Arts, Crafts & Hobbies (Page 14)

Woodwork is the process used to make, carve, build or craft objects out of wood. These can be functional and practical or they can be creative and ornamental, or both.…

Dressmaking courses teach the art of creating unique garments to suit an individual’s specific requirements, body shape, fitting preferences and/or personal taste. Skilled dressmakers customise highly fashionable garments using a…

A big advantage of painting is that there is lots of colour and potential for a mess, which makes it fun. A painting class or course will teach you how to…

“I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay their foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy…

Name: Belinda Sullivan Course Provider: Mallow College of Design and Tailoring, Co. Cork. Course: City & Guilds Diploma in Fashion Design From the time I left school and finished my…

Stained Glass is usually coloured by adding metallic salts to it during its manufacture. It is then crafted by arranging small pieces of to form patterns or pictures which are…

Not to be confused with the game of hitting balls through hoops; crochet is the art of creating fabric from yarn or thread using a crochet hook. It is similar…

If the art in your home consists of classic posters like the naked man holding the baby or the chimp on the toilet, then perhaps it’s time for a change.…

What are sewing classes? Sewing classes teach the craft of stitching fabrics together, either by hand using a needle and thread, or mechanically using a sewing machine. Many sewing skills…

What is it Art has always been a difficult thing to define to define, and it is probably an even more difficult thing to define in the twenty-first century. Everything…

According to the Woolmark Company, knitting is one of the world’s greatest stress relievers. Well, they would say that, they have a vested interest in getting your needles clacking. However,…

Don’t hide your inner artist under a bushel. An evening class in drawing can unleash the Leonardo lurking inside all of us. . . Nobody is a really an absolute…

Abba, Abba, Father, you are the potter, we are the clay. But what would happen if the tables were turned We can all have a chance to play God by…

Sculpture isn’t new to any of us. Ever since we first rolled out our first marla snake in Junior Infants, the seed was planted. Sculpture, whether we notice it or…