Courses, Training and Events

Coming Up…

Re-use & Upcycle with Jill Arnold

Saturday 21st January 10.00 -2.30

Come and make a bag or a cushion from recycled materials – either bring your own fabric or purchase from Trysordy.

Contact Jill for more details and to book a place: Tel. 0781 4465994 or e-mail at clothpatch@hotmail.co.uk

WILLOW WEAVING

SATURDAY CLASSES WITH HELEN CAMPBELL - AUTUMN 2011 & SPRING 2012

25TH FEBRUARY - Introduction to Hedgerow & Willow Basket Making.

Learn to make simple baskets from your own Hedgerow and Garden Plants.
½ Day 10am – 12.30pm. £15.00 Adults & £10.00 Accompanied Children.
Full Day 10am – 2.30pm. £25.00 Adults & £15.00 Accompanied Children.

24TH MARCH - Willow Basket Making.

Get serious and learn to make a larger wicker work basket.
½ Day 10am – 12.30pm. £15.00 Adults & £10.00 Accompanied Children.
Full Day 10am – 2.30pm. £25.00 Adults & £15.00 Accompanied Children.

28TH APRIL - Garden Plant Structures and Supports.

L earn to make your own garden features and how to work with Living Willow.
½ Day 10am – 12.30pm. £15.00 Adults & £10.00 Accompanied Children.
Full Day 10am – 2.30pm. £25.00 Adults & £15.00 Accompanied Children.

30TH JUNE - Willow Sculptures : Insects, Birds, Figures or Animals.

Have some fun exploring the possibilities of sculpting with Willow.

½ Day 10am – 12.30pm. £15.00 Adults & £10.00 Accompanied Children.

Full Day 10am – 2.30pm. £25.00 Adults & £15.00 Accompanied Children.

TUTOR BASKET – MAKER AND WILLOW SCULPTOR HELEN CAMPBELL

For more information or to book a Workshop :
Please contact : Helen Campbell. Tel : 01994 419 615
E MAIL ; campbell-h@hotmail.co.uk

Trysordy workshops

Trysordy can facilitate a wide variety of workshops, both at Trysordy and as outreach workshops
Costs of Trysordy based workshops are £150 per day, £75 per 1/2 day plus training room/craft workshop hire + materials

Costs of outreach workshops are £165 per day, £90 per 1/2 day + materials

Individual / Group Craft Projects

Woodwork: Trays, Bird boxes and Bird Tables,Toys, Furniture

Green woodwork: Small animals, figures, vehicles

Driftwood sculpture: Large & small

Wood carving: Plaques, Spoons, Sculptures, Nameplates

Stained glass: Leaded panels, Mirrors, Mosaics, Glass Painting

Mosaics: Ceramic, Glass, Stone/pebbles (paving)

Willow Weaving: Baskets, Screens, Hurdles, Sculptures

Living Willow: Structures, Sculptures, Screens

Block printing: Paper, T-shirts, Banners

Junk sculpture: Cone figures, Creepy Crawlies, Mobiles, Pop-up Puppets

Basic leather work

Rag rugging

Card making: Pop-ups, Recycled Materials

Papier Mache: Containers, Plaques, Sculpture, Furniture

Costumes: Tunics, Masks, Hats, Headdresses, Wings, Shields

Kite Making

Junk Musical Instruments: Shakers, Drums, Wind instruments

Willow/Tissue: Lanterns, 2D fishes/butterflies, 3D Sculptures

Dream Catchers

Collage & fabrics

Dance & movement: Creative dance, movement & play, sensory movement

Group Craft Projects

Structure building: Shelters, Yurts, Geodesic domes

Large Junk Sculptures: e.g. Dragon making, Carnival Structures, figures, windmills

Bannermaking: Vinyl, Textile

Woodwork: Planters, Rubbish Bins, Seating, Tables

Raft building

Basic Cooking Skills

Trysordy has a fully equipped training kitchen

Some of these workshops may only be suitable for smaller groups, and only some suitable as outreach workshops, please contact us for advice. If you have any other ideas we will try to facilitate them!

PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS:


Students from the Trinity college Early years school of education getting creative with recycled materials as part of their course.


A group of year 9/10 pupils on the S.M.A.R.T. project (a wider curriculum programme for those not in formal education) spent six mornings in our new craft workshop making a mosaic topped table for their base at Dr MZ in Carmarthen, and a bird table for a local residential home. October 2008.

One world day at Aberaeron School


Ongoing project at the Model Church Wales School in Carmarthen to enhance their outside areas.

Our 1000th visitor!

Making a waste bin from recycled wood as part of activities week at Newcastle Emlyn Secondary School, Summer 2008

Dressing up at Johnstown Carnival, Summer 2008

Free range creativity at the Small Nations Festival near Llandovery, Summer 2008

Making costumes at the Carmarthen Merlin Festival, Summer 2009

Eco-Babies Workshop in Carmarthen, Spring 2008

Banner making with Johnstown Primary School, Spring 2008

Seasonal Workshop for Nursery Teachers, Winter 2007

Making simple Land Sculptures with materials washed up on the flood plain of the Towy Estuary, with students studying the Geiriau Bach course, through Trinity College Carmarthen’s School of Early Years Education, Autumn 2007

Tree Swimming….one of a series of games and activities that use the individual senses to make powerful connections with the natural world…..through feeling rather than thinking (Flow Learning)…… with students studying the Geiriau Bach course, through Trinity College Carmarthen’s School of Early Years Education, Autumn 2007

Clay Oven built as part of a vocational training workshop for clients recovering from substance misuse; run through the Dyfed Powys Probation Service’s Drug rehabilitation programme, Summer 2007