Carers Arts Courses

Arts for Carers

The Arts for Carers service offers carers the opportunity to access structured arts-based courses which allows them to take a short break from their caring responsibilities. These range from all sorts of themes from floristry, creative crafts and music appreciation.
The project is supported by the London Borough of Hillingdon Arts Service and is FREE for carers, that are registered with Hillingdon Carers.

Printmaking Course

Learners will explore a variety of creative, basic but playful and inventive printmaking techniques and processes: monotype, collograph, lino cutting and relief printing in various colours.

Monotype: A printing process where a sketch is made on an acetate sheet with paint – this is then pressed on to paper several times to make identical prints of the same image.

Collograph: A process where you make a collage on a board, which is then inked and run through a printing press (the big press in our Atrium will be used for this) to make prints of the same image. Different inks can be used each time to vary the colours.

Lino Cut prints: A process where a design is traced onto a piece of lino and cut out and then inked and pressed onto paper to make identical prints. Again the ink colours can be differed to obtain different shades of the same print.

Relief Printing: Very similar to lino cutting – but using mark making instruments rather than cutting lino with a craft knife.

Dates: Thursdays 2, 9, 23 February, 1, 8 & 15 March 2012
Time: 10.00am – 1.00pm
Venue: Brunel University
Tutor: Martin Henley

Floral Art

Gain the basic understanding on how to arrange and display flowers for maximum impact and identify techniques in the first steps to floral art. Enjoy a relaxed experience with excellent resources.

Dates: Wednesdays 22, 29 February, 7, 14 & 21 March 2012
Time: 10.00am – 1.00pm ~
Venue: Ruislip Manor
Tutor: Lisa Dancer