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- ONLINE The Joy of Illumination - Starts Thurs 24th April 2025 at 10am
ONLINE The Joy of Illumination - Starts Thurs 24th April 2025 at 10am
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JME2404aa15
£85.00
£85.00
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Included in this ONLINE class:
- 4 hours of live, expert tuition in a small & friendly class
- Unlimited access to watch again until 1 July 2025
- High quality, downloadable reference materials & templates
- Opportunities to seek personal feedback from your tutor until 31 May 2025
- Connection with fellow students via our online platform
BOOKING DEADLINE: 10 April at 12pm UK TIME
Tutor: Jan Mehigan
Class requirements
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Class timings (UK time)
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Class details
Illumination is wonderful: it gives a sparkle to everything and it is easy to achieve good results with a little patience!
We'll start this two-part workshop by introducing you to gilding tools and materials with a short, practical discussion. We will explore the characteristics of glues and gums, and the types of leaf gold, gold powders and other metals.
After this, you will be encouraged to work-along with Jan using a pre-supplied design template (although you can use your own design if you wish!) Throughout the two weeks, there will be demonstrations and explanations of designing and gilding for you to learn from. We will work on two separate designs during the course - a geometric pattern and an illuminated letter.
There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions during this joyful and bright course, and students will be encouraged to experiment between classes to create designs of their own to paint and illuminate.
Specific skills you will learn at the workshop
- Discuss and understand the tools and materials required for Illumination
- Learn to create a design to which you can expertly apply a gum for the gold
- Apply the real gold to the design
- Use of tools and techniques
- Investigate the colour and paint options for painting a design
Additional Information
All Ardington ONLINE classes and talks are accompanied by their own online class information page. Helpful and easy to use, these private pages enable students and tutors to share resources, ideas and photos with each other – before, during, and after class. The link to access the page will be shared via email in the days leading up to the class.
We suggest that you do not buy any specialist materials more than one week in advance as, occasionally, a class may be cancelled due to low enrolment. For full terms and conditions, please click here.