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For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 3 I attended my first course in the Cookery School after doing craft and music in the past and I’m very impressed by the facilities there. The course was Patisserie with Kelly Mauger – an excellent tutor. We covered a lot in an unhurried way and made some delicious goodies to take home. I recommend this course to anyone, beginner or experienced cook. And the rest of the Denman experience was excellent as always! Susan Helen Myburgh, Bloxham WI, Oxfordshire Federation

Knife Skills - Day School Pizza Workshop: Family Day School COOKERY DAY SCHOOLS 156.1982 16 September 2016 (8-12 Years) AND MORNING CLASSES A-Z M £149 NM £169 156.1795 11 August 2016 Learn the essential skills needed to M £109 NM £129 prepare meat, fish and vegetables like Enjoy a day of fun in the kitchen, Chocolates for Christmas - Day School a pro. In one of Denman’s most popular making pizza dough and tomato sauce 167.319 24 November 2016 courses, you’ll master the different from scratch and finishing them with M £109 NM £129 techniques required to dice, julienne, your own choice of toppings. and finely chop fruit and vegetables, 167.398 8 December 2016 Mariella Bliss fillet fish and joint poultry. You’ll also M £109 NM £129 learn how to choose, maintain and WI Baking Day The tutors will explain and store your knives properly. 156.1621 16 July 2016 demonstrate the basics of working Peter Lien M £129 NM £149 with chocolate and then it will be your If you don’t have time to bake with us turn to get chocolatey! You will temper Make Your Own Easter Egg and Other on our longer residential courses, join your own chocolate and discover Chocolate Treats - Day School us for a full day of WI baking inspiration simple techniques to create several 167.1034 4 April 2017 led by WI member and Cookery School different chocolates and a centerpiece M £129 NM £149 Manager Kelly. for Christmas. Kelly Mauger Luci Corbett and Claire Slade 167.1035 6 April 2017 M £129 NM £149 Cupcakes and Macarons - Day School Learn to temper chocolate and make 156.1983 17 September 2016 your own bespoke Easter egg, as well M £129 NM £149 as making seasonal chocolate moulded Thanks to Ladurée and Pierre Hermé, shapes and truffles. the macaron has become the trendiest Jack Mauger and Kelly Mauger patisserie on the planet. Learn how to make perfect colourful shells and Healthy Indian Cookery - Day School sandwich them with fillings, including 156.2068 29 September 2016 chocolate ganache, jam and lemon M £129 NM £149 curd. Cupcakes still continue to be all An excellent opportunity for all Indian the rage so you’ll also learn how to food lovers to learn to cook authentic, bake, ice and decorate a selection to but healthy, Indian cuisine. take home. Bhavini Mistry Kelly Mauger Pasta and Sauces - Day School Halloween Baking: Family Day School 156.1981 15 September 2016 (6-11 Years) M £129 NM £149 167.142 27 October 2016 Join our authentic Neapolitan M £109 NM £129 cook and teacher Mariella Enjoy a day of baking spooky creations to learn how to make for Halloween, including meringue fresh pasta and extend bones and ghosts and bleeding red your repertoire velvet cupcakes. beyond boring Kelly Mauger bolognaise! Mariella Bliss Proud Sponsors of the WI Cookery School

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Ali’s Favourite Bakes Autumn in the Mediterranean COOKERY RESIDENTIAL COURSES A-Z 156.1547 1-3 July 2016 167.118 19-21 October 2016 M £350 NM £390 M £330 NM £370 A Taste of Italy 167.872 10-12 March 2017 This October, escape to the Mediterranean with Alex and a course 156.1878 24-26 August 2016 M £350 NM £390 that will be full of dishes ablaze with M £330 NM £370 By popular demand, here is a course colour and full of vibrant flavours from Whether you are planning a trip to Italy, featuring our top baking tutor Alison everybody’s favourite cuisine. Alex enjoy Italian cuisine or just want to try Haigh’s favourite bakes. will start with tasty titbits that you out the language to see whether you Alison Haigh might like to learn it in the future, this is could serve with drinks or enlarge to the course for you. Over the two days American Baking include in a buffet, then add an autumn you will learn conversational Italian, 167.1145 26-28 April 2017 explosion of flavour with great local fish, vegetables and wonderful autumn discover the history and culture of Italy M £330 NM £370 raspberries. He’ll show his tips and and then cook up Italian favourites Join Kelly for a trip stateside, as you tricks to make the ingredients here in the WI Cookery School. Not to be bake your way through delicious look and taste as if they were from the missed! goodies and desserts including Mediterranean land and sea. Lindy Wildsmith and Sue Mckenna Florida’s key lime pie, donuts, bagels, Alex Mackay whoopie pies and New York’s infamous A Taste of Spain cheesecake. Autumn Preserves 156.1863 22-24 August 2016 Kelly Mauger M £350 NM £390 167.148 24-26 October 2016 M £330 NM £370 167.1305 22-24 May 2017 Artisan Bread 156.1609 6-8 July 2016 As the nights draw in and the trees M £350 NM £390 shed their leaves, join us to preserve M £330 NM £370 Spain is rightly famous for its simple autumn fruits and vegetables for Take your bread making to another cooking using fantastic produce. From the year ahead, using the traditional level by learning the art of sourdoughs classic paellas to the Moorish inspired methods championed by the WI. and long fermentation dough. Suitable cookery of Andalucia, this course will Vivien Lloyd cover some of the most popular Iberian for beginners and experienced bakers. dishes. Paella, a selection of tapas Dede Liss Autumnal Baking Weekender dishes and some sweet treats too! Artisan Bread Making: An Introduction 167.165 28-30 October 2016 Peter Lien 156.2046 19-21 September 2016 M £330 NM £370 WI member Katie has worked as a M £330 NM £370 Afternoon Teas pastry chef for Raymond Blanc at Le Learn about stages in bread 156.1919 31 August - Manoir and in London at the Mandarin making, the long fermentation method, 2 September 2016 Oriental. Now an established tutor, the role of gluten in bread, different M £330 NM £370 we’re excited to have her to teach one flours and shaping different loaves. of our famous baking weekenders. 167.807 24-26 February 2017 Dede Liss Katie Johnson M £330 NM £370 Create high-end afternoon tea pastries, Autumn in Italy Bread and Cheese 167.058 10-12 October 2016 cakes and sandwiches with a mixture 156.1821 18-21 August 2016 of traditional and modern styles. M £330 NM £370 M £535 NM £595 Katie Johnson Italian regional food is governed by the Join us for a special course which seasons and the produce they bring. brings together two of our most What better way to celebrate the arrival respected tutors. Spend a fantastic few of autumn than by creating elegant yet days learning the artisan skills of both warming and comforting dishes with cheese and breadmaking. colourful fruit, vegetables and nuts, Alison Haigh and Louise Talbot Ingredients meat and game? are included in Lindy Wildsmith the cost of a cookery course. What’s more they will all be prepared for you in advance!

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 5 Breads and Doughs (Level 2) Cordials, Cocktails and Mocktails Edible Gifts 167.534 9-11 January 2017 167.1376 5-7 June 2017 167.338 28-30 November 2016 M £350 NM £390 M £330 NM £370 M £330 NM £370 167.1276 19-21 May 2017 Capture the scents and flavours of the 167.348 30 November - season and transform them into drinks M £350 NM £390 2 December 2016 to enhance ice cream, jelly, cakes and Following the success of Alison’s cocktails. Cocktails and punches don’t M £330 NM £370 Breadmaking: An Introduction, she have to be alcoholic, so learn which 167.378 5-7 December 2016 is now offering Breads and Doughs ingredients pack a punch to your drink (Level 2). So if you have a basic M £280 NM £320 but allow you to drive home. You will knowledge of bread, or have completed There’s no gift as special as of course be making some alcoholic the introductory course, then join us something homemade so join us for a drinks too! for the next level. cookery class that will not only get you Lindy Wildsmith Alison Haigh in the festive spirit but will also help you reduce your Christmas shopping! Curries of the World Brilliant Bread for Beginners Kelly Mauger 167.901 13-15 March 2017 167.902 15-17 March 2017 M £350 NM £390 Express Dinner Parties M £330 NM £370 This course will be a real adventure. 167.705 6-8 February 2017 Join Linda for an introductory course Take a journey into cuisines that you of bread making as you learn how four M £310 NM £350 won’t have tried before. Burma, Sri simple ingredients can be combined Take the stress out of cooking for Lanka, Laos, The Caribbean, even to produce wonderful breads, as well dinner parties by learning some speedy South Africa – they all have their as discovering kneading and proving yet impressive starters, mains and own curries so join us to sample techniques. desserts to wow your guests. fragrant fish, meat and vegetable Linda Hewett Alison Haigh dishes flavoured with spice pastes Cake Decorating and powders. Fermentation: An Introduction 156.2056 26-28 September 2016 Peter Lien 167.1226 10-12 May 2017 M £330 NM £370 M £330 NM £370 Desserts Discover the processes of pickling, On this beginner’s course you’ll learn 167.364 2-4 December 2016 to make and decorate cakes using fermentation and brining, and how they M £280 NM £320 can be used to enhance our menu fabulous and varying techniques If you are cooking for family, friends or planning and health. This course will from our highly skilled cake decorating hosting a dinner party you can easily cover the techniques and uses of tutor Natalie. create a piece of artwork on a plate kombucha making for a health drink Natalie Green that not only looks impressive, but also that has many forms and uses, Cooking for One tastes good. You will create desserts fermentation of vegetables for a variety of alternative main dishes, and pickling 167.029 3-5 October 2016 that can be prepared in advance and on the day. of fruit and vegetables for nutritionally- M £330 NM £370 Katie Johnson boosted salads. Many of us have a time in our lives Barney Wrobel when we cook for one and, although Easter Baking there are many recipes that can be 167.976 29-31 March 2017 Festive Baking made for more and portions frozen M £350 NM £390 167.328 25-27 November 2016 for later, it is nice to have ideas that Join us for an Easter special version of M £350 NM £390 we can cook quickly and simply in a our famous baking courses, the WI’s Retreat to the Oxfordshire single portion. own Bake Off...minus the stress and countryside and spend a relaxing Jill Brand competition! few days with that special something – Cooking the Americas Alison Haigh a food mixer – and your new best friends: egg, butter, sugar and flour! 167.615 23-25 January 2017 Easy Entertaining Bake delicious festive treats that will M £350 NM £390 156.1579 4-6 July 2016 become firm family favourites. This brand new course is a journey M £330 NM £370 Alison Haigh through the Americas, with stops in Take the stress out of dinner parties Spanish influenced Argentina, Peru, and midweek meals with a course Mexico and the USA. designed around fridge and freezer- Peter Lien friendly dishes that can be prepared in advance. Laura Pope Proud Sponsors of the WI Cookery School

6 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Flavours of Asia 167.218 7-9 November 2016 M £350 NM £390 Asia plays a huge influence on Peter Lien’s cookery so join him on a journey through the Far East, stopping off in Japan, China, South East Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Starting with a selection of Pan-Asian street food which you will prepare for lunch, the course will include miso glazed salmon, mee goreng, beef rendang and dal with roti bread. Peter Lien French Bistro 167.255 14-16 November 2016 M £350 NM £390 Discover how to create wonderful Gluten, Dairy and Sugar Free Indian Street Food French bistro food – the style of Italian Cooking 156.1653 18-20 July 2016 cooking that conquered the world. 167.871 8-10 March 2017 M £330 NM £370 Learn how to make the home-style M £330 NM £370 World Street Food has become one dishes that have become classics. Learn how to make gluten free pasta of our most popular courses, so we Peter Lien and other wonderful gluten, dairy and asked Rama to develop a new course French Farmhouse Kitchen sugar free Italian dishes. focussing on Indian Street Food. She went to India to research it and here it 167.941 20-22 March 2017 Mariella Bliss is! Indian street food is very popular and M £330 NM £370 Gourmet Salads regional varieties are rich in colour and The French farmhouse kitchen is 167.1490 26-28 June 2017 flavour. It is incredible cuisine. It will also rich in unique and delicious ways of M £350 NM £390 be a journey that is certain to broaden cooking, preserving and serving meat Forget limp lettuce and curling your knowledge and experience of and poultry for the family table. Confits cucumbers, salads have gone spices. Learn how to make chicken kathi of duck and game, to serve as simple- glam! Salads are no longer an after kebabs, pani puri, bhel puri and more! to-make, dinner party dishes including thought or a side dish. They can be Rama Santha Ram hearty, salted belly pork, rillettes and a real showpiece of the dinner table. rillons of pork for mouth-watering Colourful, nutritious, filling and portable, Italian Entertaining tartes and rich salads, crepinettes learn the secrets of how to use pulses 167.1096 19-21 April 2017 (homemade sausages) and ham and and grains alongside fresh or roasted M £330 NM £370 parsley terrine for a show stopping vegetables, herbs and nuts to create Keep it simple, keep it authentic! party centrepiece. dishes that work as individual meals or Enjoying entertaining your guests Lindy Wildsmith buffet table winners. making new easy to prepare dishes like Fresh Pasta Weekend Peter Lien a moreish danubio brioche, sartu’ di riso and a wonderful selection of 167.568 13-15 January 2017 Indian Cookery mouth-watering, easy to make canapés. M £280 NM £320 167.318 21-23 November 2016 Mariella Bliss Go from pasta novice to extraordinaire M £350 NM £390 in one weekend, you will learn to make Join Peter to make a selection of his Italian Fish and Seafood Specialities your own pasta dough, cut tagliatelle favourite dishes, including curries, 167.658 30 January - and lasagne, fill ravioli and tortellini. pickles, chutneys, breads, and rice, 1 February 2017 Mariella Bliss as he shares his Indian heritage. M £280 NM £320 Gluten Free Cookery Peter Lien Prepare and cook the classic fish and 167.038 5-7 October 2016 seafood dishes enjoyed around the Adriatic and Mediterranean coats of M £330 NM £370 Italy, from Liguria in the north, Sicily in Having to cook recipes that are gluten the south and back north to Venice. free can seem daunting but this course Lindy Wildsmith will highlight how easy it is to create easy meals without gluten. Paul Bellchambers

