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A Taste Of What's On
Portrait modelling in clay – a one day ceramic workshop with Ben Swift at the Bell House Pottery, Dulwich
A full day weekend workshop with skilled ceramic sculptor, Ben Swift. During the one day workshop you will, with guidance and demonstrations from your tutor: Model a small self/portrait head in Terracotta. Learn about proportions of the head. Build up a basic head form on a simple armature support. Use modelling tools to construct the features. Create surface details: hair, skin etc. Finish and prepare the piece for the kiln.! Teacher is Ben Swift Ben is a ceramic artist and ceramics teacher based in Dulwich. His work explores both figurative, geometric and organic subjects with emphasis on process: construction, throwing, casting and fabrication, thus creating rhythms, textures and forms. These are expressed through the treatment of a variety of media. Most often he employs ceramics but he also combines constructed metals and found objects. Recent work has begun to compose disparate elements as assemblages. Cost is £150; concessions £75 As with all Bell House Pottery courses we offer two concession tickets at half price, which can be booked directly at the box office. If you would not be able to attend at the full price due to financial considerations, then this concession option is available. Book here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/bellhousepotterystudio/1126771
Candlelit concert for Earth Hour, inspired by John Ruskin
Earth Hour Candlelit Concert Saturday March 22nd , 8.30-9.30pm St Giles Church, Camberwell, SE5 8RB Tickets: £12 (£5 concessions) Experience an Earth Hour like no other with a spellbinding candlelit concert by members of Orchestra for the Earth, a musical and environmental charity. Join WWF’s global ‘lights-out’ under the magnificent backlit East Window of St Giles Church, designed by famous South London resident and pioneering environmental campaigner, John Ruskin. Share Ruskin’s love of nature and the Alps through a gorgeous programme of music by Mahler and Richard Strauss, who also took inspiration from the mountains. The concert will be interwoven with insights from Ruskin’s works given by Andrew Hill, Financial Times journalist and author of ‘Ruskinland: How John Ruskin Shapes Our World’. Tickets can be booked through the Live at Giles website here: https://www.liveatstgiles.com/events/mar25-orchestra-of-the-earth. Thanks to The Camberwell Society and The Herne Hill Society whose donations have made this event possible, and to the Camberwell Trees and Green Spaces Group (a joint initiative of the SE5 Forum and Camberwell Society) for their support
6-week yoga course for complete beginners at Yoga Point Brixton
This 6-week course runs from 26 February 2025 – 2 April 2025 on Wednesday evenings from 8pm-9pm. This course is lead by Vaccasin and is for people who have never done yoga and would like to learn. Or for people who have done a little yoga/ did yoga some time ago and would like to start at the beginning. If you have any injuries or medical issues that you are working with and are unsure about whether yoga is appropriate please write in to info@yogapoint.co.uk Yoga can strengthen and stretch the body, improve balance and focus and help reduce stress and anxiety.