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Saturday 12 November 9.30am - 12.30pm Know Your Digital Camera CANCELLED
Shaun Burdon
$30
Learn how to use the dials and icons and take photos using different settings.

 
  9.30am - 1.30pm Scrapbooking Workshop
Vyv Weller $15
Learn the art of scrapbooking and photo presentation.

 
  9.30am - 3.00pm
Sat/Sun
Make a Pizza Oven
Grant Jefcoate
$85
Hands on workshop learning how to build a pizza oven.

 
  10.00am - 3.00pm Plein Air Painting
Nigel Wilson
$20
Guidance in planning and completing a landscape using acrylics or oils.

 
  1.00pm - 4.00pm Beginners Screen Printing
Ruth Arnott
$20
Design and print two of your own designs on either a T-shirt or fabric for a skirt or bag.

 
  10.00am - 3.00pm
Sat/Sun
Learn to Spin
$10
a day.
One to one tuition with Alexandra Spinners & Weavers Club members. Spinning wheels and wool provided.
 
         
  Monday 14 November 9.30am - 12.30pm
Know Your Digital Camera CANCELLED
Shaun Burdon $30
Learn how to use the dials and icons and take photos using different settings - for beginners.

 
  12.00pm - 1.00pm Cambodian Cooking
Pani Thomas
$10
Demonstration, tasting of food and learn about the culture.

 
  1.00pm - 3.00pm Collage and Mixed Media
Ro Bradshaw
$10
Hands on collage using recovered materials.

 
  1.00pm - 3.00pm Creative Painting
Susie Ruddenklau
$10
Experimenting with paint effects and stenciling.

 
  3.30pm - 4.30pm Making Beads from Recycled Paper
Gwenyth Wilson
$5, all ages.

 
  5.30pm - 6.30pm How to Fillet a Trout/Salmon
Scott McDonald
$5
Scott from The Fridge will demonstrate filleting, cooking methods, followed by tastings.

 
  5.30pm - 7.00pm Drumming Workshop for Beginners
$10
Learn how to play rhythms on djembe drums and practise basic techniques, all ages.

 
  6.00pm - 9.00pm Eat Drink and Be Merry From the Garden
Helen Hillis
$10
Sample fruit liquers, bubbly, cider, mead, vinegars and garden treats from last seasons harvest.

 
  7.00pm - 9.00pm Recycle Jeans & Zips Into Funky Fashion
Shona Bain
$10
Skirts, bags, aprons, tool or gardening bag.
 
         
  Tuesday 15 November 9.00am - 1.00pm
Digital Scrapbook Workshop
Vyv Weller
$15
Produce a digital scrapbook on your own laptop.

 
  10.30am - 12.00pm,
1.00pm - 2.30pm &
7.00pm - 8.30pm
Basic Paper Making
Marie Gale $10 per workshop
Learn to make recycled paper - frames provided.
3 times available.

 
  10.00am - 12.00pm Quilting
Shona Bain $10
Piecing together a quilt top.

 
  12.00pm - 1.00pm Hainan Cooking
Li Yanchen
$10
Demonstration, tasting of food and learn about the culture of China.

 
  1.00pm - 3.00pm Collage and Mixed Media
Ro Bradshaw
$10

 
  1.00pm - 3.00pm Quilting
Shona Bain
$10
Free motion stipple quilting.

 
  1.00pm - 3.00pm Pastel Drawing
Maggie Cross
$10
Pastel drawing with limited pastel palette.

 
  3.15pm - 4.30pm Planting a bucket of Edible Food
Helen Hillis
$5
Containers and plants provided for children to make their own garden. Pre-school and primary children with parents.

 
  7.00pm - 9.00pm Te Reo Night
No Cost
Learn some basic Maori language skills, share some kai/food and waiata/songs.

 
  6.00pm - 7.30pm West African Dance
Matt and Anna
$10
Join an exhilarating class and learn moves from West African dance with live percussion.
 
         
  Wednesday 16 November 9.30am - 1.00pm Make a Mosaic Paving Stone
Louise Joyce $50
Design and create your own paving stone using colourful mosaic tiles.