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 7 Let’s Make Cheese (Level 2) 167.227 9-11 November 2016 M £330 NM £370 167.834 1-3 March 2017 M £330 NM £370 Join farmers wife and cheese maker Louise Talbot for a fascinating course in making cheese at home. Louise will show you how to make clotted cream, plus range of hard cheeses including cheddar, Wensleydale and camembert. She will also share some great recipes which incorporate cheese. Louise Talbot Mediterranean Cuisine 167.666 1-3 February 2017 Italian Street Food Japaneasy M £350 NM £390 167.1306 24-26 May 2017 156.1786 8-10 August 2016 167.1461 19-21 June 2017 M £330 NM £370 M £350 NM £390 M £350 NM £390 Join the feast and make the most If you are interested in the cuisine Join our cruise through the Med delicious (but inexpensive) food in Italy! of Japan, join award-winning tutor stopping off in the sun drenched ports Featuring arancini, suppli’ piadine, fried Peter Lien for this brand new course. of the Greek Islands, North Africa, polenta, focaccia di recco, calzoni, pizza, Learn about key ingredients such as Spain, France and Italy. We’ll make brioche with ice cream and farinata. dashi and miso, and prepare simple the most of the fantastic ingredients home-style Japanese dishes that are Mariella Bliss that the region has to offer. Who needs guaranteed to please. You will roll a holiday? Italian Vegetarian sushi, explore some wonderful noodle Peter Lien 167.535 11-13 January 2017 dishes, yakitori, and more. M £280 NM £320 Peter Lien Midweek Baking Break Italy is a great place to be a vegetarian 167.579 18-20 January 2017 because so many traditional recipes La Dolce Vita: Sweets and Puddings of Italy M £280 NM £320 are meat and fish free. When your Join us for another of our 167.1182 3-5 May 2017 tutor Lindy used to cook for friends she famous baking courses, the WI’s always found the vegetarian option was M £330 NM £370 own Bake Off...minus the stress and Join Mariella for a sweet-toothed trip as popular as the main dish. So these competition! around Italy, featuring Italian dessert days she cooks one dish for everyone, Linda Hewett vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike. favourites including panna cotta, Recipes will include risotto with Sicilian tiramisu, rum baba and biscotti. Mindful Baking almond pesto, classic tomato sauce Mariella Bliss 167.999 1 March-2 April 2017 with tagliatelle, and gnocchi with pesto M £350 NM £390 and broad beans. Let’s Make Cheese Lindy Wildsmith 156.1751 3-5 August 2016 167.1360 2-4 June 2017 M £330 NM £370 M £350 NM £390 Jams and Jellies 156.1966 9-11 September 2016 Join us for a weekend of mindful 156.1695 25-27 July 2016 baking, using a range of wholesome M £330 NM £370 M £330 NM £370 gluten free and unrefined ingredients Celebrate the soft fruit season by 167.1375 7-9 June 2017 to create healthier alternatives to your learning how to make traditional jams M £330 NM £370 favourite sweet and savoury bakes. and jellies. Summer berries and currants Join farmers wife and cheese maker Alison Haigh are perfect for making jewel coloured Louise Talbot for a fascinating course jams and crystal clear jellies. Suitable for in making cheese at home. Louise beginners and experienced preservers, will show you how to make a range of join us to capture the flavours of summer soft cheeses using domestic kitchen for the colder months ahead. utensils and cover halloumi, mozzarella, Vivien Lloyd mascarpone, butter, cream cheese, and ricotta, as well as a discussion on the principles of hard cheese. Louise Talbot Proud Sponsors of the WI Cookery School

8 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Moorish and Middle Eastern Cookery Patisserie Preserving: Oranges and Lemons 156.1734 1-3 August 2016 156.2013 22-25 September 2016 167.816 27 February - 1 March 2017 M £350 NM £390 M £535 NM £595 M £330 NM £370 167.706 8-10 February 2017 167.734 13-15 February 2017 The winter months herald the arrival of citrus fruit ripe for preserving. M £350 NM £390 M £330 NM £370 Join us to capture their flavours, which At the crossroads of Europe, Asia 167.1462 21-23 June 2017 you can then eat and cook with all the and Africa, the region known as the M £330 NM £370 year round. Middle East has taken its culinary This patisserie course will cover Vivien Lloyd influences from many places and many of the classics of French pastry peoples, including the Moors. Learn work, including sweet shortcrust and Professional Chef at Home about the traditions of Moroccan, choux pastry that can be used to make 167.756 15-17 February 2017 Persian and Lebanese cookery and wonderful tartlets and éclairs. You’ll M £330 NM £370 local ingredients such as sumac, salted also learn how to make fashionable A guide to those behind-the-scenes tips lemons, pistachios and rose water. macarons and other decadent petits and tricks to help bring the professional Peter Lien fours that will impress family and friends. kitchen to your home. This course will Moorish and Middle Eastern Cookery Kelly Mauger explore the art of designing your own (Part Two) menus, the technique of sous-vide Patisserie (Part Two) cooking, the methods of flavouring, 167.578 16-18 January 2017 167.644 27-29 January 2017 pre-seasoning and brining, and M £350 NM £390 M £280 NM £320 finishing dishes like a pro! This course If you loved Peter’s first Moorish This course is ideal for anyone is suitable for anyone with a flair in the and Middle Eastern course, join him for who has joined us for our first patisserie kitchen who would like to take their another course featuring a brand new course and would like to extend their skills to the next level. programme of dishes from the region. knowledge. It will bring new ideas and Barney Wrobel The group will prepare a new selection further creative techniques as you of mezze dishes for lunch on the first make an opera gateau and a Paris Showstopping Bakes day, and then move on to a range of brest. 156.1804 12-14 August 2016 slow cooked dishes, and sweet treats. Katie Johnson M £330 NM £370 Peter Lien If you want to silence a dinner party Patisserie Weekender Pastry with creative baking using cakes and 167.208 4-6 November 2016 biscuits, this course will guide you to do 167.639 25-27 January 2017 M £330 NM £370 your own Great British Bake Off style M £280 NM £320 This patisserie course will cover many showstoppers. 167.1342 31 May-2 June 2017 of the classics of French pastry work, Katie Johnson M £330 NM £370 including sweet shortcrust and choux Speedy Cook If you are a fan of the Great British pastry that can be used to make Bake Off or have always found wonderful tartlets and éclairs. You’ll 167.1418 12-14 June 2017 pastry challenging, why not join our also learn how to make fashionable M £350 NM £390 masterclass and take your skills to a macarons and other decadent petits Flavour, texture and eye appeal need new level by learning how to avoid fours that will impress family and not be sacrificed when time is of the crumbly pastry, soggy bottoms and friends. essence. Dinner can be delicious, yet shrinking sides? Kelly Mauger quick to produce, using nutritious fresh Kelly Mauger ingredients and clever shortcuts. Pies, Pâtés and Terrines Peter Lien Pastry Weekend 156.1655 20-22 July 2016 167.247 11-13 November 2016 M £330 NM £370 Summer in Provence M £330 NM £370 Learn to make traditional pâtés and 156.1933 5-7 September 2016 If you are a fan of the Great British terrines using the best of British M £330 NM £370 Bake Off or have always found produce. Also improve your pastry Raymond Blanc says that “Alex is the pastry challenging, why not join our making skills and learn to make best home cook and cookery teacher I masterclass and take your skills to a delicious sweet and savoury pies. know”, he also says that Alex is “more new level by learning how to avoid Paul Bellchambers French than a Frenchman.” Here is crumbly pastry, soggy bottoms and your chance to cook with him in on a sun-filled course of Provencal cookery. shrinking sides? Alex Mackay Katie Johnson

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 9 Thai Cookery WI Baking Masterclass WI Patisserie Weekender 167.859 6-8 March 2017 156.1590 8-10 July 2016 156.1926 2-4 September 2016 M £350 NM £390 M £330 NM £370 M £305 NM £345 Learn about the exciting flavours of Thai On this mega bake off you’ll get to try This patisserie course will cover many cookery and the art of balancing the lots of different baking and decorating of the classics of French pastry work, characteristic taste sensations of sweet, techniques. You will take away some including classic sweet shortcrust and sour, saltiness and heat. The course delicious new recipes, including an choux pastry that can be used to make will feature some of the country’s most unusual middle eastern style gluten wonderful fruit tartlets and decadent famous dishes, including salads, noodle free cake, raspberry ripple cupcakes éclairs. You’ll also learn how to make dishes and, of course, curries made with two-tone mascarpone frosting, fashionable macarons in a variety of from homemade curry paste. biscuits iced the professional way, flavours, as well as biscuit garnishes Peter Lien tasty savoury tarte tatins plus delicious and little cakes fit for tea at the Ritz. mini meringues. Bake, make pastry As a starting point for this course, it The Amalfi Coast on Your Table and meringue, try out professional is recommended that you have some 167.1419 14-16 June 2017 piping and have lots of fun in the WI experience of making pastry and lining M £330 NM £370 Cookery School. tart tins. Mariella Bliss is taking you to the Amalfi Natalie Green Peter Lien and Kelly Mauger coast! Cook delicious scialatielli with prawns and lemon zest, bake seabass WI Baking Weekender World of Cake with potatoes and make your own 156.1753 5-7 August 2016 167.1213 8-10 May 2017 potato gnocchi, all topped off with a M £330 NM £370 M £330 NM £370 glass of homemade limoncello! WI member Katie has worked as a Join our very own queen of baking, Mariella Bliss pastry chef for Raymond Blanc at Le Kelly Mauger, for a tour of the world’s Manoir and in London at the Mandarin most famous cakes. From sachertorte The Vegetable Bakery Oriental. Now an established tutor, to kugelhopf with stops in Japan, the 167.686 3-5 February 2017 we’re excited to have her to teach one Middle East and Scandinavia, you’ll M £350 NM £390 of our famous baking weekenders. create some showstoppers to take home Everybody knows that carrots Katie Johnson and share. are wonderful in cake, but you may Kelly Mauger be surprised at what other vegetables WI Bread Weekender can liven up your baking. Many of 167.126 21-23 October 2016 World Street Food these cakes use less sugar and some M £350 NM £390 156.1704 27-29 July 2016 are gluten free. You’ll make chocolate M £350 NM £390 beetroot and raspberry cake, zucchini 167.516 6-8 January 2017 carrot and pear, tropical parsnip and M £350 NM £390 156.1816 15-18 August 2016 polenta, and pomegranate, aubergine Alison Haigh grew up in an M £459 NM £519 and rose party cake. artisan bakery and she will be sharing 167.068 12-14 October 2016 her experience on this special weekend Alison Haigh M £350 NM £390 bread course. You’ll learn how four Some of the most delicious food in the Trattoria Classics simple ingredients can be combined to world isn’t served in fancy restaurants, produce wonderful breads. 167.257 16-18 November 2016 but from stalls and carts in bustling Alison Haigh M £330 NM £370 markets or on busy streets. Why not take Anybody that loves being on holiday in WI Guide to Patisserie your tastebuds on a global cookery tour Italy will have enjoyed some fabulous visiting countries as diverse as Austria, informal evenings eating good, honest, 156.1618 11-13 July 2016 M £330 NM £370 Spain, Turkey, Mexico and Japan? simple, food and enjoying the local Peter Lien wine around a table in a trattoria. This This patisserie course will cover many course will teach you how to bring the of the classics of French pastry work, World Street Food (Part Two) flavours of Italy home with you! including sweet shortcrust and choux 167.975 27-29 March 2017 pastry that can be used to make Lindy Wildsmith M £350 NM £390 wonderful tartlets and éclairs. You’ll Some of the most delicious food in also learn how to make fashionable the world isn’t served in fancy macarons and other decadent petits restaurants, but from stalls and carts fours that will impress family and friends. in bustling markets or on busy streets. Katie Johnson Why not take your tastebuds on a global cookery tour by joining Peter for a second instalment of one of our most popular courses? Peter Lien

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For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 11 Denman does it again! What makes Denman such a special place and why do I want to return? The fabulous food…the warm traditional accommodation…the friendship from those you meet…the serenity and beauty of the grounds…and the skills learnt on yet another great course! For those who have never been please do, because you will not be disappointed. I promise once you have been you will want to return! Debbie Bull, Swaffham Evening WI, Cambridge Federation

