallery.
You will recreate this design on a ceramic tile that can then be taken home to be displayed or used as a coaster. Please note: this workshop focusses on the design of the tile. Due to the length of the workshop, the design will be painted using acrylic paints and not underglaze.
To secure your place, please book in advance using ‘register’. We will allow a small number of walk-up bookings on the day, subject to availability.
Book your place today:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dome-of-the-rock-tile-workshop-tickets-820148435047
🧵On Saturday 10th February we will be running a drop in workshop with to repair worn and ripped clothing using embroidery and patches of fabric 🪡. If you want to get involved in the fun bring along any old clothes you don’t mind revamping to the Old Print Works at 12pm. You do not need any advanced sewing skills to join in, just make sure you have an item to rework, as we cannot provide any clothing but will provide the patches and sewing stuff. See you there :)🧵
⏰~ 12-1:30pm at The Old Print Works
