Ruthin Craft Centre
The Centre for the Applied Arts

2019

3 day Papier Mâché workshop with Julie Arkell
11, 12 & 13 October
Weave a ‘Ring Nest’ with Rosie Farey
21 September
Create a bespoke Papercut with Helen Flynn
14 September

Gallery Talk with Aelwyd curator
3, 14 & 21 September
Open Doors: Studio Event with Textile Designer and Printmaker Gethin Ceidiog
7 & 8 September 2019
Poetry Reading and Book Signing
Deryn Rees-Jones 7 September

Treasure Baskets – For babies and toddlers
Summer Special 28 August
Kitchen Dramas with Mai Thomas
22 August
Portfolio Tasters – block 3: Juliette Hamilton
3D Willow Sculpture Workshop – FOR 11–14 YEAR OLDS 21 August

Portfolio Tasters – FOR 11–14 YEAR OLDS
7 – 21 August
Make a willow dragonfly with Juliette Hamilton
Family workshop. Suitable for adults and children age 8+. 20 August
Eddie Glew in residency
Ruthin Craft Centre Courtyard space 17 & 18 August

Print and Cut with Eleri Jones
15 August
Portfolio – block 3: Kate Barlow
Textiles/Embroidery Workshop – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS 12 & 13 August
Portfolio Tasters – block 2: Kate Barlow
Textile/Embroidery Workshop – FOR 11–14 YEAR OLDS 14 August

Summer Art School 2019 – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS
29 July – 13 August
1 day embroidery workshop with Kate Barlow
11 August
Portfolio Tasters – block 1: Charles Gershom
Experimental Photography Workshop – FOR 11–14 YEAR OLDS 7 August

Portfolio – block 2: John Grayson
Enamel Automata Workshop – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS 5 & 6 August
Make a contemporary Love Spoon with Claire Cawte
3 August
Make Clay Pots and More with Ceri Wright
1 August

Portfolio – block 1: Angela Chalmers
Cyanotype Workshop – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS 29 & 30 July
Another World – Gallery
Curator’s Talk with June Hill 7 July
Messy Play
13 March – 3 July

1 day workshop: Willow
Weaving with Mandy Coates 29 June
2 day workshop: Wood Carving
Masterclass with Tom Hanson 22 and 23 June
May Half Term: Mark your place!
with Mai Thomas 30 May

Hey Clay! Weekend Primmy Chorley
inspired Ceramics workshop with Ceri Wright 18 May
Workshop 2: Appliqué and Simple Stitch
with Primmy Chorley and Jessie Chorley 12 May
Workshop 1: Stitching Stories
with Primmy Chorley and Jessie Chorley 11 May

Craft Club: Easter: ‘Felted Stories’
with Ticky Lowe 25 April
Portfolio Workshop for 14–18 year olds
17 April
Family Craft Club: Unusual Objects
Kate Haywood inspired workshop with Lisa Carter 30 March

Gallery talk and reading: Charlotte Hodes
and Dr Deryn Rees-Jones 31 March
Adult Masterclass
16 March
Enameling Taster Workshops
9 March

Textile Folk Art
2 March
Vintage / Recycled Cottage Garden
3 March
Craft Club: Half Term: ‘Making your Mark’
with Emma-Jayne Holmes 28 February

Collect 2019
Saatchi Gallery, London 28 February – 3 March 2019
Treasured Objects – Kate Haywood
inspired workshop with Ceri Wright 16 February
Eleri Mills Talk
5 January

Wire Workshop with Julia Griffiths Jones
1 day Masterclass – Spoons & Utensils 26 January
Talk and demonstration
by David and Margaret Frith 19 January

2018

Christmas Decoration Craft Clubs
Handcrafted decorations with Rhian Hâf 8 December
Messy Play – for parents and toddlers with
artists Emma-Jayne Holmes and Donna Jones 12 September – 5 December
Helfa Gelf Event
Approaches to Curation at Ruthin Craft Centre 6 December

Adult Masterclass: Create a Sterling
Silver Bauble with Miranda Meilleur 1 December
Adult Master-classes: Beautifully imperfect
Boro Textiles with Zoë Hillyard 1-day Master-class 10 November
Adult Master-classes: Laura Thomas –
‘Threads’ 2-day Weaving Master-class 24 and 25 November

‘101 Ruthin Poppies’
3 November, 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Craft Club: Forest + Found
1 November
Adult Master-classes: Kate Barlow –
1-day Embroidery Master-class 27 October

Taste of Craft Programme
for people aged 60+ 28 September – 26 October 2018
1 day Workshop with Eleri Mills
Mark Making and Landscape 15 or 16 September
Craft Club – Week 5
30 August