 
  10.00am - 2.30pm How to Draft a Pattern
Shona Bain $10
Draft and make your garment.

 
  12.00pm - 1.00pm Japanese Cooking
Noriko Stewart $10
Demonstration, tasting of food and learn about the culture. Dishes served with Miso soup.

 
  1.00pm - 3.00pm Drawing Workshop
Liz Kempthorne $10
Observation techniques to create your own still life drawing.

 
  1.30pm - 3.00pm Herbs and Skincare
Carole Gillions $5
Identifing herbs and understanding their properties in relation to skincare.

 
  3.15pm - 4.15pm Make Soaps and Bath Bomb
Carole Gillions $10
Make 2 soaps and a bath bomb, 7-12yrs.

 
  3.30pm - 4.30pm Foraging for Food with Children
Helen Hillis $2
For school aged children accompanied by an adult. Where to find and identify free food.

 
  5.00pm - 7.00pm Foraging for Food, Adults
Helen Hillis $5
Search for local food growing wild.

 
  6.30pm - 9.00pm
Bone Carving
Grant Jefcoate $20
Using basic tools you will design and create your own bone carving.

 
  7.30pm - 9.00pm Make Deep Centered Chocolates
Shona Bain $20
Learn melting techniques and the process of making filled chocolates.
 
         
  Thursday 17 November 9.30am - 4.30pm
Country Style & French Furniture Effects
Jim Robbie $60
Rejuvenate a piece of furniture with a Provence look using milk paint. Materials supplied.

 
  9.30am - 11.30am Homemade Cleaning Products
Jenny Craig $10
Make your own household products which are effective, safer and greener.

 
  10.00am - 12.00pm Learn to Knit a Scarf, Beanie or Cushion
Shona Bain $5
Beginners welcome.

 
 
12.00pm - 1.00pm
Zimbabwe Cooking
Jean Bonsor $10
Demonstration, tasting of food and learn about the culture.

 
  1.00pm - 3.00pm Bring Old Garments to Revamp
Shona Bain $5
Revamp your tired clothes.

 
  1.00pm - 4.00pm Book Binding
Mary Monckton $10
An introduction to simple book structures.

 
  3.30pm - 4.30pm Making Moulded Chocolates
Shona Bain $5
Age 7 - 12yrs.

 
    Make Your Own Hand Creams
Carole Gillions $10
Using beeswax and vegetable wax make two different
hand creams.
 
  1.00pm - 4.00pm Beginners Stone Sculpture
Andrew Barr $10
Design and sculpt a small piece.
 
         
  Friday 18 November 10.00am - 12.00pm
Bring Clothes to Patch and Mend
Shona Bain.

 
  10.00am - 12.00pm Card Making
Janine Boyd $15 Includes materials.
Make three different types of cards.

 
  12.00pm - 1.00pm Swedish Cooking
Pernilla Wast $10
Demonstration, tasting of food and learn about the
culture.

 
  1.00pm - 3.00pm Learn to Crochet
Shona Bain $5
Make a beanie.

 
  1.00pm - 3.00pm Drawing/Painting Workshop
Alan Waters $10
'Not what you expect'.

 
  1.00pm - 3.00pm Clay Mask Making
Wyn Dryden $10

 
  6.00pm - 7.30pm Beer and Bunnies
$15

Develop a batch of home brew from a kit, watch how
to skin a rabbit and prepare a tasty thyme infused rabbit
stew. Tasting available.
 
         
  Saturday 19 November 9.30am - 12.00pm Gospel Singing
Claire Steven $10
Sing unaccompanied and in parts.
Everyone who wants to sing is welcome.

 
  9.30am - 10.30pm Solar Hot Water - Does it work in Central Otago?
Case studies and discussion.
Facilitator: Clair Higginson.

 
  9.30am - 1.30pm Photo Montage
Vyv Weller $20
Produce a montage of 20 to 30 photos.

 
  10.30am - 12.00pm Growing Vegetables for Winter
Fred Peyton $10
Seasonal vegetables & growing
methods.

 
  9.00am - 12.00pm Make Your Own Solar Dehydrator
Matt Lahood $45
What you need to make a solar dryer
and go through the process of putting one together.