Name: Tea 'N Chat - Surface Textiles Demo/Workshop + Nicky Simpson
Availability: InStock

We would love to invite you to Art in the Park's ONLINE &lsquo;Amoung the Trees Art Session for Children and Young People&rsquo; for ages 5 and above!
This workshop is inspired by the amazing Amoung the Trees ehibition at the Hayward Gallery which contained artwork about trees by artists all over the world! We will tell stories about these artists that you may not have heard before and invite you to create your own sculptures using cardboard.
YOU WILL NEED
Drawing paper
Something to draw with
Carboard (can be an old cereal box or amazon package: whatever cardboard you can find!)
Scissors
An adult to help you with cutting things out
Colouring in pens if you have them
Glue
Card tube from inside a loo roll
We are going to use the online platform ZOOM. You can use ZOOM via your laptop, PC and MAC or you can download the app for your tablets and smart phones following this link:
https://zoom.us/download
The zoom link will be in the Additional Information of the ticket which will be emailed to you after booking (Check your junk!). If you do not receive this, contact us and we will send you the link.
Click on the link provided to join the meeting and you will be entering a WAITING ROOM. Attendees will be added to the live class at the start of the session.
If you have any problems with using zoom, please email us or dm us on social media and we will happily help however we can.
What people liked about our previous workshops:
"that we did really fun art experiments and i learnt a lot about Frank Bowling&ldquo;
"Great combination of art learning and warm ups and such fun marbling"
&ldquo;It was creative, well paced and opened children to move away from stereotypes. I really enjoyed it and could see children were totally engaged."
"My children are currently homeschooling and I desperately needed a creative outlet for them. This was a great introduction. They enjoyed it and I was really impressed by how well they got on over zoom. Would definitely do it again! Thank you!&rdquo;

We would love to invite you to Art in the Park's ONLINE ‘Amoung the Trees Art Session for Children and Young People’ for ages 5 and above!
This workshop is inspired by the amazing Amoung the Trees ehibition at the Hayward Gallery which contained artwork about trees by artists all over the world! We will tell stories about these artists that you may not have heard before and invite you to create your own sculptures using cardboard.
YOU WILL NEED
Drawing paper
Something to draw with
Carboard (can be an old cereal box or amazon package: whatever cardboard you can find!)
Scissors
An adult to help you with cutting things out
Colouring in pens if you have them
Glue
Card tube from inside a loo roll
We are going to use the online platform ZOOM. You can use ZOOM via your laptop, PC and MAC or you can download the app for your tablets and smart phones following this link:
https://zoom.us/download
The zoom link will be in the Additional Information of the ticket which will be emailed to you after booking (Check your junk!). If you do not receive this, contact us and we will send you the link.
Click on the link provided to join the meeting and you will be entering a WAITING ROOM. Attendees will be added to the live class at the start of the session.
If you have any problems with using zoom, please email us or dm us on social media and we will happily help however we can.
What people liked about our previous workshops:
"that we did really fun art experiments and i learnt a lot about Frank Bowling“
"Great combination of art learning and warm ups and such fun marbling"
“It was creative, well paced and opened children to move away from stereotypes. I really enjoyed it and could see children were totally engaged."
"My children are currently homeschooling and I desperately needed a creative outlet for them. This was a great introduction. They enjoyed it and I was really impressed by how well they got on over zoom. Would definitely do it again! Thank you!”

Art In The Park

Children's Art

We would love to invite you to Art in the Park's ONLINE ‘Amoung the Trees Art Session for Children and Young People’ for ages 5 and above!

Amoung the Trees Art Session for Children and Young People

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TEA 'N CHAT - SURFACE TEXTILES + NICKY SIMPSON
(Mini Workshop & Demo)

23 SEPTEMBER 2025
TIME: 7-8pm  
 FREE EVENT
This event is held on ZOOM, so please register to get the Zoom details.



Join us for a FREE Tea 'N Chat with NICKY SIMPSON who will demo and lead a mini workshop on Surface textiles and talk about her online courses.

Nicky's aim is to show how easily accessible surface textiles techniques can be for every level of student and how it can be delivered in a fun and engaging way.
She will also introduce you to her online and face-2-face courses with an opportunity to ask questions.




JOIN IN THE FUN:

'Marbling'
Marbling is great way of introducing a quick and easy surface technique if you have little to no prior experience. Especially good for students who will get immediate exciting and inspiring results.!
A beginner friendly workshop to produce great artwork for textile projects.

If you want to join in you will need: 
tray of cold water (min 5cm deep)
oil paint 2 colours
white spirit
glass jar and brush to mix/have a cloth for spills and a table cover
pipette 
paper or fabric to marble




The Textiles Skills Centre Associates are a team of volunteers that manage the social media platforms and website, and offer support, mentorship and advice to textile teachers and trainees. We organise free resource networking events each month (Tea 'N Chat) and are always on hand to help and encourage when needed.
We are always looking for new Associate members, so if you would like to join this small team then do contact us at: info@textileskillscentre.com
At the moment all costs are met by our team and time is given freely. If you are able to support us with a donation, however small, this will help to enhance the work we are doing.



2 Marbling courses in Cardiff delivered Online

Amoung the Trees Art Session for Children and Young People

By Art In The Park

Tea 'N Chat - Surface Textiles Demo/Workshop + Nicky Simpson

By Textiles Skills Centre