Art After Hours

Dates: Sat 16 August / Sat 11 October / Sat 6 Dec (3 Sessions)

Session Time: 10.30am-2.30pm

In this program you’ll have the opportunity to explore all things ceramics from crafting clay to glazing. Get your hands dirty and explore your creative side!

• Learn how to hand build functional ceramics
• Work with specialty glazes
• Have your work fired and take home beautiful hand made items such as ramekins, bowls, mini sculptures and plates

Dates: Sat 2 August / Sat 13 Sept / Sat 25 Oct (3 Sessions)

Session Time: 10.30am-2.30pm

Would you like to try your hand at creating triple layer, fully frosted cream cakes or hand crafted fondant cookies?  Our 3 week workshop will cover a range of techniques from basic icing and fondant work to sugar art, cake sculpting, and intricate piping techniques. Fun, interactive, skill-building and Yummy!

• Learn how to bake and decorate a range of cakes and biscuits
• Work with specialised cake decorating tools
• Take home yummy treats to share with your friends and family

Dates: Sat 2 August / Sat 13 September 2 Sessions

Session Time: 10.30am-2.30pm

In this program you will have the opportunity to learn design and print making skills. Use a professional inks and equipment to make beautiful, bespoke pieces to take home

• Create your own design
• Learn professional print making techniques and try out our silk screen printing frames
• Print your own t-shirt and bag to take home

Date: Sat 2 August

Session Time: 10am-2pm

An opportunity for art lovers to get out and about in Melbourne to enjoy visiting an exhibition, have a coffee and take part in an Origami art activity in response to the exhibition.

Dates: Sat 25 October 1 Session

Session Time: 10.30am-2.30pm

In celebration of the Melbourne Cup, create your own fancy hat or fascinator. Learn traditional millinery including flower making, shape blocking and textile trimming

• Create your own design
• Learn traditional and new hat making skills
• Complete your own hat or fascinator to take home

Date: Sat 15 November (1 Session)

Session Time: 10.30am-2.30pm

Select, trim and sculpt flowers and roughage to create floral arrangements, posies or perhaps a flower crown. Explore arrangement techniques, colour theory, flower care and the general basics of floral arrangement.

• Create your own arrangements
• Learn pruning and arrangement skills including wire bounding, flower placement and display skills
• Complete your own bouquet or flower crown to take home (BYO vase if required)

Date: 6 December

Session Time: 10.30am-2.30pm

An opportunity for art lovers to get out and about in Melbourne, take along drawing materials to sit amongst nature and be inspired. Have lunch in the gardens and return to Bayley Arts

Dates: Sat 16 August / 11October / 6 December (3 Sessions)

Session Time: 10.30am-2.30pm

Give an old item of clothing a new lease on life with our ‘Blingafy’ fashion upcycling workshop. Bring along your own item or select from our range and sew, stitch, create it into something you’ll be proud to wear.

• Learn how to hand and machine stitch
• Work with a stud machine
• Take home a refashioned, upcycled item of clothing or bag

Date: 16 August

Session Time: 10am-2pm

An opportunity for art lovers to get out and about in Melbourne to enjoy visiting an exhibition, have lunch in the Botanical Gardens and take along pencils, clipboard and paper to capture inspiration from the exhibition.

Date: 13 September

Session Time: 10am-2pm

Program: An opportunity for art lovers to get out and about in Melbourne and enjoy visiting Heidi’s famous makers market, sculpture garden and photography exhibition. Have lunch in the gardens and return to Bayley Arts.