Christmas Stitch Up - Crochet: An Introduction to Tunisian Craft day schools A-Z Family Day School (8-12 Years) Crochet - Day School 167.283 20 November 2016 156.1984 15 September 2016 M £59 NM £69 M £99 NM £119 Beaded Jewellery Family Day What better way to start the festive Amazingly simple to learn, for absolute 156.1830 15 August 2016 season than a day of fabulous fabric beginners or experienced crocheters M £74 NM £84 fun? You will make a unique wreath by and knitters alike, this hybrid craft Learn how to create beaded jewellery ripping and folding or knotting fabric between knitting and crochet is just so designs using simple stringing and wire on to a former and embellishing it much fun to do. The Victorians used the techniques. Projects will be suitable for with baubles – highly original and eye most basic stitch to make background both adults and children and for any catching. Then you will hand stitch a canvases for their crossstitch work, but ability level. calico Christmas decoration that would there are lots of interesting and easy WI Member Price – 1 adult,1 child: £74. look great decorating your home, you Tunisian stitches to have a go at that 1 adult, 2 children: £84. might want to make more as they make take it far beyond that narrow ambition, Non-Member Price – 1 adult,1 child: £84. perfect Christmas gifts. The course producing all manner of textures, colour 1 adult, 2 children: £94. is suitable for everyone, including the work, cables and lace. Amy Surman novice stitcher. Everything you need Lindy Zubairy to make your projects will be supplied. Calligraphy - Day School Festive fun guaranteed! Crochet: Broomstick Crochet - 167.1134 6 April 2017 WI Member Price - 1 adult, 1 child: £59. Day School M £79 NM £99 1 adult, 2 children: £69. 156.1918 30 August 2016 For anyone who has long admired Non-Member Price - 1 adult, 1 child: £69. M £99 NM £119 1 adult, 2 children: £79. calligraphy and wants to know how to 167.131 28 October 2016 start. Demonstrations and individual Christine Green M £99 NM £119 tuition will be designed to cater for your Celebrate the season learning a particular needs. Christmas Wreaths - Day School new crochet technique that uses David Nicholls 167.334 1 December 2016 M £94 NM £114 a conventional hook alongside a chunky Christmas Stitch Up - Day School Indulge yourself and take a break from knitting needle to create a peacock 167.170 4 November 2016 the hectic Christmas preparations feather style openwork lace fabric. You don’t need much crochet experience, M £109 NM £129 and spend a whole day just enjoying just a little working knowledge of the What better way to get into the and relaxing. Add a personal touch basic stitches. This irresistible openwork Christmas spirit than making some to your festive décor by making your pattern is rich with possibilities for special decorations? Create a fabric own seasonal door wreath and a creativity and new design. wreath made of ripped ribbons of beautiful flower arrangement for your Lindy Zubairy suitably festive coloured fabrics that home. You will learn about using would look great on any door, plus a mechanics to support your designs, Contemporary Embroidery hand-stitched decoration using calico, conditioning the plant materials, for Beginners - Day School embroidery threads, felts, beads and wiring and using non plant materials 167.1033 5 April 2017 buttons, that you could hang on a tree to enhance your arrangements. The or give as a gift. Both items are suitable singing of Christmas songs and carols M £99 NM £119 for the complete crafting novice or the when working, though not essential, is This is embroidery brought right up more experienced crafter. definitely encouraged! to date, combining traditional stitches Christine Green Christine Pearce with simple appliqué, mixed threads and beadwork for a fun, fresh and contemporary look. Natalie Green

12 Drawing and Painting: Summer Flowers Fabulous Wreaths for Christmas - Festive Willow - Day School for Beginners - Day School Day School 167.235 11 November 2016 156.1577 8 July 2016 167.393 8 December 2016 M £99 NM £119 M £79 NM £99 M £129 NM £149 167.359 2 December 2016 Get into the festive spirit spending the This is an opportunity to learn the M £74 NM £94 day at Denman making a sumptuous basic skills of drawing and painting Put away the tinsel and the fairy Christmas wreath with fragrant foliage, beautiful summer flowers. This is a lights and spend a rewarding few class for beginners, where you can glorious cones, and then add your own personal touches with baubles and days creating your own unique relax and enjoy individual attention and Christmas decorations from willow. understand the techniques that make other decorations. In addition to the wreath you will also have the chance You can expect to make several drawing and painting flowers such a items to decorate your home or you joy. You may wish to continue in the to make a festive table centre with candles to add that special touch to may wish to give them as presents. next class on the following two days to A most enjoyable course and you will expand development. (see Botanical your Christmas Day meal. David Martin return home with a great sense of Art for Improvers on pg 17). achievement. Jan Mehigan Festive Flowers - Day School Norah Kennedy Drawing: A Different Approach - 167.392 7 December 2016 Day School M £129 NM £149 156.1571 4 July 2016 Create a traditional foliage garland M £79 NM £99 that will last the festive season. Hang it on a door or drape it over your Drawing is about seeing. During this mantlepiece. Wiring techniques will be short course for beginners you will learnt to attach a variety of evergreen learn how to look at things and interpret foliage to a central string. Once your what you see into your drawing through Green Heart Crafting Takeaway – basic garland is complete you will a series of extremely useful exercises. decorate it with cones, cinnamon sticks Day School David Nicholls ribbon bows and perhaps even the odd 4 November 2016 M £99 NM £119 Drawing: Portraits - Day School sparkly bauble or two! David Martin 167.331 30 November 2016 10 February 2017 M £99 NM £119 M £99 NM £119 What makes one person recognisable Climate change can be seen from another? How do we achieve a all around us through increased likeness? Working in pencil, we will flooding, summer heat waves and explore the world of portraiture in easy the decline of bee populations. steps, resulting in several portraits, It is changing the seasons, including a self portrait using a mirror. affecting crops and flowers, David Nicholls and disturbing the journeys of migrating birds. WI members Eco Print Dyeing - Day School nationally are taking action. 156.1925 3 September 2016 On Valentine’s Day 2017 M £99 NM £119 thousands of people across Eco print dyeing is a fascinating way the country will be stitching, of printing onto fabric. This is not a knitting, painting and baking vegetable dyeing course. Instead beautiful green hearts to show you will use flowers and leaves their support for the WI’s climate from your own gardens, the change campaign. surrounding countryside and the Come to Denman to take part in beautiful Denman grounds in a this fantastic initiative by signing direct contact printing method up for one of our Day Schools that gets them to give up their with NFWI Craft Adviser Clare colours and patterns. Spender. There will a fantastic Sue Pearl range of small projects so you’ll not only takeaway a variety of green hearts, but you’ll also get loads of lovely ideas for future WI craft sessions. Clare Spender

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 13 Needle Felting: Christmas Robins - Day School 167.366 2 December 2016 M £74 NM £94 Dry felting – or needle felting – is a simple process in which you create 3D shapes using wool and a barbed needle. In this course you’ll make a 3D needle-felted robin for Christmas. These birds are brimming with character and can be used to decorate your tree or home during the festive season. Your robin will be 3” to 4” tall, made from fine Scandinavian wool and he can be finished off with a jaunty ribbon around his neck. Sue Pearl Introduction to Soutache Jewellery - Jewellery: The Basics of Pearl Needle Felting: Christmas Rudolph - Day School Knotting - Day School Day School 156.2020 20 September 2016 156.1916 4 September 2016 167.367 3 December 2016 M £119 NM £139 M £109 NM £129 M £74 NM £94 Learn how to create beautiful jewellery This course is designed for those Dry felting – or needle felting – is a using beads and soutache braid. A interested in the whole subject of real simple process in which you create wonderful technique for anybody who pearls – nature’s only ‘living’ gemstones. 3D shapes using wool and a barbed enjoys jewellery, stitching, colour, The central aim is to learn how to knot a needle. In this course you’ll make a pattern and a variety of crafts. pearl necklace or bracelet on silk, using a 3D needle-felted Rudolph or one of his Amy Surman Chinese knotting tool, as well as learning team mates for Christmas. These little Indian-wiring as applied to earring- guys are brimming with character and Jewellery: A Pearl Set - Day School making. It is also a lively and entertaining can be used to decorate your tree or 167.026 7 October 2016 way of learning the many facts, legends home during the festive season. Your M £109 NM £129 and stories about the history of pearls reindeer will be 7” to 8” tall and 7” to This course is designed for those over 3000 years. Advanced students can 8” long, made from fine Scandinavian interested in the whole subject of make additional jewellery. wool and he can be finished off with a real pearls – nature’s only living Frances Benton jaunty ribbon around his neck. gemstones. The central aim is to learn Learn to Make a Living Willow Dome - Sue Pearl how to make a spaced floating pearl necklace on jewellery wire, as well as Day School Parchment Craft with the Groovi learning Indian wiring as applied to 167.631 27 January 2017 System - Day School earring making. This is also a lively M £74 NM £94 167.361 28 November 2016 and entertaining way of learning This is a hands-on course where you M £84 NM £104 the many facts, legends and stories will learn how to build a living willow Parchment craft made easy with the about the history of pearls over 3000 dome for your garden – a very special Groovi system! Parchment Craft is years. Advanced students can make feature that will go on growing and a beautiful art form, that traditionally delighting you over the years, and also additional jewellery. requires great skill, time and patience. an attractive alternative to the more Frances Benton The award-winning Groovi range familiar gazebo. makes the art of parchment craft Norah Kennedy accessible to everyone. Mosaics: An Introduction - Day School Carole Waechtler 167.630 27 January 2017 M £109 NM £129 Many people have enjoyed doing a taster session before committing to a new hobby. This is a chance to experience some of the joys of using mosaic materials. You will make a small piece of work which will give you an insight into cutting and laying the tesserae, grouting and finishing. You will take home something to be proud of. Priscilla Wheater 14 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Pearl Jewellery: Gifts - Day School 156.1930 5 September 2016 M £109 NM £129 The central aim is to make a gift set of a either a spaced floating pearl necklace or bracelet on jewellery wire, as well as learning Indian wiring, as applied to earring making. This course is designed for those interested in the whole subject of real pearls – nature’s only living gemstones. It is also a lively and entertaining way of learning the many facts, legends and stories about the history of pearls over 3000 years. Frances Benton Silver Clay Jewellery - Day School 167.814 27 February 2017 Stained Glass: An Introduction - Willow Garden Structures - Day School M £124 NM £144 Day School 167.633 28 January 2017 This is a really exciting and creative 156.1611 11 July 2016 M £74 NM £94 form of jewellery making using silver M £119 NM £139 Have you ever looked at structures in clay, which can be shaped like clay garden centre and thought ‘I am sure 156.2060 26 September 2016 but when fired is transformed into I could make one of those if I only had fine silver. You’ll be taught how to use M £119 NM £139 the willow’? Well now is your chance! silver clay to create pieces to produce Make your own beautiful On this informative and enjoyable stunning jewellery. You’ll also learn genuine stained glass small hanging one-day course you will be introduced some traditional techniques to finish panel or window and learn the art of to different sizes and varieties of willow, your piece professionally. The cost of traditional stained glass work. An array and learn how it is grown, harvested the day school will include all silver of coloured and textured glass will be and prepared for weaving. Using clay, findings and all consumables used available to make your own individual simple tools and some basic weaving in the workshop. abstract panel. Designs supplied. techniques you can expect to make a Louise Simmonds Please note: This course involves wigwam, a fan shaped support, a heart long periods of standing and requires shape and a small trellis. Silver Clay Jewellery with Fused strong hands. If in any doubt as to its Norah Kennedy Glass - Day School suitability, please contact Denman 167.533 11 January 2017 01865 391991 before booking. Willow Piglets - Day School M £99 NM £119 Anna Conti 156.1625 15 July 2016 This course will give you a thorough M £99 NM £119 introduction to this exciting new 167.1211 8 May 2017 medium. You’ll be taught how to design and create several pieces of silver M £99 NM £119 jewellery using different techniques Using some simple basket making and also how to incorporate glass techniques and different colours of into your design to produce stunning willow you will make a delightful piglet jewellery. You’ll also learn some to display in your home or garden. traditional jewellery-making techniques Learn how to make the body, floppy so that you can finish your piece to ears, little fat trotters and a curly tail – a high professional standard. You’ll the only thing you will not be making is leave this course with a thorough the squeak! understanding of how silver clay is Please note: Norah Kennedy made and how to use it. No previous Stained Glass courses involve experience is necessary. long periods of standing and Louise Simmonds require strong hands. If in any doubt as to their suitability, please contact Denman 01865 391991 before booking.

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 15 Acrylic Painting: Springtime Beaded Decorations for Christmas CRAFT RESIDENTIAL COURSES A-Z 167.932 20-23 March 2017 167.372 5-7 December 2016 M £435 NM £495 M £290 NM £330 This is a course that will show you Come to Denman and its lovely A Paper Bag But Not As You Know It how to paint springtime landscapes grounds for a restful break from all 156.1592 6-8 July 2016 using acrylic paint. Using photographs the hectic festive preparations and M £290 NM £330 supplied by the tutor you will be indulge yourself by creating your own shown how to paint skies, trees, fields, beaded Christmas decorations. Using 167.310 21-24 November 2016 and flowers in the landscape. Other tiny seed beads and lots of deliciously M £435 NM £495 techniques will include colour mixing, sparkly crystal beads you will create 167.804 23-26 February 2017 brush techniques and using the paint beautiful beaded baubles and light- M £435 NM £495 thick and thin. Suitable for beginners catching beaded icicles to hang on your An exciting course exploring the and students with some knowledge of Christmas tree. They also make the properties of ordinary printed paper the medium. ideal gift for loved ones that cannot be and turning it into a glorious designer Jonathan Newey found in any shop, however, after all your efforts you may find it hard to part evening bag. By mixing prepared Back to Basics Using a Sketchbook magazine papers together with with them! This course is suitable for 167.1362 2-4 June 2017 lining, stitch, wax and a little silk beginners and improvers. embellishment, you will create a unique M £290 NM £330 Sally Boehme Sketchbooks are rewarding in their own accessory that you will be proud to Beading for Beginners and Beyond carry on a night out. right and an invaluable tool for future 156.1850 22-26 August 2016 Marilyn Pipe artwork. Improve all round drawing and painting skills, exploring texture, colour, M £530 NM £590 A Paper Book: From Start to Finish line, shape and different media. For An introduction to the materials and 167.1414 12-14 June 2017 beginners or improvers. some of the techniques, with many M £290 NM £330 Sue Klemencic samples and demonstrations. Ideal for beginners, but seasoned beaders are An exciting course exploring the Beaded and Wired Flowers for Jewellery properties of ordinary printed paper and also welcome to come and learn more 156.1793 12-14 August 2016 turning it into a designer book complete techniques. with handpainted pages. Using easy M £290 NM £330 Pat Trott techniques, this is a wonderful way 167.613 23-25 January 2017 Beading for the More Experienced to use those discarded magazines to M £240 NM £280 167.541 9-12 January 2017 produce a stunning, and useful, item Beads and wire used M £360 NM £420 or two! together to create jewellery make a If you have attended Beading for Marilyn Pipe lovely combination. Add glass flowers Beginners and Beyond at Denman, and leaves into the mix and you have or elsewhere, and would like to Acrylic Painting: Christmas Scenes a result that you will enjoy creating learn more techniques and stitches, 167.381 7-9 December 2016 and wearing. You will use lovely attending this course will extend your M £240 NM £280 enamelled copper wire in delicious knowledge. This is a course that will get you into colours, threaded with lots of luscious Pat Trott the Christmas spirit by showing you beads to create pretty, sparkly flowers. how to paint festive scenes with acrylic In addition, bead weaving techniques Beading Reunion paint. Using photographs supplied by using needle and thread will be utilised 167.692 6-9 February 2017 the tutor you will be shown how to paint to create a lovely crystal flower. winter landscapes, Christmas card M £435 NM £495 Suitable for beginners and improvers. Beading is therapeutic, relaxing images such as robins and holly, and Sally Boehme how to turn them into finished cards. and very addictive. Many wonderful Other techniques will include colour jewellery items can be made using mixing, brush techniques and using needle, thread and beads. There are the paint, thick and thin. Suitable for many different stitches and this course beginners and students with some offers you the opportunity to learn knowledge of the medium. some of them. You will begin with an Jonathan Newey Materials are not introduction to the materials needed, an included in the explanation of some of the stitches and cost of residential the showing of many samples. Each craft courses different stitch will be demonstrated and the students encouraged to work at their own pace. Not suitable for complete beginners. Pat Trott

