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Itinerary for Sparkling Surfaces workshop
Workshop Leaders: Andrew Logan, assisted by Leah Hopkinson
Venue: Diggi Palace
Introduction, 4:30 - 6pm: Welcome Tea on the Diggi Palace lawn
Day 1, 10 - 1pm: A discussion with Andrew about the processes you will use during the workshop, so that you can plan out your individual designs for the week ahead. These could be pieces of eye-catching jewellery or sculpture, or personalised picture frames, mirrors or boxes, or other small home & personal accessories
You will then visit the fascinating old city bazaars with Andrew and Leah, to buy a collection of glass and mirror pieces, semi precious stones, coloured threads, sequins, glass beads, glitter & bright pigments and such like, of your choice, to use in decorating your selected objects. During this day it is very important to find as many different jewels and embellishments as possible, in order to have a pool of little gems and interesting objects to work with, for the rest of the week
Days 2 & 3, 10 - 4pm: In the atmospheric surroundings of Diggi Palace, a beautiful heritage Haveli, under the guiding eyes of Andrew and Leah, decide what you want to make and plan out your individual designs. The process may include preparation of some other surface materials to be used, such as papier mache, plywood, plaster and resins. There will be a demonstration by Andrew, of the making and use of resin to create wonderful sparkling surfaces
Day 4, free: Kite Festival Holiday
Day 5, 10 - 1pm: Continue to experiment or create a mosaic and decorate with the materials from your pool of resources bought from the markets, to create your individual works of art with wonderful sparkling surfaces! You will be shown how to clean and polish the resin surfaces to achieve a perfect result
Day 6, 10 - 1pm: The chance to finish off your work and assemble it for a small exhibition for all workshop participants at Diggi Palace
Please note: that shopping in the bazaar is not included in your workshops fee. We advise that you bring an apron to wear for this workshop. Whilst everything will be done to ensure your safety during the course of these workshops, you undertake to participate at your own risk.
Andrew Logan is a well-known artist, sculptor & jeweller, internationally acclaimed for his witty and vibrant work, which ranges from tiny jewels to gigantic sculpture. He has had numerous exhibitions world-wide and executed major public commissions He is a sought-after designer of sets & costumes for theatre & ballet and is the innovator of the Alternative Miss World event. In 1991 he founded the Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture in Wales, which regularly holds music, fashion and visual arts festivals www.andrewlogan.com
Leah Hopkinson trained in printed textile design at Nottingham Trent University Designed accessories for Lulu Guiness, before setting up her own business Nila Rubia in India in 2006, designing prints & working with traditional techniques