Andy Singleton, Natural connections paper art workshops
A FREE course of 8 workshops for Redbridge residents aged 18+
This is a course that runs over 8 weeks on Tuesdays from 11.30am – 2.30pm on the following dates:
- 24 September
- 1, 8, 15, 22 October
- 26 November
- 3, 10 December
Join established paper artist Andy Singleton for a series of workshops exploring the potential of paper as a medium for expressing your ideas and creating beautiful artworks in a playful and fun way.
Over the course of 8 workshops, under Andy’s expert guidance, you will explore various techniques for working with paper to create both 2D and 3D artworks. Techniques will include paper cutting, scoring and folding, and wet folding paper to make sculptural objects.
During the course of the workshops, participants will also be encouraged to think about how they connect with the natural world on a day to day basis. This could be your garden, plants you keep and tend to, a beautiful tree, or birds you see in the park. These small moments are the ‘natural connections’ Andy wants to explore and express with you through the workshops.
The purpose of the workshops is to develop the skill of participants in the medium of paper, to develop your confidence in expressing ideas through the techniques explored and to work with and co-create elements that will make up part of Andy Singleton’s major exhibition at SPACE gallery launching in 2025.
All equipment and materials will be supplied.
To sign up to these free workshops, please email Daniel Picone at daniel@spacestudios.org.uk with your
- FULL NAME
- EMAIL ADDRESS
- AGE
- POSTCODE
- TELEPHONE NUMBER
Places are limited to 15 people so please ensure you are able to commit to all 8 sessions before signing up. It is essential that participants attend all 8 workshops as you will be building on techniques from the previous sessions and developing skills towards the final artwork for the exhibition. We will let you know if you have a place on the course by Monday 9 September 2024.
Workshop overview
- Workshop 1 – Tuesday 24 Sep 2024, 11.30am – 2.30pm
Introduction to Andy, his work and an overview of the exhibition and project.
Explore basic paper cutting and sculpting techniques used in Andy’s work through demonstrations and hands on experimentation. - Workshop 2 – Tuesday 1 Oct 2024, 11.30am – 2.30pm
Exploring basic techniques – expanding on previous session to develop the techniques further in an experimental and playful way. - Workshop 3 – Tuesday 8 Oct 2024, 11.30am – 2.30pm
Developing ideas – building on the techniques learnt over previous sessions, Andy will demonstrate how he takes his ideas and translates them into his work. Participants will be encouraged to look for inspiration in nature to translate into their work. - Workshop 4 – Tuesday 15 Oct 2024, 11.30am – 2.30pm
Developing ideas – building on previous workshop participants will begin to create some experimental artworks based on their inspirations. - Workshop 5 – Tuesday 22 Oct 2024, 11.30am – 2.30pm
Refining artworks – participants will begin to refine their ideas/pieces and continue to make artwork based on the natural world using any of the paper sculpting techniques they wish to focus on. - Workshop 6 – Tuesday 26 Nov 2024, 11.30am – 2.30pm
Continue to create artworks based on inspirations using paper-sculpting techniques. - Workshop 7 – Tuesday 3 Dec 2024, 11.30am – 2.30pm
Continue to create artworks based on inspirations using paper-sculpting techniques. - Workshop 8 – Tuesday 10 Dec 2024, 11.30am – 2.30pm
Finalising artworks ready for Andy to collate together for exhibition.
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Andy Singleton is a Yorkshire-based artist working with paper to create sculptures, illustrations and large-scale installations that often reference the natural world.
Renowned for creating intricate artworks in paper, Andy has shown his work nationally and internationally and has worked with a wide range of clients including Harrods, Kensington Palace, Burberry and The Hepworth Gallery. He has also delivered workshops exploring his work at V&A, The Tate Modern and Manchester Art Gallery.