16 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Beading the Russian Connection: Botanical Art for Christmas with Gold Calligraphy for Christmas St Petersburg and Russian 167.341 2-4 December 2016 167.343 30 November - Chevron Chains M £240 NM £280 2 December 2016 167.1374 7-9 June 2017 This is a class for those interested in M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 botanical art that can be used to create Following some beautiful examples Using just needle, thread and beads, cards for Christmas or birthdays. It of mediaeval illuminated books, you you will explore two different stitches will be a mixed ability class where you will explore the construction of Versal and create jewellery pieces that can also enjoy learning from each capitals, so called because they complement each other but are other. The paintings can be carefully denoted the start of a verse in a prayer different in design. This course is observed, drawn and painted or book. You will then study various suitable for beginners and improvers. perhaps experimental and exciting. methods of manuscript decoration, the Sally Boehme Real gold can also be applied to the use of colour and how to apply gold designs. with a surprisingly easy and foolproof Beadweaving Jewellery with Crystal, Jan Mehigan method. The course will be completed Cubes and Cathedrals with a Christmas card project. 167.205 4-6 November 2016 Botanical Art for Improvers David Nicholls M £290 NM £330 156.1578 8-10 July 2016 Beads do not have to be round and M £290 NM £330 Calligraphy: An Introduction the choice of what is available for This is a class for those with some 156.1574 4-6 July 2016 beadweaving reflects that. Bicones, experience to understand the M £290 NM £330 cubes, squares and ovals are all techniques that make drawing and For anyone who has long admired shapes that are used on this course to painting summer flowers such a calligraphy and wants to know how to their fullest sparkly effect! Not forgetting joy. It is an opportunity to learn the start. Demonstrations and individual those lovely cathedral beads which techniques and basic skills of botanical tuition will be designed to cater for your are square in shape but facetted with watercolour painting. It will be a mixed particular needs. little metallic effect trims. Discover how ability class where you can also enjoy David Nicholls adaptable all of the beads are and learning from each other. how they can be woven into beautiful, Jan Mehigan sparkly jewellery. Suitable for those Bumper Craft Take Away with a little beading experience. 167.223 9-11 November 2016 Sally Boehme M £290 NM £330 Bobbin Lacemaking Try your hand at a medley of different 156.1913 30 August - craft projects with a contemporary twist. 2 September 2016 You will make a number of different M £435 NM £495 small projects to give you lots of lovely ideas for your WI craft sessions, to 167.537 9-12 January 2017 decorate your home or give away as M £360 NM £420 special presents. There will be a range 167.1338 30 May - 2 June 2017 of projects to try using beautiful fabrics, felts, buttons, threads, beads, papers M £435 NM £495 and all sorts! Whether you want to learn basic bobbin Natalie Green lacemaking techniques or further improve your skills and knowledge of torchon, Bucks point, Bedfordshire, Bruges flower or Milanese bobbin laces, this course offers individual tuition tailored to each student’s knowledge. Gwynedd Roberts

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 17 Corset for Christmas 167.305 21-24 November 2016 M £475 NM £535 There’s nothing like a corset to give you an hour glass figure. Learn all the skills and knowledge to create the perfect corset, popular for stunning bridal and evening wear. Be guided through the various techniques, with lots of theory and practice to make your corset stand out. This is a single layer Victorian shaped corset with boning and front busk (the metal button and hook down the front) eyelets and laces down the back, and binding top and bottom. June Allnutt Calligraphy: Copperplate Chinese Brush Painting: Creative Decorative Papercutting 167.1133 23-25 April 2017 Autumn Pleasures 167.183 31 October - M £290 NM £330 156.1875 24-26 August 2016 3 November 2016 This much-neglected hand was M £290 NM £330 M £435 NM £495 popular during the 18th century and You will paint the last of the lush Paper cutting is THE craft of the was still taught in schools until early fruit and flower harvest, some of the moment, seen everywhere on posters, last century. It epitomizes elegance wildlife that is getting ready for winter, book jackets and crockery. And now and even today is chosen to give and a landscape fading into the mists you can master the basics of this highly the impression of luxury in wine lists, of autumn. You will be using traditional rewarding, low-cost craft and amaze menus and wedding invitations. brushes and paper and the Chinese your friends. This course is suitable for complete way of using the brush to create your Christine Green beginners as well as those with some compositions. This course is designed experience and it might also be noted for those with no experience, and Crochet Flowers for Improvers that this is best calligraphic hand for for those who already enjoy this way 167.121 19-21 October 2016 left-handers to start with. of painting. M £290 NM £330 David Nicholls Jean Turton Turn your hooking skills to flower making, a beautiful and creative Calligraphy: Christmas Crafting way to take your crochet skills up to The Gentle Art of Letter Writing 167.349 1-2 December 2016 the next level, and make a beautiful 167.1292 21-23 May 2017 M £145 NM £165 floral decoration for your home or to M £290 NM £330 Original craft ideas for accessorise your outfits. This course For anyone who has long admired making a Christmas decoration, is not suitable for complete beginners calligraphy and wants to know how to a wreath and a gift to take home. but you only need to have a little bit of start. Demonstrations and individual Margaret Etherington crochet experience to enjoy the course. tuition will be designed to cater for your Natalie Green particular needs. Christmas Textiles David Nicholls 167.314 24-27 November 2016 Crochet for Beginners M £435 NM £495 156.1622 11-13 July 2016 Calligraphy: Working in Italics On this three-night course choose M £290 NM £330 156.1852 22-24 August 2016 a longer project in patchwork, a 156.1929 30 August - M £290 NM £330 Christmas table runner and placemats 1 September 2016 This beautiful hand was developed or a simple wall hanging. Or make a M £290 NM £330 during the Renaissance and is variety of smaller projects, Christmas characterized by its forward slope and decorations for the tree and pretty 167.1008 2-4 April 2017 45 degree pen angle. You will study presents of fabric boxes, photo frames M £290 NM £330 the use of the broad edged pen and and gift bags. Crochet is the yarn craft of the moment the formation of both the upper and Pat Lumsdale so get hooking! Learn some essential lower case italic alphabets, as well as crochet stitches and take home your the basics of calligraphic techniques. own completed projects. Suitable for beginners and intermediate Lindy Zubairy (July and August) level students. and Natalie Green (April) Hilary Frisby

18 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Crochet for Christmas Weekend Curtains and Blinds: Tips and Tricks Drawing for the Terrified 167.315 25-27 November 2016 167.1415 12-16 June 2017 167.802 23-26 February 2017 M £290 NM £330 M £590 NM £650 M £435 NM £495 Using glittery, silvery, snowy, scandi Learn the tips and tricks of the trade! Are you terrified of drawing but have yarns you will be working on a number How to measure a window and a secret longing to learn how to do of different Christmas decorations: a calculate fabric quantities, dealing it? Then enrol on this course where star, a couple of baubles and some with and matching pattern perfectly, Richard will guide you through certain snowflakes. Each of these is worked mitring corners, interlining, lining, processes slowly, gently and step by ‘in the round’ – a technique that crochet different kinds of headings and much step. If you follow his ‘recipes’, you will lends itself to. You will also foray into more. Come along and either make be amazed at what you will be able amigurami to make a small bird tree a sample or a blind or pair of curtains to draw. You will stay with a simple decoration. for a small window. still life for the whole course. The Lindy Zubairy May Martin main focus will be on learning how to see what is often merely glanced at. Crochet: Freeform Design for Crafts Once this is understood and put into 167.888 10-12 March 2017 156.1612 11-14 July 2016 practice, you will be able to try many M £290 NM £330 M £435 NM £495 and various drawing techniques in both Freeform crochet is exactly what it Learn simple techniques for producing monochrome and colour. Thereafter, at says it is, crochet that has no regular staggeringly complex designs for home, you will be able to apply these to form. The crocheted fabric is formed use in craft disciplines from embroidery any subject you like. by working a number of ‘scrumbles’, to silversmithing. You will look at Richard Box which are then joined together. Celtic design filigree patterns and Scrumbles consist of a variety of stitch various others. Drawing with Coloured Pencils patterns, yarn and colours. The fabric David Nicholls 156.1924 2-4 September 2016 is organic and improvisational. Unique M £290 NM £330 Design Your Own Garment to you, there is no right or wrong 167.683 3-5 February 2017 method to work. The crochet fabric is from a Commercial Pattern M £290 NM £330 not repetitive so there are no granny 167.084 16-19 October 2016 Coloured pencils are often overlooked squares or anything resembling one! M £475 NM £535 as a drawing medium, but they You will need to be confident in your This is a fabulous opportunity to work do offer an opportunity to create ability to work doubles and trebles and in a purpose built training room with a soft painterly image if used in a to start with a chain for straight work like-minded people. This course will sensitive way. A selection of photos and a sliding ring for circular work. show you how to become a designer of landscape and gardens will be Jan Blight the easy way, creating what you would the chosen subject matter to use as like to wear in just the way you like and inspiration for a drawing with coloured getting the perfect fit. Move darts to a pencils. Demonstrations and guidance new location, turn a dart into a seam, throughout this course will help remove or add fullness, make a pencil learners to experiment. Water soluble skirt into a pleated, add a yoke to create coloured pencils will be used to extend different shape, lower or reshape a skills with a brush, thereby introducing neckline, change a sleeve shape, lift or painting into the mix. lower a shoulder. Or just learn to get a Sue Klemencic perfect fit from a commercial pattern. The choices are endless. June Allnutt

I was so delighted to be awarded a Gwen Garner Bursary and the course was just wonderful. The restaurant catered for every need, the log fire in the entrance hall was welcoming and I enjoyed reading a newspaper in a comfortable chair. Denman staff everywhere always had a cheerful comment and smile – how about that for a success story? Barbara Bentley, Quinton and Courteenhall WI, Northamptonshire Federation

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 19 Drawing with the Machine Needle Dressmaking: Tips and Tricks to Embroidered Velvet Evening Bag 156.1915 30 August - Improve Your Skills 167.140 26-28 October 2016 2 September 2016 167.1135 24-28 April 2017 M £290 NM £330 M £435 NM £495 M £590 NM £650 Let loose the creativity in you and make yourself a unique and personal 167.1092 18-21 April 2017 A course for everyone wishing to achieve a beautiful, professional finish evening bag for that special occasion. M £435 NM £495 on all their sewing projects. Banish Using velvet as a base fabric you Do you want to develop your skills with those puckered set in sleeves, learn will embellish it with threads, ribbon, your sewing machine and learn how to the secret of fabulous buttonholes buttons and beads of your choice to ‘draw’ with the simple straight stitch? and totally invisible zips. Stitch, snip create a textured masterpiece which Then this is your course! You will start and clip your way to sharp corners can be transformed with a motif of your by stitching a design that Richard, and crisp edges. These are just a few own design. You will be guided through your tutor, has prepared for you. He examples of the problems you will processes including playing with colour, will demonstrate every stage step by solve and the samples you will make. the use of magnetic fasteners and step. This will give you the confidence May Martin wadding. Basic sewing machine skills and the understanding necessary to are required. empower you to start and develop your Dressmaking: Jan Cadman own design for the rest of the course. Trousers, Pattern and Toile Some experience with using the 167.565 12-15 January 2017 Embroidery by Hand: Pulled and darning foot is important. M £475 NM £535 Drawn Thread Richard Box Finding a well-fitting comfortable pair 167.981 27-31 March 2017 Dressmaking: Bodice and Sleeve of trousers that suit your body shape M £530 NM £590 Blocks that Fit like a Glove is difficult. This course will teach you A unique opportunity to learn two different techniques in one course. 167.1175 2-5 May 2017 how to apply your personal body measurements to draft your very own Although different these two techniques M £475 NM £535 trouser pattern. Your basic trouser look very well combined into one piece Welcome to the fascinating world of shape will be sampled in calico and, of embroidery. Traditionally white-on- pattern cutting. If you make your own when perfected, copied onto card to be white executed on evenweave fabric. clothes and find commercial patterns used as your trouser template or basic Pat Trott don’t fit your body shape, you will find block. Time permitting you can style working with your personal bodice and the basic block into a trouser design Embroidery UFOs sleeve templates the key to creating of your choice and, working with the 167.1007 2-6 April 2017 made-to-measure patterns that fit tutor, draw up a sewing plan, listing the M £530 NM £590 well and are comfortable. This course sequence of processes that will enable Have you ever started a project, full will teach and support you in the you to make the trousers at home. No of enthusiasm, and then run out of process of developing basic bodice pattern cutting experience required, time to finish it? Then bring your UFO and sleeve blocks, which are the basis but some dressmaking experience (unfinished object) or WIP (work in of developing patterns for dresses, essential. progress) to this course and allow blouses and jackets. Christine Eady yourself the luxury of a little more time Christine Eady to devote to completing your project or Embroidered Landscapes Dressmaking: Sew a Vintage Frock at least moving it nearer the finishing 156.2034 21-22 September 2016 line. 167.896 13-17 March 2017 M £170 NM £190 Pat Trott M £590 NM £650 Choose your era and design, cut the 167.574 18-20 January 2017 Embroidery: Along the Riverbank pattern and sew the frock of your M £240 NM £280 167.1301 22-26 May 2017 dreams. The perfect fit is a promise, 167.1214 8-10 May 2017 M £530 NM £590 as each student will work to their M £290 NM £330 This course aims to introduce the personal body measurements. This An introductory course into embroidering technique of hand surface embroidery course is suitable for students with landscapes using a range of embroidery using traditional methods and stitches, some dressmaking experience who skills – crewel, stump, ribbons – to and also to show 21st century materials would like to learn how to interpret their create a small embroidered picture. This to encourage students to experiment design ideas into a paper pattern and a course is open to all levels of ability, so and develop new and individual ideas well-finished garment. students can either follow prepared kits to produce a piece of work depicting a Christine Eady or create their own designs. delightful riverbank scene. Deborah Hastings Pat Trott

