LAMPSHADE PAINTING MASTERCLASS
Friday 28th July 2023
24-26 CLARENCE MEWS, LONDON E5 8HL
Spend the day at Cressida Bell's East London Studio creating your own original lampshade inspired by Cressida's prints and the art of Bloomsbury.
Working with Cressida's help you will develop your understanding of pattern & colour, learning how to use stencils and templates to create an original lampshade for your home.
You'll be provided with one 14" diameter lampshade, for use on a table or hanging lamp. Specialist translucent dyes will be provided, along with opaque emulsion and specialist gold powder paint. Books, templates and other source material will be provided but it will help if you come with some idea of what you would like your shade to look like. Feel free to bring your own sources of inspiration which could include postcards, fabrics, magazine articles etc.
For those less confident there will be the opportunity to paint one of Cressida's pre-printed lampshades in a colourway of your choice. (£25 supplement)
The day will start with a workshop introduction at 10.30am with coffee, tea and pastries.
You'll then spend the morning working on a design, drawing it out then transferring it onto the shade in pencil. You'll also paint the base colour onto your shade so that it can dry over lunch.
We provide a delicious buffet style lunch in the studio garden (weather permitting) at around 1pm. Wine, water and soft drinks will accompany the meal.
During the afternoon you will be learning more about mixing dyes and paints and will be painting the shades.
Paint brushes, paper, pencils, rubbers etc will all be provided but please bring an apron!
Tea will be served during the afternoon and we hope to finish by 5.30pm, though this is flexible and will depend on how long each specific shade takes.
A range of Cressida's work will be on sale including scarves, ties, cushions & cards.
Price: £215.00 per person inclusive of lampshade, all materials and lunch.
We have decided to limit capacity to a maximum of 8 people in order to give you the best experience possible!
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*information pack will be sent to you including a map with transport links
