Ruthin Craft Centre
The Centre for the Applied Arts

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: Laura Thomas –
‘Threads’ 2-day Weaving Master-class 24 and 25 November
Adult Master-classes: Beautifully imperfect
Boro Textiles with Zoë Hillyard 1-day Master-class 10 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
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
Craft Club – Week 5
30 August

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

Craft Club – Week 2
9 August
Smile – Nerys Jones and Eleri Jones
3 and 4 August
Craft Club – Week 1
2 August

Portfolio – block 1: Tom Hanson
Woodcarving – FOR 14–18 YEAR OLDS 30 & 31 July
Interplanetary Workshop
21 July
Ceramic Wales 2018 pre-event
at Ruthin Craft Centre 8 July

‘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
Morning talk with Dr Elizabeth Goring
Wearing the Colours: jewellery and the women’s suffrage movement 27 May 2018

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

Craft Counts: Messy Play with
Emma-Jayne Holmes for parents and toddlers 25 April
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

Adult Tapestry Workshops with Jilly Edwards
17 and 18 March
Gallery Talk: Made for the Table
with Georgia Powell, Goldsmiths’ Company 15 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
‘Craft Capture’
9 December

‘Set in Stone’
10 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
Willow with Mandy Coates
Adult 1 day workshop 12 November

Messy Play
Sara-Jane Harper and Emma Jayne Holmes 8 November
‘In Reflection’ with Tara Dean
4 November
‘Releasing Creativity’ with Jane Perryman
Adult 1 day workshop 11 November

Craft Club for children
aged 5–11 with Lisa Carter 2 November
‘Extend the light’
28 October
‘Bridge the courtyard’ with Lisa Carter
3 November

Karen Williams: Adult jewellery workshop
Textured Bangle 14 October
Dr. Nigel Hurlstone:
‘Deviant’ Embroidery' 21 October and 22 October
Trade, Art, Design and Craft Fairs:
How do I grow my creative business? Craft Fairs Explained 1 November

‘A Stitch in Time’ Paper Vessel
3D paper sculptures with Jennifer Collier 8 October
Karen Williams: Adult jewellery workshop
Stacking Rings 15 October
‘Wearable Felt’ with Ticky Lowe
Adult 1 day workshop 1 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
Studio Ceramics & Modern Design
VALUATION DAY 3 September
Two day Adult Masterclass:
Family Tree Animal Portraits with Susan O’Byrne 19 August and 20 August

Birds, Birds, Birds!
Clay workshop with Susan O’Byrne 18 August
Throw a Pot
27 and 28 August
Flower Casting
24 August

Model in Miniature
26 August
Adult Workshop: ‘Islands’
with ceramicist Anne Gibbs 13 August
‘Landscapes’ with ceramicist Anne Gibbs
12 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
Decorate the Courtyard and
connect the Centre with Lisa Carter 4 August
Metal Workshop with Andy Hazell
5 August

Tile Making Workshop
with Kirsti Hannah Brown 28 July
Adult plaster Diptych workshop
with ceramicist Kirsti Hannah Brown 30 July
Create a nature inspired plaster
cast with ceramicist Kirsti Hannah Brown 29 July

Make it Big: Make it Small
27 July
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
Writing an Artist’s Statement
15 July

Talk and Demonstrations
with Terry Bell-Hughes 25 June
Talk and Demonstrations with Ceramicist
Eddie Curtis North Wales Potters event (NWP) 7 May
We engAGE, how to use digital
creativity with older people 29 & 30 June

Adult Masterclasses: Janet Bolton
2 day workshop 13 & 14 May
Messy Play: TEXTURE
17 May
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
In conversation: Newfoundland
29 April

Craft Club for children aged 5–11
13 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

Slip trailing clay workshops
with ceramicist Wendy Lawrence 18 April & 19 April
In conversation: FORGE
29 April
Portfolio: Sketchbook and portfolio
development workshops 11 April

An afternoon of glazing pots
and Raku firing – 1 1/2 hour sessions 15 April & 16 April
Make, Build, Glaze and Fire Two part workshop:
with Potters Carla Pownall and Paul Lloyd 9 April
Portfolio: Sketchbook and portfolio
development workshops 12 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
2-day Papier-mâché
workshop with Abigail Brown 11 and 12 February

MAKE Craft Workshops
Verity Pulford & Karen Williams 18 February
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

2016

Hotfoot Jazzmen: Afternoon performances
at Ruthin Craft Centre for Christmas 3 & 10 December
Christmas wreath workshop
with local florist Kate Jordan 10 December
Christmas themed activity
7 December

Hand crafted Christmas decoration
workshop (family friendly) 3 December
Draw it, Print it Masterclass
with Rachael Howard 26 & 27 November
Alternative wreath making workshop
(family friendly) 10 December

‘Taste of Craft’ afternoon sessions
of making for people aged 60+ 30 September – 2 December
Portfolio: Slow light – Pinhole photography
with artist Vivienne Rickman-Poole 25 October
Simeon Jones Bookbinder: Why not have
a go at making your own miniature book? 5 & 19 November

In conversation: Curator
Mary La Trobe-Bateman 3 December
‘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

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
1-day workshop Mandy Coates
Conical baskets 13 March
Mentorship Surgeries for
Ceramicists and Potters 26 February

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

Gallery Talk: Telling
Tales with Anna Noël 23 April
The Colour of Craft
Afternoon Talk 5 March
Gallery talk: David Jones
and Jill Piercy in conversation 6 February