20 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Embroidery: Beaded Blackberries and a Hedgehog with Stumpwork 167.134 24-28 October 2016 M £530 NM £590 167.1373 5-9 June 2017 M £530 NM £590 Embroider colourful leaves in long and short stitch using threads of cotton in carefully graduated shades of colour. Learn to wire a stumpwork leaf, which will give a three-dimensional effect to your design. Add luscious looking blackberries in a wide range of translucent beads and then, for fun, add a cheeky hedgehog looking for its supper. You may also add an insect or two to enhance your masterpiece. Complete beginners or improvers – Embroidery: Sumptuous Chatelaine Fabergé Style Eggs for Christmas this course is for you! 167.252 14-18 November 2016 167.304 21-24 November 2016 Julie Walsby M £530 NM £590 M £435 NM £495 Most embroiderers would love to own Decorate a real egg shell in Fabergé Embroidery: Elizabethan Raised Work a chatelaine – so why not make a style. Work with fine braids, sumptuous 156.1654 17-20 July 2016 sumptuously embroidered and beaded materials, crystal stones and beautiful M £435 NM £495 one to treasure? Time permitting, it decal prints whilst learning a variety of Elizabethans enjoyed wearing clothing, could include a scissors case, needle craft techniques. Suitable for all levels, lavishly embroidered with stitchery case, thimble case and pinwheel all beginners very welcome. in gold and silk, scattered with gold embroidered with beautiful threads and Morag Flower and Pauline Vice spangles (sequins) and characterised encrusted with beads. by scrolling golden stems enclosing Pat Trott Fabulous Fascinators and a flowers, leaves and insects. Learn to Matching Corsage embroider a three-dimensional peapod Enamelling: Christmas Crossover 167.1006 2-4 April 2017 and a sparkling butterfly in raised work. 167.203 3-6 November 2016 M £290 NM £330 Enclose these within a curving scroll in M £435 NM £495 Three individual flowers are made by goldwork embellished with beads and Using tools and materials (decorative bonding two layers of silk together. then, for fun, add a caterpillar or an paper punches and outline stickers) Wire is machine stitched to the petals insect of your choice. common to other crafts (for example, and they are cut out and beaded. Julie Walsby card making and scrapbooking) Two are attached to a fine hairband alongside traditional enamelling to create a fascinator and the third is Embroidery: Hardanger techniques, students will create turned into a corsage. 167.207 3-6 November 2016 inventive seasonally themed work Claire Muir M £435 NM £495 in the form of brooches, pendants, Take this opportunity to design earrings, cufflinks, tiles and small Festive Willow and create a beautiful piece of dishes. 156.1948 5-7 September 2016 hardanger embroidery using very Bonnie Mackintosh M £290 NM £330 simple stitches and only one colour of Enamelling: Cloisonne 167.237 11-13 November 2016 thread to produce a stunning piece of M £290 NM £330 embroidery. 156.1861 22-25 August 2016 Pat Trott M £435 NM £495 167.369 2-4 December 2016 Students will use silver or copper M £240 NM £280 Embroidery: Italian Casalguidi wires and vitreous (glass) powders to Put away the tinsel and the 167.132 24-28 October 2016 create unique pieces in this traditional fairy lights and spend a rewarding M £530 NM £590 enamelling technique. Come along few days creating your own unique Learn this little known 19th century and make a brooch, pendant or small Christmas decorations from willow. Italian technique by making a pin tile suitable for framing at a later date. You can expect to make several items cushion or small bag. Traditionally a Suitable for beginners as well as more to decorate your home or give as white-on-white embroidery, it has areas experienced students who wish to presents. A most enjoyable course and of raised stem band and needlelace improve or broaden their technique. you will return home with a great sense flowers on a pulled fabric background. Bonnie Mackintosh of achievement. Pat Trott Norah Kennedy

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 21 Flower Arranging for Autumn Flower Arranging: Flowers for Christmas 167.123 21-23 October 2016 Hand Tied Flowers and Posies 167.325 25-27 November 2016 M £290 NM £330 167.925 17-19 March 2017 M £290 NM £330 Autumn brings an abundance of M £290 NM £330 Be the envy of your festive visitors! fruits, foliage, seedheads, stems Now the winter has passed come From the front door to the table, fill and flowers in rich seasonal colours. and use the beautiful flowers of spring your house with beautiful natural Come and learn how to use these to to make lovely arrangements to give arrangements to delight your friends create beautiful flower designs. This as gifts. and family. You will make a door wreath time of year also brings us harvest Christine Pearce to welcome your visitors and two other festivals, Halloween and Bonfire Night, festive arrangements for the home. You which can inspire our designs. You Flower Arranging: New Designs for will learn all the skills and techniques will make stunning arrangements, Contemporary Spring Flowers required, which you can transfer to both traditional and contemporary. 167.880 10-12 March 2017 other designs. Christmas decoration Flower arrangements are more than M £290 NM £330 isn’t all about baubles and tinsel, just flowers and we will use fruits, A new approach to contemporary though we will use some, but more vegetables, seed heads and cones in floral design showing current spring about cones, seed heads, cinnamon, our designs for a real seasonal feel. trends and styles suitable for today’s oranges for example and lots of Christine Pearce homes. Techniques will be explained beautiful seasonal foliage. and the designs fully demonstrated so Christine Pearce Flower Arranging for Church you can follow the tutor and learn with 167.1208 5-7 March 2017 confidence. Different seasonal designs Flowers for the Fearful M £290 NM £330 will show a variety of contemporary 156.1822 19-21 August 2016 Churches are wonderful buildings to be trends where colour and textures are M £290 NM £330 creative in with flowers. This course will combined to great effect. Anna will Love flowers but have never had the give you an opportunity to make some explain the process of selecting confidence to have a go at arranging designs with a contemporary twist and materials, conditioning of plant material them? Been asked to help with the show you how to use different plant to get the most from your flowers and flowers in church but felt you wouldn’t materials in an effective way. Finance how all together these will create be up to it? Then this course is for you. usually is a constraint with church designs which will be the envy of your David’s infectious love of flowers and flowers so you will also look at ways of friends! flower arranging will show you step by making every penny count. If you are Anna Steven step how to start arranging flowers for already a church flower arranger or a your home or as gifts for friends. new and aspiring one, this course will Flowers and Wreaths for Christmas David Martin give you the chance to experiment. 167.391 7-8 December 2016 Christine Pearce M £270 NM £290 Flowers for Weddings This fantastic course combines two 156.1560 1-3 July 2016 lower Arranging from the Day Schools – Festive Flowers and M £290 NM £330 Winter Garden Wreaths for Christmas – with an Have you ever been asked to help with 167.687 3-5 February 2017 overnight stay in between. Immerse the flowers for a wedding? Come along M £290 NM £330 yourself in festive floral arrangements to this course and learn some how to Cold and miserable outside? Brighten and enjoy a lovely stay at Denman at techniques and enjoy making beautiful your home with lovely winter flowers the same time. Materials are included flowers for that special day. and foliage and create designs you will in the price of this course. Christine Pearce be proud of. This class is for all abilities David Martin and just a love of flowers is required. Free Machine Embroidery: Christine Pearce Organza Flowers 167.024 3-5 October 2016 M £290 NM £330 Learn free machine embroidering on two layers of organza and use a soldering iron to cut out petals to create beautiful flowers. Some previous free machine experience is preferred. I simply loved every minute. Complete beginners are welcome, but they might just have fewer flowers by Carole Brumpton, Broad Chalke WI, Wiltshire Federation the end of the course. Come and learn this simple but effective technique that will have you making plenty more flowers at home. Claire Muir

22 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Free Machine Embroidery: Pretty Poinsettia Napkin Rings 167.128 21-23 October 2016 M £290 NM £330 Create a pair of pretty poinsettia napkin rings and a poinsettia to pin to a candle, making your Christmas table complete. The flowers are made by free machine embroidering on organza and they are then attached to beaded napkin rings. This course would suit complete beginners. Claire Muir Free Machine Embroidery: Thread and Texture 156.1722 29-31 July 2016 M £290 NM £330 Goldwork Embroidery for Christmas Goldwork Embroidery: 167.215 7-11 November 2016 Mackintosh-Inspired Roses 167.623 25-27 January 2017 M £530 NM £590 167.1130 24-27 April 2017 M £290 NM £330 Christmas is a time of celebration M £435 NM £495 167.1221 10-12 May 2017 and adorning the home. Goldwork Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed M £290 NM £330 is a very ornate form of embroidery fabulous stylised roses. The clean lines This course is for people who would that can be used to create stunning and bold areas provide perfect places love to learn how to free machine bejewelled heirlooms. There are many for goldwork threads and techniques. embroider. If you have had a go at it types of metal threads and different Coloured hollow purls, threads, twists and been put off or you have never ways of attaching them. Creating a and leathers will mix beautifully with tried it but would like to learn, then this series of small tree decorations is an striking golden threads to create a is the course for you. This course is ideal way of exploring this very tactile beautiful version of his design. suitable for complete beginners and luscious world. There will be a choice This course is suitable for all levels those with some previous experience of designs, making this course suitable of experience. as it’s a great course for learning new for all levels of experience. Hazel Everett techniques and ideas. Come and Hazel Everett and Jan Barsby Goldwork Embroidery: see just how versatile free machine Goldwork Embroidery: embroidery is and take lots of samples Silk Shaded Spring Flowers home with you. A Three-Dimensional Butterfly 167.891 13-17 March 2017 Claire Muir 167.1451 19-23 June 2017 M £530 NM £590 M £530 NM £590 Silk shading is also known as painting Goldwork Embroidery Butterflies with their beautiful patterned with the needle. Using long and short 156.1774 8-10 August 2016 wings are perfect for goldwork stitch and one strand of stranded cotton M £290 NM £330 embroidery. This presents the ideal you will learn how to create a three- Discover the world of goldwork opportunity to combine brightly dimensional effect by embroidering a embroidery and be introduced to a coloured hollow purls with stunning spring flower. There will be a choice of variety of techniques, either through golden threads to create a separate designs or you can work on your own. set designs or by developing your free standing butterfly. Some experience with needle skills own ideas. Hazel Everett would be helpful. Hazel Everett Hazel Everett Goldwork Embroidery: Goldwork Embroidery for Absolute Elizabethan Style Happy Scrappy Patchwork for Beginners 167.690 6-10 February 2017 Beginners 167.027 3-7 October 2016 M £530 NM £590 156.1912 4-6 September 2016 M £530 NM £590 Elizabethan embroidery incorporates M £290 NM £330 scrolls embellished with intricate 167.571 16-18 January 2017 Always fancied having a go at flowers and a plethora of small insects. patchworking but not known where to M £290 NM £330 This transforms beautifully into modern start? This is the course for you! Discover the world of goldwork goldwork. There will be a choice of Christine Green embroidery and be introduced to a design ideas or you can work on your variety of techniques through a choice own projects making this course suitable of set designs. for all levels of experience. Hazel Everett and Jan Barsby Hazel Everett