Open Doors 2018 at Ruthin Craft Centre
Make your mark on Ruthin town with Christine Mills Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September
Helfa Gelf Residencies throughout
September at Ruthin Craft Centre 6 – 30 September
Is it Wood? – Thomas Hanson –
Wood Carving 1 September

Laura Ellen Bacon – Inundation
Louise Tucker – ‘Weave invasion’ 24 August: 1.30pm – 3.30pm
NEW Portfolio Tasters – FOR 11–14 YEAR OLDS
1 – 29 August
Craft Club – Week 4
23 August

Portfolio – block 3: Miranda Meilleur
3 dimensional sculpture – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS 20 & 21 August
Ryan Hall and Ceri Rimmer –
‘Best in Show’ – Roll up, Roll up! 18 August
Craft Club – Week 3
16 August

Reggie’s Roller Palace – Olivia Brown
and Ceri Rimmer – ‘All about Dogs’ 17 August
Portfolio – block 2: Jennifer Barker, Brian Duffy
& Verity Pulford – Glass – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS 13 & 14 August
The Wonderful World of Rodney Peppé –
Mai Thomas and Luned Rhys Parri 10 & 11 August

Portfolio – block 1: Tom Hanson
Woodcarving – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS 30 & 31 July
Ceramic Wales 2018 pre-event
at Ruthin Craft Centre 8 July
Smile – Nerys Jones and Eleri Jones
3 and 4 August

‘Flamboyant Recycling’
Drop-in workshop with Andy Hazell 26 May
Craft Club with artist Francesca Neal
31 May, 10.30am – 12.30pm or 1.30pm – 3.30pm
‘Taste of Craft’ Programme for people aged 60+
11 May – 15 June

Creative drop-in workshop with Lisa Carter
Workshop 2: Banner Making 27 May 2018
A jar full of buttons… Practical drop-in
workshops with Ceramicist Ceri Wright 5 & 6 May
Craft Counts: Messy Play with
Emma-Jayne Holmes for parents and toddlers 25 April

Afternoon talk with Dr Melanie Miller
Essential Femininity? Craft, Art and the Women’s Movement 29 April 2018
Craft Counts: Messy Play with
Emma-Jayne Holmes for parents and toddlers 23 May
Creative drop-in workshop with Lisa Carter
Workshop 1: Making our future shared 13 May 2018

Morning talk with Dr Elizabeth Goring
Wearing the Colours: jewellery and the women’s suffrage movement 27 May 2018
Simeon Jones
Bookbinding Masterclass 21 and 22 April
Janet Bolton 2 Day
Textiles Masterclass 14 and 15 April

In conversation: Justine Allison and Alex McErlain
14 April
‘Squirrels and Hares’
Adult felt masterclass with Ruth Packham 8 April
‘Drawing with Wool’ with Ruth Packham
7 April

‘Paper Heroes’
4 April
‘Joyous Craft Club’
29 March
‘Spring Parade’ with Kate Jordan
2 April

‘Chicken and Egg – which will you
make first?’ with Mai Thomas 1 April
‘Joyful Collages’ with Tara Dean
30 March
Portfolio Development Workshop for
Art and Design Students aged 14–18yrs 28 March

‘Warp and Weft’ with Laura Thomas
24 and 25 March
Exhibition Gallery Talk – ‘A Darker Thread’
with curator and exhibitor Laura Thomas 24 March
Artist talk followed by a question
and answer session with Jilly Edwards 16 March

Gallery Talk: Made for the Table
with Georgia Powell, Goldsmiths’ Company 15 March
Adult Tapestry Workshops with Jilly Edwards
17 and 18 March
‘Dressing the Table’
for all the family (big or small) 17 February

‘Knives, forks, spoons and chopsticks
– Tools at the table’ 15 February
‘Wonderful Weaves’
for all the family (big or small) 11 February
Adult Willow Workshops
with Juliette Hamilton 9 & 10 February

2017

‘Making Diary Covers’ with Emma-Jayne Holmes
16 December
Messy Play
Emma Jayne Holmes and Donna Jones 13 December
‘Set in Stone’
10 December

‘Craft Capture’
9 December
‘Festive Wreaths’ Bookable workshop with Kate Jordan
3 December
‘Festive cards and wrap’ with Donna Jones
2 December

‘Flight of Fancy’ Glass with Verity Pulford
Adult 1 day workshop 26 November
Adult Willow Workshops
with Juliette Hamilton 17 and 18 November
Craft Club for children
aged 5–11 with Lisa Carter 2 November

Willow with Mandy Coates
Adult 1 day workshop 12 November
‘Extend the light’
28 October
Messy Play
Sara-Jane Harper and Emma Jayne Holmes 8 November

‘Bridge the courtyard’ with Lisa Carter
3 November
‘In Reflection’ with Tara Dean
4 November
Karen Williams: Adult jewellery workshop
Textured Bangle 14 October

