Events

Drop in Family Activity: Preservation Wishes

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Location: Kelmscott Manor

Drop-in sessions, no booking needed | Free, all ages and abilities welcome Join us for this activity where you can paint, embroider or felt you preservation wish onto a piece of fabric or paper that can either be taken home or displayed in our Cloud installation. Drop in between 12.00-4.00pm, all materials provided.     […]

Maker in Residence: Drop in Illuminated Letter Workshop

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Location: Kelmscott Manor

Drop-in sessions, no booking needed | Free, all ages and abilities welcome Join our Maker in Residence, Sarah Davis for this drop in Illuminated Letter workshop. During this workshop you will be able to select a letter and trace your design using a medieval transfer technique.  After applying gilding glue you will be able to […]

Maker in Residence Demonstration: Making and Painting with Shell Gold

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Location: Kelmscott Manor

Drop-in sessions 11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm Join our Maker in Residence, Sarah Davis, as she demonstrates making and painting with shell gold. Discover how Sarah makes shell gold using traditional medieval techniques during her morning demonstration (11am-1pm)  In the afternoon session (2pm-4pm) Sarah will be demonstrating how she uses the gold she’s made in her work.  

Drop in Family Activity: Weaving

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Location: Kelmscott Manor

Drop-in sessions, no booking needed | Free, all ages and abilities welcome Learn how to create a small, hand-woven textile on a miniature loom. Take-home guides on how to make a loom will also be available. Drop in between 12.00-4.00pm, all materials provided.

Maker in Residence: Drop in Gilding Workshop

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Location: Kelmscott Manor

Drop-in sessions, no booking needed | Free, all ages and abilities welcome Join our Maker in Residence, Sarah Davis for this drop in Gilding workshop where you can make your very own Gilded Beast design. During this workshop you will be able to choose your beast motif and trace your design using a medieval transfer […]

Maker in Residence:Drop in Ink Making Workshop

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Location: Kelmscott Manor

Drop-in sessions, no booking needed | Free, all ages and abilities welcome Join our Maker in Residence, Sarah Davis for this drop in ink making workshop. During this workshop you will have the opportunity to make traditional oak gall ink (one of the oldest black inks) then use the ink you’ve made to make your […]

Maker in Residence Demonstration:Gesso Making and Laying

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Location: Kelmscott Manor

Drop-in sessions 11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm Join our Maker in Residence, Sarah Davis, as she demonstrates Gesso Making and Laying Discover how medieval artisans made raised gilded images using a historic gesso recipe and how gold was applied and burnished using traditional techniques.

Maker in Residence: Demonstration

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Location: Kelmscott Manor

Drop-in sessions 11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm Join our Maker in Residence, Sarah Davis for her latest demonstration.  

Maker in Residence: Drop in Workshop

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Location: Kelmscott Manor

Drop-in sessions 11am-1pm, 2pm-4pm Join our Maker in Residence, Sarah Davis for her latest drop in workshop.