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 23 Heirloom Christmas Fairy Jacobean Crewel Embroidery Knitting Creatively 167.302 23-25 November 2016 156.1854 22-26 August 2016 167.731 13-15 February 2017 M £290 NM £330 M £530 NM £590 M £290 NM £330 Come to Denman and make a beautiful 167.854 6-10 March 2017 This workshop is for those knitters Christmas tree topper, which is sure M £530 NM £590 who want to create unique pieces of to become a family heirloom! Using a Experiment with colour and learn many artwork. Small sections of knitting are combination of textile techniques, such interesting stitches using a design worked into a complete piece to form as needle felting, bead and wirework, inspired by 17th and 18th century beautiful fabric. No sewing up, just sewing and embroidery, plus pretty tree of life bed hangings. Insects and use knit and purl stitches, shaping and trims, metallic accents, sequins and animals were frequently an important casting on and off. The fabric can be embellishments, you will create a part of these embroideries, so have used to make anything from bags to unique and original fairy to be proud of. fun by adding a bug or a creature to garments or you can frame it and hang Natalie Green your work. it on the wall as a piece of art. Julie Walsby Jan Blight Immerse Yourself in Upholstery 167.735 13-17 February 2017 Jewellery: Beaded, Knitted, M £590 NM £650 Crocheted and Wired 167.1341 30 May - 2 June 2017 167.1032 4-7 April 2017 M £475 NM £535 M £435 NM £495 Inspiring Women Weekend Enjoy the opportunity Using the artistic possibilities of bead 167.600 20-22 January 2017 to tackle and finish an ambitious weaving, knitting and crochet, there M £315 NM £355 will be four different projects (including upholstery project with all the space, Come to Denman and be inspired lots of variation) to create necklaces, materials and tools you need, plus an by a weekend of workshops pendants, earrings and bracelets expert upholsterer on hand to guide and covering a whole range of topics, plus a decorative piece for the house. perfect your skills. There will be a lot for example singing, crochet, Beads, wire and yarns will be the main of standing on this course and you will mosaics and dancing. need strong wrists. ingredients with the occasional piece of Joanna Heptinstall pretty fabric added for good measure. This course is suitable for complete Immerse Yourself in More Upholstery beginners as only the simplest bead- 167.984 30 March - 2 April 2017 weaving, knitting and crochet stitches M £475 NM £535 will be used, but to maximum effect! Extend your skills with Sally Boehme an expert upholsterer on hand to guide you. There will be a lot of Jewellery: Pearl Necklace, standing on this course and you will Choker and Earrings need strong wrists. 167.853 10-12 March 2017 Joanna Heptinstall M £290 NM £330 Impressionist Landscapes in Acrylic 167.1335 2-4 June 2017 167.970 27-30 March 2017 M £290 NM £330 The aim is to learn silk knotting and M £435 NM £495 make a fully knotted pearl necklace This is a course for anyone who wants This is the perfect opportunity together with a spaced floating pearl to learn to paint in acrylics. You will to experience a selection of necklace on jewellery wire with bracelet be taught in a structured way, be taster classes in the stunning and earrings. This will also introduce introduced to the medium and work environs of Denman, with its the whole subject of real pearls and it is with others in a tranquil and focused beautiful Georgian manor a lively way of learning many facts and atmosphere. The course will help you house and seventeen acres of stories about the history of pearls over develop your powers of perception and grounds. You’ll learn, relax, be 3000 years. understanding of colour, composition entertained and eat…possibly a Frances Benton and painting techniques. little too well! Prices include all Richard Box teaching, workshop materials and two nights of accommodation, plus welcome drinks, breakfast, lunch, three-course dinners and unlimited tea and coffee. Come alone, with a friend or get your whole WI involved, you won’t be disappointed… Various Tutors 24 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Knitting: Modular Freeform Learn to Use a Sewing Machine (Part 2) Make a Felt Bag 156.1890 30 August - 167.1275 18-21 May 2017 156.1575 4-6 July 2016 1 September 2016 M £435 NM £495 M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 Learn to Use a Sewing Machine gave Make a lovely sturdy felt bag using you the basics and the confidence to the wet feltmaking method. Your bag 167.560 13-15 January 2017 get going with your sewing, now take will be made without using any sewing M £240 NM £280 it to the next level and join Natalie to and can be as decorative as you like. Modular knitting is an addictive method make two cushions which combine You can personalize it by adding a of creating knitted fabric. The course skills such as piping, zip insertion, funky cotton fabric lining with an inside will introduce knitters to the delights simple patchwork, appliqué and pocket. You will learn how to design of knitting single and multiple freeform buttonhole sewing, plus more detail the shape and create your own unique modules. All with no sewing up! on cutting, paper patterns, ideas decoration. Using the resist method, Jan Blight for beginner dressmaking projects, you will form your design into a strong Knitting: Modular Freeform interfacings and lots more. seamless bag capable of containing all for Improvers Natalie Green your usual handbag items. Feltmaking is an addictive craft, fun and creative and 167.242 11-13 November 2016 Leatherwork: From Belts to Bracelets will leave you wanting to explore further. M £290 NM £330 156.2053 29-30 September 2016 Sue Pearl If you have mastered the basics M £170 NM £190 of modular knitting, this course will Leather is a wonderful medium Make a Felted Bag lead you onto experiment with other to work with and personalisation can be 167.046 7-9 October 2016 methods and shapes. Borders, shaping as broad as an individual’s imagination M £290 NM £330 and fasteners will all be covered. or you can choose plain, elegant lines. If you can make a chain and form Jan Blight You will learn about leather, how to a basic crochet stitch then you’ll be Learn to Make a Living Willow Dome use the various tools, and make a ready to come and make this simply belt each, plus a purse, wallet, small structured, felted bag. You’ll spend the and Willow Garden Structures bag or a pouch and a project of your main part of the course crocheting the 167.632 27-28 January 2017 choice. There will be a broad selection bag and then put it through the felting M £185 NM £205 of leathers and suedes to choose from, wash. During the final morning, you’ll This fantastic course in a variety of colours and textures, create some motifs, flowers, appliqué combines two Day Schools – Learn to plus decorative studs, fasteners, rivets, and embroidery to embellish it further. Make a Living Willow Dome and Willow eyelets and threads. Lindy Zubairy Garden Structures – with the option of Heather Summers an overnight stay in between. Immerse Make a Sculpted Doll: Holly yourself in willow and enjoy a lovely Little Treasures: 167.055 10-14 October 2016 stay at Denman at the same time. Beadwoven Beaded Beads M £590 NM £650 Materials are included in the price of 167.1526 29-30 June 2017 Holly is a whimsical elfin-like figure, this course. M £170 NM £190 dreamily thinking of Christmas to come. Norah Kennedy Using seed beads, facetted beads or Dressed in green and red, decorated with berries, Holly is posed in a prone Learn to Use a Sewing Machine (Part 1) crystal beads, this workshop will show you how to create beads from beads! position, resting with head in hands. 167.514 6-8 January 2017 You will learn how to use needle and The class is open to all abilities. As well M £240 NM £280 thread to weave beads together to as having fun on this course, you will A course for absolute beginners to create beautiful little beaded beads, be taking home an individually created learn the basic uses of a sewing be they sparkly or subtle. Lots of ideas figure ready for Christmas. machine. Learn about the machine and techniques will be covered on how Sally Brockbank parts and maintenance of the machine, to string your beads to transform your about using the correct needles and treasures into jewellery to wear home. threads and how to wind the bobbin, This course is suitable for complete thread the machine correctly and beginners and improvers. adjust the tension. You will then learn Sally Boehme how to start and finish, practice basic stitches, finish edges, sew hems, apply trims and make two simple projects to practice your new found skills. Natalie Green

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 25 Make the Most of Your Sewing Machine and Overlocker: A Week with May Martin 167.764 13-17 February 2017 M £590 NM £650 Use your sewing machine to take the mystery out of tension, how it works and how to adjust it. Learn about different feet and how to use them and master many techniques to improve your sewing skills. Then use your overlocker to master the dreaded threading and unravel the mysteries of tension adjustment. Create beautiful rolled hems, tackle inside and outside corners, make fine rouleaus and much more. May Martin Make a Sculpted Doll: Hydrangea Make the Most of Your Overlocker 167.612 23-27 January 2017 167.111 19-21 October 2016 Marbling on Silk M £590 NM £650 M £310 NM £350 156.1687 22-24 July 2016 Hydrangea is a sculpted 167.763 15-17 February 2017 M £265 NM £305 cloth doll made entirely from fabric. This combines an ancient technique with M £310 NM £350 This course is open to all abilities, you one of the most beautiful fabric surfaces. just need to be able to use a sewing 167.1304 24-26 May 2017 Unique patterns can be created for soft machine and to hand stitch. Sculpting M £310 NM £350 furnishings, fashion, cards and photo a face, making articulated hands and A course for everyone with an frames as well as one off works of art. sculpted feet, as well as learning how to overlocker. Master the dreaded No previous experience required. dress and embellish a figure are some threading and unravel the mysteries Mary Day of the doll-making techniques you will of tension adjustment. Create beautiful learn. Although the course is intensive, rolled hems, tackle inside and outside Master Your Overlocker for you will receive a great deal of individual corners, make fine rouleaus and the Advanced tuition and have a lot of fun. much more. 167.243 11-13 November 2016 Sally Brockbank May Martin M £310 NM £350 This is a fabulous opportunity to Make a Silk Scarf Make the Most of Your Sewing Machine work in a purpose built training 156.1802 12-14 August 2016 156.1690 25-27 July 2016 room with likeminded people. The M £290 NM £330 M £310 NM £350 course is designed for those who Be introduced to the magical world 156.1703 27-29 July 2016 want to improve their knowledge and of silk painting. You will produce a M £310 NM £350 confidence using their overlocker. fabulous silk scarf as a gift for someone Whatever overlocker you have this or as a colour matched accessory for 167.762 13-15 February 2017 course will help you to improve your that special item you will be wearing M £310 NM £350 diversity of sewing, to use a whole over the holiday season. This is your 167.1303 22-24 May 2017 range of materials, and techniques. opportunity to try different types of silk June Allnutt and the chance to use a lovely range of M £310 NM £350 vivid colours that can change a piece of Take the mystery out of tension, how it Michele’s Little Art Course Part 1: plain cream silk into a thing of beauty. works and how to adjust it. Learn about How to Draw and Watercolours Mavis Tierney the different feet and how to use them. for Beginners Master many techniques to improve your sewing skills. 167.1181 4-7 May 2017 May Martin M £435 NM £495 This is part one of four of Michele’s little art course. Learning the basics of drawing and then a complete introduction to painting in watercolours. Perfect for the total beginner who wants to take their first steps on an exciting creative journey. Each part will encourage and develop your techniques and skills. It will then be easy to follow on to the next step. Michele Floyd 26 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Michele’s Little Art Course Part 3: Mosaics in Two Dimensions Mosaics: Make a Special Gift Introduction to Pastels and Using 167.300 21-24 November 2016 167.326 24-27 November 2016 Water Based Media Creatively M £435 NM £495 M £475 NM £535 156.2051 26-29 September 2016 Learn to create a mosaic of a favourite Make a special gift or M £435 NM £495 picture or photograph. This will be memory using mosaic materials The follow on from the Drawing and a very inspirational course where and found objects in different ways. Watercolours for Beginners, Parts students will stylise their chosen image This is a very inspirational course and 1 and 2. Now Michele will introduce into a unique mosaic work of art. You will introduce you to some new ideas you to pastels and show you how to will use a wide variety of materials to and techniques. use them on their own and with other enhance your design. Priscilla Wheater water based media to create wonderful Priscilla Wheater effects. You will have fun developing Mosaics: your creative skills even further! Mosaics: Create the Magic New Ideas and Basic Techniques Michele Floyd 167.614 23-26 January 2017 156.2055 26-29 September 2016 M £360 NM £420 M £475 NM £535 Michele’s Little Art Course Part 4 167.1271 18-21 May 2017 Mosaics as a craft is not 167.1140 26-28 April 2017 M £435 NM £495 only creative but very addictive. This M £290 NM £330 This course is for anyone who would course teaches the basic skills and This course will be run as a workshop. like to learn a wonderful art form that improves on them for those who have The tutor will demonstrate ideas and gives you a chance to find your own some previous experience. Using inspire students to have the confidence natural creativity. You can work on any tools successfully is important to gain to find their own subject matter and item, such as something for the garden practice with a wide variety of materials develop the courage to try new things like an interesting pot or a small piece and produce the perfect piece for the whilst developing the technical skills of stone work, or you could choose home or garden. to do it. The tutor will provide lots of an item for the house such as a set of Priscilla Wheater different media to experiment with. table mats, a house name or number An exciting day with lots of one-to-one Multimedia Masterclass plate, a vase, a mirror or a small 156.1692 25-28 July 2016 help, demonstrations, inspirational table. You will use glass, porcelain M £435 NM £495 ideas and lots of fun too! tesserae, fine vintage china and lots of This masterclass is for all of you who Michele Floyd embellishments. have enjoyed being serenely diligent, Priscilla Wheater Mixed Media Cards for Any Occasion focussed and committed to your studies 167.169 28-30 October 2016 Mosaics: Design a Quirky Mirror on at least one of Richard’s courses in M £290 NM £330 156.1990 14-15 September 2016 the recent past. It is designed in such This exciting course is designed to M £180 NM £200 a way that you, working in as diverse start an interest in making beautiful, A lovely creative course where fields as painters, embroiderers or personal cards. There is something you get the chance to design and quilters, can work together within your very special about receiving a card nibble tiles to create a unique and chosen discipline but come together created just for you and there are quirky mirror using the direct method at certain intervals to discuss common simple techniques to personalise and of mosaicing. concerns. embellish cards that make them totally Lis Greensmith Richard Box unique to the creator. There will be unusual embellishments to make with Mosaics: Learn the Basic Techniques Needle Felting: copper and foils to give a little touch and Improve your Skills Christmas Robins and Rudolph of bling! 167.982 27-30 March 2017 167.368 2-3 December 2016 Marilyn Pipe M £475 NM £535 M £185 NM £205 This fantastic course Mosaics for Christmas Mosaics is a subject with endless opportunities to create combines two Day Schools – Needle 167.375 5-7 December 2016 amazing work. This course gives you Felting: Christmas Robins and M £310 NM £350 a chance to learn some of the ancient Christmas Rudolph – with the option for A lovely creative course where you techniques that have sustained the an overnight stay in between. Immerse get the chance to design and make test of time. You will use a rich range yourself in needle felting and enjoy quirky and unique festive mosaic of materials, including some gold and a lovely stay at Denman at the same decorations or a beautiful little mosaic silver. A very practical course with time. Materials are included in the price Christmas tray using the direct method great results. of this course. of mosaicing. Priscilla Wheater Sue Pearl Lis Greensmith