‘Releasing Creativity’ with Jane Perryman
Adult 1 day workshop 11 November
Trade, Art, Design and Craft Fairs:
How do I grow my creative business? Craft Fairs Explained 1 November
Dr. Nigel Hurlstone:
‘Deviant’ Embroidery' 21 October and 22 October

‘A Stitch in Time’ Paper Vessel
3D paper sculptures with Jennifer Collier 8 October
Karen Williams: Adult jewellery workshop
Stacking Rings 15 October
‘Bag for Life’ Stitching with paper
3D paper sculptures with Jennifer Collier 7 October

Dance, Movement & Art Culture Club
25 September
Helfa Gelf: Veronica Calarco
Open Studio / Drop in Sessions 9 & 10 and 16 & 17 September
Plant; Emboss; Cast; Print
31 August

Birds, Birds, Birds!
Clay workshop with Susan O’Byrne 18 August
Studio Ceramics & Modern Design
VALUATION DAY 3 September
‘Wearable Felt’ with Ticky Lowe
Adult 1 day workshop 1 October

Throw a Pot
27 and 28 August
Adult Workshop: ‘Islands’
with ceramicist Anne Gibbs 13 August
Two day Adult Masterclass:
Family Tree Animal Portraits with Susan O’Byrne 19 August and 20 August

‘Landscapes’ with ceramicist Anne Gibbs
12 August
Flower Casting
24 August
Model in Miniature
26 August

Paper Flower Construction
with multimedia artist Ticky Lowe 16 August
Adult Workshop: Floral Felting
with Ticky Lowe 9 August
Portfolio: Young People’s
Summer Art School 2017 31 July – 22 August

Flora Frame with
wire artist Helaina Sharpley Friday 11 August
Turn a tin into something less
useful (but prettier) with Andy Hazell 6 August
Wonderful Wire Flowers
10 August

Create a Canvas
3 August
Tile Making Workshop
with Kirsti Hannah Brown 28 July
Decorate the Courtyard and
connect the Centre with Lisa Carter 4 August

Create a nature inspired plaster
cast with ceramicist Kirsti Hannah Brown 29 July
Adult plaster Diptych workshop
with ceramicist Kirsti Hannah Brown 30 July
Metal Workshop with Andy Hazell
5 August

Gallery Talk: Anne Gibbs in conversation
with exhibition Curator Ceri Jones 22 July
Messy Play: MEET THE POTTER
28 June
Raising the Bar Work Experience Opportunity
for ages 16–18 with designer / maker Helaina Sharpley 3 – 7 July

Floral Deconstruction Residency
FREE Drop in Workshop sessions 18, 24 & 25 June, throughout the day
We engAGE, how to use digital
creativity with older people 29 & 30 June
Adult Masterclasses: Janet Bolton
2 day workshop 13 & 14 May

Writing an Artist’s Statement
15 July
Talk and Demonstrations
with Terry Bell-Hughes 25 June
Messy Play: TEXTURE
17 May

Talk and Demonstrations with Ceramicist
Eddie Curtis North Wales Potters event (NWP) 7 May
Make it Big: Make it Small
27 July
Making Connections: May half-term activity
1 June

Adult clay workshop
with Kirsti Hannah Brown 23 April
Petals and Claws: 1 day clay modelling
workshop with ceramicist Liz Ellis 18 June
Slip trailing clay workshops
with ceramicist Wendy Lawrence 18 April & 19 April

In conversation: Newfoundland
29 April
Craft Club for children aged 5–11
13 April
In conversation: FORGE
29 April

Portfolio: Sketchbook and portfolio
development workshops 11 April
Make, Build, Glaze and Fire Two part workshop:
with Potters Carla Pownall and Paul Lloyd 15 April & 16 April
Storytelling by Fiona Collins and Dance
demonstrations by Black Veil Tribal 30 April

Make, Build, Glaze and Fire Two part workshop:
with Potters Carla Pownall and Paul Lloyd 9 April
An afternoon of glazing pots
and Raku firing – 1 1/2 hour sessions 15 April & 16 April
‘The Nature of Craft’
Afternoon Talks 1 April

CPD for Primary teachers
– Subject Art and Design 15 March
Michael Brennand-Wood 2 day workshop:
‘Grounds for Expression’ 25 & 26 March
Making Connections: Messy Play with
Emma Jayne Holmes for parents and toddlers 8 March

Clay hand building workshops
with ceramicist Kirsti Hannah Brown 8 April
MAKE Craft Workshops
Nerys Jones & Ticky Lowe 25 February
Master-class for 11–14 year olds
with Print-maker Rhi Moxon 21 February

