We have an exciting two-day summer school workshop coming up - something a little different!

Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd August 2019, 10 am - 4 pm

at Leek Wootton Village Hall. 

£50 + £4 kit payable on the day

Liz Cooksey - Mixed Media Wire Compositions

Liz Cooksey

There are two places available on this workshop.  

If you are interested, please contact: leamingtondistrictdaysch@gmail.com

In her works, Liz Cooksey takes inspiration from natural habitats; hedgerows, garden borders, meadows. She creates shapes and structure with wire and copper in which she combines delicate fine crochet in a varied palette of subtle colours.

Over the course of the weekend you will be introduced to a breadth of techniques that can be explored, developed and made your own. Key techniques will focus on different ways of combining wire, thread, fabric and paper.

On the Friday Liz will show us a broad range of techniques to explore and experiment with. 

The aim is to make individual elements to be used on Saturday to bring together into final compositions. 

Useful equipment and materials for the workshop

The following are suggestions only, so please do not worry if you don’t have specific items - Liz will provide materials.

• Pliers –  Smallish wire cutters/snips, round nose pliers, Flat pliers
• Collage materials, printed papers, maps, old books, buttons… 
• Any printing blocks, ink pads
• Crochet hook e.g. 0.6mm 0.75mm 1.25
• Fine threads that could be used for both crochet and hand stitching.
• Fabrics, fragments old and new, found bits and pieces.

The kit is wire which has been prepared - straightened, painted and shaped - to allow us to get on and explore the techniques and process Liz is going to show us. Preparing the wire is time consuming and by having this ready to go saves us time and will allow us all to get going straight away.

Liz Cooksey

http://www.lizcooksey.com/home