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 27 Nip and Tuck: Altering Clothes Overlockers for Improvers Painting: 156.1730 1-5 August 2016 156.1773 8-10 August 2016 Spring Flowers Using Pen and Ink Wash M £590 NM £650 M £310 NM £350 167.820 1-3 March 2017 167.532 9-13 January 2017 Want to expand on your knowledge of M £290 NM £330 using your over locker? Rachel will take M £590 NM £650 Watercolour is a lovely medium to use you through more advanced techniques Breathe new life into your wardrobe. when painting flowers. You will spend that you can achieve with your Adjust sleeve, skirt and trouser hems. time during this course concentrating overlocker. From feet attachments, Re-shape those ill-fitting garments. on making accurate drawings of the decorative threads and tips for clothing Learn tips and tricks for fabulous flowers from observation. You will then construction you’ll be using it like a alterations. learn how to mix the colours needed seasoned pro in no time. This course is May Martin to paint them trying to keep as true to not suitable for complete beginners. the natural colours as you can. Fine felt Oil Pastels: A Fresh Approach Rachel McWha tip pens will then be used to highlight 156.2052 29-30 September 2016 the details such as the centres of the Painting with Powertex and Mixed flowers and tips of buds to complete M £170 NM £190 Media Canvasses This course gives an opportunity to the finished work. 167.685 3-5 February 2017 rediscover the immediacy and strength Pat Gove of a wonderful medium by producing M £290 NM £330 During this course students will create Papercraft: a fresh look at the patchwork of Interactive and Shaped Cards landscape. Blending thickly applied a mixed media canvas from recycled pastels with turpentine brings the textiles and Powertex art products. 167.133 24-26 October 2016 method closer to painting than drawing. Liz Dixon M £290 NM £330 If you need to change the pencil Painting: Landscapes Using Gouache 167.512 6-8 January 2017 drawing, simply rub out by applying a 167.1124 21-23 April 2017 M £240 NM £280 little more turpentine. This gives true M £290 NM £330 This is a course designed for students flexibility and variety to a medium that Gouache is an opaque, watercolour wanting to make their cards a little more is almost paint in a stick. medium, sometimes referred to as interesting. We will be making cards Stuart Green ‘body colour’ and has been used by for both men and women, using some artists throughout history such as of the latest tools available including Dürer, Rubens and, more recently, the fuse tool to make shaker cards, the Degas and Matisse. It is an easy Minc hot foiling machine to make foiled medium to use and works well greetings, the Spellbinders Platinum Mother and Daughter Weekend alongside other mediums such as die cutting machine for precision-cut 156.1840 26-28 August 2016 watercolour or pen and ink. Landscape embellishments and some of the M £290 NM £330 is the ideal subject for gouache painting newest rubber stamps on the market. as it can be used in a variety of ways Carole Waechtler 167.720 10-12 February 2017 from thin to thick consistency with Parchment Craft with the M £340 NM £380 colours being vibrant and extremely A weekend packed with smooth in texture when applied to Groovi System workshops, fun and paper. This course will take you through 167.063 13-14 October 2016 entertainment to bring the watercolour painting techniques and M £170 NM £190 generations together: mothers, will encourage learners to become Parchment craft made easy with the daughters, grandmothers, more experimental with this medium. Groovi system! Parchment Craft is granddaughters, aunts, nieces, Sue Klemencic a beautiful art form, that traditionally sisters or friends. Learn a requires great skill, time and patience. selection of new skills in the Painting: Mixed Media Flowers The award-winning Groovi range stunning environs of Denman 156.2014 22-25 September 2016 makes the art of parchment craft and spend some quality time M £435 NM £495 accessible to everyone. with your nearest and dearest. An opportunity to paint beautiful Carole Waechtler The price includes two nights of flowers whilst learning and using accommodation, plus welcome all the different water-based media Parchment Craft: ABC Designs drinks, breakfast, lunch and available. This course is for beginners 156.1777 8-11 August 2016 three-course dinners. and improvers and there will be lots M £435 NM £495 Various Tutors of demonstrations to help you along Abstract, birthday and a Christmas the way. design will be included in this course, Michele Floyd which will be aimed at those who have some knowledge of parchment craft. Liz Colyer

28 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Parchment Craft: An Introduction Patchwork: Bargello for Christmas Patchwork: Hand Techniques for 156.2064 26-30 September 2016 167.124 20-23 October 2016 Absolute Beginners M £530 NM £590 M £435 NM £495 167.1094 18-21 April 2017 This will be a fun and practical Let’s get off to an early start to your M £435 NM £495 introduction to card making using Christmas celebrations by making a Discover some of the different English parchment craft techniques. Designs panel that will add extra interest to the patchwork techniques that are worked are traced onto parchment paper and festive season whilst increasing your by hand – mosaic work, cathedral then embossed to give a beautiful white patchwork skills. This project is suitable window and secret garden, Suffolk raised effect. During this course you will for all abilities and the method can puffs and Somerset. You will master all be shown a variety different embossing be extended to make a table centre of the techniques on this three-night techniques and you will complete or a small quilt should you wish by course, some as samples and some as several designs. Parchment craft is a repeating the number of tubes used. small finished items. very old craft which is enjoying a revival The emphasis will be on Christmas Pat Lumsdale and it is suitable for anyone as designs fabrics but should you wish to select are traced not drawn free hand. colours suitable for any other season of Patchwork: Just for Fun Liz Colyer the year, then the choice is yours. 167.414 12-15 December 2016 Patricia Robson M £360 NM £420 Pastels for Beginners If you’ve been thinking of 167.1131 24-26 April 2017 Patchwork: Beach Huts starting a new patchwork project or M £290 NM £330 167.883 10-12 March 2017 finishing a piece that has been put to A thoroughly enjoyable introduction M £290 NM £330 one side, then this is the course for you. to the beautiful effects that can be Beach Huts is suitable for all abilities. The whole emphasis of this course will achieved with this delightful medium. Whatever your skill level, you will enjoy be to ensure you have an enjoyable It will cover all the basics you need building your dream beach hut. Join break with a group of like-minded to know. Pat in this machine appliqué project people, whilst getting all the guidance Michael Burgess and, together, you will create a seaside you need. panel that can be used as either a Patricia Robson Patchwork for Beginners: cushion front or decorative panel. Laser (Level 1, Unit 1 - Formerly OCN) Patricia Robson Patchwork: Medallion Quilt 156.1860 23-26 August 2016 (Intermediate Level) M £435 NM £495 Patchwork: Beach Huts and Boats 156.1693 25-29 July 2016 Learn the basics of patchwork and 156.1794 10-14 August 2016 M £530 NM £590 quilting – English methods, block M £550 NM £610 Medallion quilts are made up of a making, and preparing to quilt. Beach Huts and Boats is suitable central block surrounded by borders A patchwork course for complete for complete beginners as well as of different widths and designs. The beginners. You will make a the more experienced who will enjoy central block can be a printed panel or comprehensive set of samples by hand building their own dream! Join Pat an applied or pieced block, the choice or machine. The samples can be used and have a go at machine appliqué. is yours. The colours you use for your to make cushions, bags or blocks for Develop your new skills to make a borders should blend with the central a quilt. Having gained confidence with seaside panel which can be used for piece, so your starting point should be, the basic techniques you will be able cushions or bags. This course includes what shall I have in the centre? to develop your skills further at home. a one day visit to the NEC Birmingham Pat Lumsdale The cost of this course includes OCN to see the spectacular Festival of Quilts accreditation. which attracts many famous quilters Patchwork: Mondrian from Paint to Pat Lumsdale from all over Europe. Fabric (Intermediate Level) Patricia Robson 167.1453 20-23 June 2017 Patchwork: Bags for Fun Patchwork: Charm Quilt M £435 NM £495 167.1005 2-5 April 2017 Design and make a hanging using M £435 NM £495 167.1334 1-4 June 2017 images of Mondrain’s geometric Come along and make this stylish tote M £435 NM £495 line and colour paintings as your bag – the perfect accessory, whatever Use two charm packs to make a inspiration. the occasion. The tote bag will be made stunning little quick quilt. Charm Pat Lumsdale in cotton fabric. The bag will be quilted packs usually have 40 five inch with a crosshatch design and fully- squares of different fabrics in pattern, lined. It will have outside pockets that colour and tone. will be quilted with a vertical design. Pat Lumsdale Should time allow, a small purse will be included, giving the opportunity to learn how to insert a zip. This project is suitable for all levels of ability. Patricia Robson For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 29 Patchwork: Pat’s Patchwork Bags Powertex Stone Art Wall Plaque Quick Strip Reversible Quilt 156.1614 11-14 July 2016 or Sculpture 167.054 10-13 October 2016 M £435 NM £495 167.342 2-4 December 2016 M £435 NM £495 Discover simple patchwork techniques M £240 NM £280 Working on the sewing machine you will used to make attractive and sturdy bags. During the course, students will create produce blocks (squares) of patchwork Pat Lumsdale a stone effect wall plaque or sculpture that are made in the ‘quilt as you go’ from recycled textiles and Powertex art method of construction. These will be Pen and Wash: Winter Landscapes products, suitable for outdoor display sewn together and bound to produce a 167.634 27-29 January 2017 once dry. reversible lap quilt or hanging. M £240 NM £280 Liz Dixon Pat Lumsdale This is a course that will introduce you to sketching winter Pretty Perfectly Pleated Lampshades Patchwork: Simple Block Making scenes. You will be shown how to draw 167.156 26-28 October 2016 for Absolute Beginners and sketch with black ink pen, and how M £290 NM £330 167.684 2-5 February 2017 to combine this with painting with a Pleated lampshades are enjoying M £435 NM £495 watercolour wash. a revival in fashionable homes and A course for absolute beginners with Jonathan Newey boutiques. Particularly effective when Denman regular and past NFWI lit, much creative fun can be had Craft Adviser, Pat Lumsdale, which Picture It in Collage and Stitch experimenting with combinations of will introduce you to machine-made 167.531 9-12 January 2017 colour and pattern to create beautiful patchwork blocks. Learn how to make M £360 NM £420 effects. This enjoyable and creative your templates and construct four and Do you want to create one of your two-night course will suit sewers and nine patch blocks and a simple curved own designs and translate it into a non-sewers alike. You will learn how block. These can be used for the centre picture using the combined techniques to plan and cut out your fabric, pleat of cushions, the sides of a bag or as of fabric collage and both machine and pin your fabric and how to hand the start of a small quilt. and hand embroidery? Then this is stitch it into place. You will also create Pat Lumsdale your course! Under Richard’s careful a bias-binding edge to trim your shade. guidance you will be supplied with a Students will learn on a simple classic Patchwork: Split the Windmill learning pack at the start of the course cone shaped shade using their own 167.1293 21-25 May 2017 and he will teach you how to progress choice of fabric. M £530 NM £590 through it step by step. Once you have Joanna Heptinstall The windmill block is a well-known, understood the process, you will be traditional piece of patchwork. With inspired and have the confidence to Pyrography: The Art of Woodburning some clever cutting skills, you will start your own project using the same 156.1870 24-26 August 2016 create two further blocks from this procedure in your own individual and M £290 NM £330 simple design. Design one is a personal way. Some experience using An introduction to pyrography, with medallion which uses a background a darning foot is necessary. demonstrations and a chance to fabric plus an assortment of nine Richard Box learn the techniques of the art of inch squares. Design two uses a woodburning. background fabric, a contrast fabric and Polymer Clay Jewellery Bob Neill a complimentary fabric; this produces a 156.1765 5-7 August 2016 quilt of nine blocks. M £310 NM £350 Quilling for Christmas Patricia Robson 167.365 2-4 December 2016 167.330 28 November - M £310 NM £350 1 December 2016 Patchwork: UFOs M £435 NM £495 167.384 5-9 December 2016 167.805 24-26 February 2017 Come and join with others who have M £530 NM £590 M £310 NM £350 quilled before for a busy and fun few Polymer clay is versatile, colourful and 167.812 27 February - 3 March 2017 days of quilling. New designs have addictive! From basic beads to brightly been created for this course and will M £530 NM £590 coloured ‘millefiore’ type patterned include some for Christmas. Need some help finishing canes, you will experiment with a wide Liz Colyer (or starting!) a patchwork UFO variety of shapes, patterns and colours (unfinished object)? Bring it to Denman which can be made up into necklaces, and we will work together to finish the earrings and bracelets. job or at least move it on! Melanie Blaikie Pat Lumsdale

30 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Ribbon Embroidery: Seascapes 167.082 16-19 October 2016 M £435 NM £495 The art of sewing using silk ribbons combined with threads is relaxing, easy to learn and has rewarding results. Create beautiful seascapes on this course, which could be framed, used as a book cover or included on a cushion at a later date. Marilyn Pipe Ribbon Embroidery: Snowdrops 167.654 30 January - 1 February 2017 M £290 NM £330 Using magazine pictures, and samples of ribbon work for inspiration, as well as demonstrations of the flowers and foliage, you will be able to create your snowdrop picture at your own pace. A very rewarding and relaxing few days. A background can be lightly sponged on with paint before the flower Rag Rugs and Recycling Ribbon Embroidery: Christmas Cards details are added, and mounts will be 167.573 16-18 January 2017 167.210 7-9 November 2016 available to purchase so your picture M £240 NM £280 M £290 NM £330 can be finished and mounted, ready to 167.973 27-29 March 2017 167.224 9-11 November 2016 frame at a later date. M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 Marilyn Pipe An introduction to four techniques for A relaxing course creating unique Scandinavian Style Crafting Take Away making rag rugs – proddy, hooky, peg Christmas cards using silk ribbons 156.1659 17-19 July 2016 looms and knitting. Also demonstrations and embroidery threads. Beautiful of other techniques. Produce samples Christmas trees decked with sequins M £290 NM £330 and start your first project. and beads, a bunch of white Christmas 167.374 5-7 December 2016 Deborah Hastings roses or the first snowdrops of spring M £290 NM £330 are just some of the ideas you could 167.857 6-8 March 2017 Ribbon Embroidery: stitch using simple stitches, silk A Blooming Summer Garden ribbon and thread. A course suitable M £290 NM £330 156.1761 5-7 August 2016 for beginners and the experienced ‘Scandi style’ is taking the craft world M £290 NM £330 embroiderer alike. by storm! Try your hand at a medley of A relaxing course creating a unique and Marilyn Pipe different projects with a Scandinavian beautiful garden using silk ribbons and theme, using folk art motifs and the embroidery threads. Various flowers and Ribbon Embroidery: Hollyhocks clean, simple Scandinavian colours we stitches will be demonstrated including 167.1203 5-7 May 2017 will make a number of different small roses, daises, irises, hollyhocks, foliage M £290 NM £330 projects to give you lots of lovely ideas and any special requests! A course Using magazine pictures and samples for your WI craft sessions, to decorate for both beginners and experienced of ribbon work for inspiration, as well as your home or give away as special embroiderers. demonstrations of flowers and foliage, presents. There will be a range of Marilyn Pipe create your own garden of beautiful projects to try, using beautiful fabrics, blooms. A background can be lightly felts, buttons, threads, modelling clay, Ribbon Embroidery: A Topiary Tree sponged on with paint before the flower block printing and even paper! 167.1024 5-7 April 2017 details are added and there will be a Natalie Green M £290 NM £330 discussion on the various colours and A relaxing course creating a unique, types of hollyhock to create. This piece beautiful garden using silk ribbons and could be framed, used as a book cover embroidery threads. Various flowers or included on a cushion at a later date. and stitches will be demonstrated Marilyn Pipe including roses, daises, leaves and any requests. A course for both beginners and experienced embroiderers. Marilyn Pipe For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 31 A number of bursaries are available for the 2016/17 programme year. The Denman Committee thanks the donors of bursaries BURSARIES listed below for their support in this year’s programme. FEDERATION AND WI BURSARIES BURSARIES ALLOCATED FOR DENMAN Many Federations and WIs give BY FEDERATIONS one or more bursaries for Denman, (Funds held by Denman) 2016/17 usually allocated following a ballot. One of the following bursaries Contact your local Federation or may be related to your Federation. WI for details. Please contact your Federation Office as soon as possible for details and method of application. PLEASE DO NOT SEND APPLICATIONS FOR THESE BURSARIES TO DENMAN – THEY MUST BE SENT TO YOUR FEDERATION OFFICE.