Mandy Coates 1 day workshop:
Make a willow fruit basket 12 March
Two 1-day willow workshops
with Juliette Hamilton 4 February and 5 February
Craft Club for 5–10 year olds
Musical instruments with Donna Jones 23 February

2-day Papier-mâché
workshop with Abigail Brown 11 and 12 February
MAKE Craft Workshops
Verity Pulford & Karen Williams 18 February
Portfolio: Sketchbook and portfolio
development workshops 12 April

2016

Christmas wreath workshop
with local florist Kate Jordan 10 December
Christmas themed activity
7 December
Hand crafted Christmas decoration
workshop (family friendly) 3 December

Hotfoot Jazzmen: Afternoon performances
at Ruthin Craft Centre for Christmas 3 & 10 December
Draw it, Print it Masterclass
with Rachael Howard 26 & 27 November
‘Taste of Craft’ afternoon sessions
of making for people aged 60+ 30 September – 2 December

Alternative wreath making workshop
(family friendly) 10 December
Simeon Jones Bookbinder: Why not have
a go at making your own miniature book? 5 & 19 November
Portfolio: Slow light – Pinhole photography
with artist Vivienne Rickman-Poole 25 October

‘Meaningful Communities’
CPD Training Seminar 9 November
Simeon Jones: Meet the maker – Sundays
4, 11, 18 and 25 September
Creative workshop for practitioners: applied arts
led by Dena Bagi of the British Ceramics Biennial 18 October

Micki Schloessingk: Talk and Demonstrations
13 November
Let’s Think About Curating…
with textile curator June Hill 10 September
Simeon Jones: Why not have a go
at making your own miniature book? 3, 10, 17 and 24 September

Family friendly workshop
Come and have a go! 22 October
Helfa Gelf Professional Development
Day for artists and makers 7 September
In conversation: Metalsmith Simone ten Hompel
and Curator Amanda Game 1 October

Professional Development Day
9 November
Artist Story 4: Helaina Sharpley
Craft Clubs for children aged 5 – 11 25 August
In conversation: Curator
Mary La Trobe-Bateman 3 December

Ruth Pybus & David Brown: Meet the makers
2 – 11 September
“Wrap it up” Activity inspired by the
current exhibition ‘Making in Colour’ 19 October
2-day metal workshop with Andy Hazell:
Making shiny things out of the humble biscuit tin 15 & 16 October

Portfolio
young people’s art school 2016 1 – 23 August
HALLOWEEN Craft Clubs
for 5-11 year olds 26 October
Ruth Pybus & David Brown:
Come and have a go 3 & 10 September

Artist Story 2: Debbie Smyth
Guerrilla table-top threadiffiti 12, 13 & 14 August
Artist Story 3: Rachael Howard
Meet the artist at work and have a go! 19, 20 & 21 August
2-day master-class workshop
with Julia Griffiths Jones 20 & 21 August

Artist Story 2: Debbie Smyth
Artist Talks 12, 13 & 14 August
Artist Story 4: Helaina Sharpley
Family Workshop: Garden flowers 27 August
Artist Story 2: Debbie Smyth
Master-class for 11–14 year olds 11 August

Artist Story 3: Rachael Howard
Craft Clubs for children aged 5 – 11 18 August
Pencil in Sundays with
artist Jane McCormack 4, 11, 18 & 25 September 2016
Artist Story 1: Seán Vicary
4 – 7 August

Julia Griffiths Jones
gallery walk and talk 16 July
Artist Quiltmaker:
Pauline Burbidge 3 day workshop 24, 25 & 26 June
Creating marks and shapes
through drawing and print 1 June

Evening talk by Pauline Burbidge
23 June
Mandy Coates afternoon
taster workshop 8 April
‘Marketing for Creatives’
with The Design Trust 29 April

Textile workshop with Jennifer Collier
17 July
Easter holidays
7 April
Book Launch and Talk
with author Peter Lord 19 March

Gallery Talk: Pauline Burbidge
23 April
Mentorship Surgeries for
Ceramicists and Potters 26 February
1-day workshop Mandy Coates
Conical baskets 13 March

Printing on found surfaces
3 & 4 June
Gallery walk and talk
with Mandy Coates 8 April
Portfolio: Young people’s
art school for 14–18 year olds 5 April

The Colour of Craft
Afternoon Talk 5 March
Janet Bolton 2-day workshop
27 & 28 February
Gallery talk: David Jones
and Jill Piercy in conversation 6 February

February half-term
17 & 18 February
Artist Story 4: Helaina Sharpley
26 & 28 August
1-day workshop Mandy Coates
Plant pot covers / planters 12 March

Philip Eglin: Talk and Demonstration
‘Making the Magic out of the Mundane’ 31 January
Gallery Talk: Telling
Tales with Anna Noël 23 April

Next page