February half-term
17 & 18 February
1-day workshop Mandy Coates
Plant pot covers / planters 12 March
Janet Bolton 2-day workshop
27 & 28 February

Artist Story 4: Helaina Sharpley
26 & 28 August
Philip Eglin: Talk and Demonstration
‘Making the Magic out of the Mundane’ 31 January

2015

Bethan Hughes Artist Talk
27 September
An afternoon workshop with Julie Blyfield
27 September
Christmas Decoration Craft Club
Workshops Family friendly events 5 & 12 December

Felieke van der Leest 1-day
Jewellery and Textiles workshop 19 September
Bella May Leonard Craft Club
for children aged 5 – 11 years old 27 August
Christmas Wreath Workshop
12 December

Rachel Kelly Craft Workshops
17 & 18 October
Talk and Demonstrations with Susan O’Byrne
8 November
Catrin Howell Craft Club for
children aged 5 – 11 years old 13 August

Jewellery workshop with Angela Evans
3 October
Robert Race Studio event
20 August
Ruthin Art Trail Promenade Performance
27 September

Gallery Talk: Rhian Hâf and
Chris Bird-Jones in conversation 28 November
Bella May Leonard Open studio
event and demonstrations 28 August
James Hunting 2-day Embroidery workshop
15 & 16 August

Studio Events with
Jeweller Karen Williams 3 & 10 October
Andy Hazell Drop-in session
6 & 7 August
Bethan Hughes Drop-in workshop
at St Peters Church, Ruthin 26 September

Wallpaper Weekend Workshop
with Hugh Dunford Wood 10 & 11 October
Gallery talk with Julie Blyfield
26 September
Andy Hazell Demonstrations
9 August

Andy Hazell Artist Talk
8 August
Gallery Talk: Wallace Sewell
28 November
Portfolio Summer Art School 2015
Block 1: Elly Strigner 27 & 28 July

Ruthin Art Trail
29 (workshop) & 30 July (performance)
Workshops with David Setter in Studio 5
14 – 28 November
Cathy Miles Half-Term Workshop
30 May

Portfolio Summer Art School 2015
Block 4: Buddug Humphreys 24 & 25 August
Bella May Leonard
Family Drop-in event: 29 & 30 August
1-day Master-class with Susan O’Byrne
7 November

Karen Williams
1–day Master-class 14 November
Ruthin Art Trail
22 (workshop) & 23 July (performance)
Portfolio Summer Art School 2015
Block 2: Zoe Robertson 3 & 4 August

Portfolio Summer Art School 2015
27 July – 25 August 2015
Ruthin Music Festival Events
at Ruthin Craft Centre 27 & 28 June
BLINC Digital Festival: Family workshop
31 October

May half term at Ruthin Craft Centre
25 – 30 May
Robert Race Studio event
and drop-in activity 23 August
Cathy Miles Master-class
1 day workshop (Wirework) 31 May

BLINC Digital Festival: Talk and
Demonstrations with Wendy Dawson 31 October
Art of Nature: Nature Table
– Get involved!
Robert Race Studio event
and drop-in activity 21 August

Gallery talk with Curators Elizabeth Goring
and Gregory Parsons 11 July
Catrin Howell Drop in
session Making in Clay 16 August
Family Event
What is Design? 11 April

The Big Draw: Every afternoon
over a period of 5 days 24 – 28 October
Responses to the Nature Table
2 day workshop with Dail Behennah 16 & 17 May
BLINC Digital Festival: Lantern Workshop
30 October

Michael Brennand-Wood: Workshop 2
Restored and Remixed 21 June
Talk: Dail Behennah
18 April
BLINC Digital Festival: Another
chance to see the digital festival 31 October

Talk: Fritz Maierhofer
18 April
Study Afternoon: Not Too Precious
20 September
Robert Race Studio event
and drop-in activity 22 August

Be inspired! Tara Dean and Lisa Carter
in residence at Ruthin Craft Centre 3 April
Portfolio: Art School for
young people aged 14–18 26 & 27 October
Printing Master-Class Workshop
for ages 11 – 14 year olds 8 April

Back by popular demand: Mandy
Coates 1-day Willow Structures workshop 22 August
Shaping the Everyday
Soap box 21 & 22 February
‘Design your dream house’ with Designer
and Maker Hannah Wardle (Drws Y Coed) 9 April

Portfolio Summer Art School 2015
Block 3: Anne Gibbs 17 & 18 August
BLINC Digital Festival: Official launch
of the digital festival 30 October
Catrin Howell Master-Class
for 11 – 14 year olds 12 August

Craft Club for children aged 6 – 11 years
Simon Carroll inspired workshops 19 February
Michael Brennand-Wood: Workshop 1
Architecture of Ideas 20 June
Catrin Howell Open studio event
14 August

Halloween Craft Clubs
for 5 – 11 year olds 29 October
Mandy Coates
1 day Master-class 14 March
Mentorship Surgeries
17 February

Talk: Pamela Rawnsley
Retrospective 21 March
Crochet Master-Class
Workshop with Alana Tyson 31 January
In conversation: Ceri Jones
and Carole-Anne Davies 7 February

Simon Carroll Talks
and Panel Discussion 22 March
Get involved! Tara Dean and Lisa Carter
in residence at Ruthin Craft Centre 4, 5 & 6 April
Delight in the Everyday
Delight Exchange 7 February

Walter Keeler:
Talk and Demonstration 25 January
Craft and Concept
Textiles Sunday 8 March
Design Trust:
Patricia Van den Akker 23 January

Next page