Create small wire animal sculptures

Service Description

Next promoted date: Saturday 10th October 2026 ( Art in the Barn) Join us in our thatched long barn in the heart of the Meon Valley to create beautiful wire birds and animals. This full day workshop will be run by Liz Wellby, who will guide you through a number of stages, enabling you to create your own beautiful tiny wire sculptures. Your initial ideas will be sketched, before you explore fine and flexible heat treated wire. It is an expressive material and surprisingly easy to handle, cut and manipulate with basic hand tools; it's like drawing in the air. You will create several wire sculptures both on bases and free standing, with a particular focus on birds, dogs and sheep with strong, angular profiles - breeds with more rounded features can be problematic. Your skills will develop throughout the day, enabling you to create more challenging pieces as the day progresses. You might like to print off several A6 images, of birds, dogs and sheep in profile, but you will be provided with several suitable images to work from. This workshop is suitable for beginners and is designed for a maximum of 12 people. About the tutor Liz Wellby is a versatile artist, teacher and maker, with a particular interest in sculpture and printmaking. Follow the completion of a Fine Arts degree at Loughborough University and subsequent post graduate studies, she returned to Derbyshire, where for over 30 years she has lived and worked. Liz now lives in a small village on the edge of the Peak District, working from her home studio - The Slipper Studio. You may wish to extend your stay in the area and book one of our Shepherds Huts at the side of our fishing lakes or alternatively, we have a glamping site with traditional Mongolian Yurts, each with wood burning stoves. All equipment and materials will be provided; just bring your lunch. Please contact Alison Butler if you have any further questions or wish to book a place.