Berkshire Federation – Nancy Stancliffe Northumberland Federation – North Yorkshire East and West Set up in memory of Nancy Ella Pattinson Federation – Mary Longworth Stancliffe by her family to alternate A bursary set up in memory of In memory of Mary Longworth, between Berkshire and Oxfordshire Ella Pattinson is available for a WI two bursaries of £150 each towards Federations of which Nancy was member from Northumberland to the cost of a residential course a member. A bursary of £250 is cover a two-night course plus a are available, one for a member available to a member of Berkshire contribution towards travel costs. of North Yorkshire East Federation Federation this year. and one for a member of North Northumberland Federation – Yorkshire West Federation. Clwyd Flint Federation – Lady Denman Joice Worters This bursary was set up in memory In memory of the late Joice Worters, Oxfordshire Federation – of Lady Denman and is awarded Mr Worters and family have set up Millicent Bowen in turn, to each Federation. The a bursary to provide funding for a Given by John Bowen in memory of bursary will fund a place on a two- two-night course for a member of his late wife, who was a member of night training course run at Denman Stocksfield WI, Northumberland. Wigginton WI, Oxfordshire. A bursary by the NFWI. One bursary is available and if not for a one, two, three or four-night taken up by the WI the bursary will open residential course is available. Devon Federation – Dorothy Riding be offered to any member from A bursary generously given by a Northumberland Federation. Warwickshire Federation – late member to mark her long- Brenda Greenley standing involvement with the WI Country Markets – Claire Balmer A bursary for any open residential movement and Denman. A bursary Two bursaries for a two-night two or three-night course is for half the course fee is available. residential course are available. available for one member of each of the following WIs: Kenilworth, Priors Marston and Stoneleigh. Wiltshire Federation – Amesbury Afternoon A bursary of £100 for a first-time student, who comes from a WI situated in Bourne Valley, Woodford Valley or Salisbury Plain. If not taken up by a member from the designated area, the bursary will be offered to any member from Wiltshire Federation.

32 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook BURSARIES ALLOCATED BY DENMAN Cakefests Bursary There will be further bursaries Two bursaries of £200 are available allocated in November 2016 as a result of a group fundraising effort from a tea and cake stall at Denman bursaries are supported by BBC Radio 6 Music’s 2016 festival. donations including donations given The bursaries will be awarded to by or in memory of Vera Cox, Dr members who would otherwise Ernest Walker, Jessie Burns, Joan not have the opportunity to go to Yeo, Claire Emery, Kathleen Mary Denman. They can be used to cover Hughes and Olive Kenyon. either course fees or travel. First-Timer Bursaries Gwen Garner Bursary Six bursaries for £250 towards Kindly donated by Lesley Garner in any open residential course are HOW TO APPLY FOR BURSARIES memory of her late mother Gwen available for members who have Garner, we have two bursaries of not attended a residential course at £300 each available for an open To apply for any of the Denman Denman before. residential art course including a bursaries detailed on this page, travel contribution. please send a short letter in Lois Parker Bursaries support of your application to: Six bursaries for £250 are available travel BURSARIES for members towards any open residential course Karen Hodge, Denman, attending a residential course for any WI member. Marcham, Oxfordshire, freda Barnicoat Bursary OX13 6NW or email it to her Carer Bursaries Kindly donated by John Barnicoat [email protected]. Five bursaries of £550 are in memory of his late wife, the In your letter or email please available for an open residential following travel bursaries are give the following details: course, travel up to £50 and also available for members attending • Your full name, contact replacement carer costs up to 80% an open residential course: details, WI and Federation and a maximum of £100 per night. • Four travel bursaries for members • The name of the bursary ‘Spring Fling’ Bursaries living a minimum distance of you would like to apply for Six bursaries for £250 for any WI 100 miles from Denman up to a • Whether you have received member are available for use on any maximum of £100. a bursary from Denman residential open course taking place • Four travel bursaries for members in the past in February, March or April 2017. living a minimum distance of • The number and title of the 150 miles from Denman up to a course you would like to maximum of £150. attend if your application for a bursary is successful plus NOTES a second and third choice • All bursaries awarded must be used on • Denman bursaries are open to WI • Any accommodation or residential courses taking place before members only, for residential open dietary needs, should your the end of September 2017. courses and cannot be applied to a application be successful • For WI individual members only. course arranged via a federation or a small group booking. The closing date for • Only one bursary may be applied for applications is Friday 22nd July per individual. • Denman bursaries cannot be applied 2016. Successful applicants • A bursary cannot be awarded to anyone to courses already booked with the who has been awarded a Denman exception of travel bursaries. will be contacted in writing by bursary in the past three years. Friday 5th August 2016. * Travel bursaries to be paid after the course attendance. In the case of travel by public transport Regrettably it will not money will be paid on receiving a receipt and in the case of transport by car the mileage rate paid will be the standard NFWI rate, which is currently 40p per mile. be possible to notify # Carer costs will be paid after the course attendance on receiving a receipt or invoice. unsuccessful applicants.

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 3333 Scrapbooking: An Introduction Sewing: A Six Panel Skirt Shibori Bead Embroidery 167.1372 5-7 June 2017 167.204 4-6 November 2016 167.651 3-5 February 2017 M £290 NM £330 M £310 NM £350 M £290 NM £330 This course is designed to introduce This course combines an introduction You will create one or more pieces of you to various ways of memory- to pattern cutting with basic sewing. work to take home. Choose a pendant, keeping. You will look at the types of Learn how to make your own designer brooch, or cuff bracelet as jewellery scrapbooks that are available today six-panel skirt in a fabric of your or indeed a standalone piece to be and make layouts to fit those. You will choice. Make it a-line with top stitching, incorporated into an existing project. be taught to crop photos, how to use tailored in tweed or soft and swirly Guidance will be provided on design, colour, ways to add journaling, how to in silky fabric. You will learn how to colour and materials. You will learn how embellish and where to find inspiration construct a simple pattern to your to arrange and secure the pleated silk for titles and page layouts. This is a own measurements and some basic to a backing fabric before embellishing hands-on course where you will be able dressmaking skills. Some sewing your piece with beads of your choice. to make a variety of layouts. experience is helpful, but beginners Further guidance on types, shapes and Carole Waechtler are most welcome. sizes of beads will be given. Cutting Christine Eady shapes, edging work and attaching Sew Your Leftover Fabrics brooch backs, clasps or bail loops will 156.1914 31 August - also be covered. This course is suitable 2 September 2016 for beginners and improvers. M £290 NM £330 For more Sally Boehme Be inspired to use your precious leftover fabrics in innovative ways to information Silk Painting for Improvers create wonderfully exciting and creative on courses and 167.336 28-30 November 2016 gift items for you and your friends. events visit M £290 NM £330 Basic machine skills required. denman.org.uk Have you been on a silk painting Jan Cadman or call course at Denman before? Or do 01865 391991 you have some knowledge of the Sewing Presents for Christmas technique used in this wonderful craft? 167.211 7-9 November 2016 Try this follow on course and extend M £290 NM £330 your skills repertoire. Make some fabulous fabric presents. Mavis Tierney Create personal handmade gifts, Sewing: Heirloom Sampler Cushions beautifully decorated in your own style 167.101 18-21 October 2016 Silver Clay Filigree Jewellery to spoil your loved ones, or yourself, M £475 NM £535 156.1785 10-12 August 2016 with this Christmas. Create some Have you ever wondered what all those M £290 NM £330 one-off personalised treasures and extra feet and stitches on your sewing This is a really exciting and creative have fun. machine do? In this course you will form of jewellery making using Jan Cadman learn to get the most out of your sewing syringe silver clay which when fired is machine by creating a beautiful silk transformed into fine silver. You’ll be Sewing: A Collection of Bags sampler cushion with a piping edge. taught how to create three-dimensional 167.635 27-29 January 2017 Learn to use heirloom techniques and and flat, delicate pieces and shown M £310 NM £350 decorative stitches such as shadow how to combine semi-precious stones, Have fun designing and making your appliqué, pin tucks and cording by cubic zircona, gemstones or freshwater own bag. Choose from a range of four using wing and twin needles and feet pearls into your design. You’ll also learn basic models that you can adapt to attachments. Some knowledge of using some traditional techniques to finish make a bag that ticks all the boxes. a sewing machine is required. your piece professionally. Enough pockets but not too many, Rachel McWha Louise Simmonds straps and handles the right length and a lining that adds a dash of flair. Silver Clay Jewellery Then sally forth with your tote, hobo, 167.085 16-18 October 2016 ruck or clutch bag! M £290 NM £330 Christine Eady This is a really exciting and creative form of jewellery making using silver clay which can be shaped like clay but, when fired, is transformed into stunning fine silver jewellery. You’ll also learn some traditional techniques to finish your piece professionally. Louise Simmonds

34 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Silver Clay Jewellery Silver Clay Jewellery for Presents Silver Clay Jewellery with Fused Glass 167.564 12-15 January 2017 167.382 7-9 December 2016 156.1694 25-27 July 2016 M £475 NM £535 M £240 NM £280 M £290 NM £330 167.1274 19-21 May 2017 This is a really exciting and creative This is a brand new, exciting and creative form of jewellery making using silver form of jewellery making using two M £310 NM £350 clay, which can be shaped like clay, types of silver clay and dichroic glass. Silver clay is a unique, new form of but when fired is transformed into fine Louise Simmonds pure silver. Soft and pliable it is easy to silver. This will be a fun and relaxing shape into wonderful jewellery designs course with plenty of time to experiment Silver Clay Jewellery: using just a few simple tools. You will and be creative. You’ll be taught how Freshwater Pearl Presents make two or three pieces of jewellery to use two different types of silver clay, 167.309 21-23 November 2016 which will be ready to wear by the end and how to incorporate cubic zirconas M £290 NM £330 of the course. and semi-precious stones into your This is a really exciting and creative Melanie Blaikie design to produce stunning jewellery. form of jewellery making using silver Silver Clay Jewellery for Christmas You can expect to make several pieces clay, which can be shaped like clay 167.285 18-20 November 2016 of your choice including a pendant, but when fired is transformed into fine necklace, bracelet or a pair of earrings. M £310 NM £350 silver. This will be a fun and relaxing Louise Simmonds Silver clay is real silver but course with plenty of time to experiment in a soft and pliable form that is and be creative. You’ll be taught how Silver Clay Jewellery Reunion to use two different types of silver very easy to work. This weekend will 167.1004 31 March - 2 April 2017 be a complete introduction to the clay to create pieces and how to wire M £310 NM £350 amazing world of silver clay. Suitable freshwater pearls to incorporate them This Silver Clay Reunion for complete beginners, you will learn into your design to produce stunning will be an opportunity to meet old how easy it is to create real silver jewellery. You can expect to make friends and further explore the jewellery just using our hands and a several pieces of your choice including projects and techniques covered in few simple tools. a pendant, necklace, bracelet or previous workshops. You’ll begin by Melanie Blaikie a pair of earrings. working together on a simple project Louise Simmonds Silver Clay Jewellery for Improvers to refresh you on the basics. From Silver Clay Jewellery: Ring Making 167.125 21-23 October 2016 there on, you’ll be free to work on your own projects and designs, buying 167.813 27 February - 1 March 2017 M £310 NM £350 materials as needed. The emphasis Have you been on a silver clay course M £290 NM £330 will be on individual creativity in a before, either at Denman or elsewhere? This is a really exciting and creative relaxed environment with advice and Do you want to expand your skills? form of jewellery-making, using silver assistance from your tutor rather than Then this is the course for you! clay, which can be shaped like clay formal tuition. Melanie Blaikie but when fired is transformed into fine Melanie Blaikie silver. You’ll be taught how to use silver clay to create a ring. You’ll also learn Silver Clay Jewellery for Improvers Silver Clay Jewellery with 167.561 12-15 January 2017 some traditional techniques to finish Freshwater Pearls M £360 NM £420 your piece professionally. 156.1565 1-3 July 2016 Louise Simmonds 167.095 18-21 April 2017 M £290 NM £330 M £435 NM £495 167.895 15-17 March 2017 Silver Jewellery This is a really exciting and creative M £290 NM £330 156.1576 4-7 July 2016 course where you will build on your This is a really exciting and creative M £475 NM £535 knowledge of silver clay. You will learn form of jewellery using silver clay which 167.694 6-9 February 2017 many new techniques including ring when fired is transformed into fine M £475 NM £535 making, granulation, filigree work and silver. You’ll be taught how to use two weaving. You will also learn how to different types of silver clay to create 167.1174 2-5 May 2017 fuse dichroic glass onto filigree designs pieces and how to wire freshwater M £475 NM £535 and how to fire these and turn them pearls into your design. You’ll also learn This course covers traditional jewellery into stunning individual fine silver some traditional techniques to finish techniques such as saw piercing, pieces bejewelled with shimmering your pieces professionally. soldering and polishing to enable iridescent gems. Louise Simmonds you to produce beautiful finished Louise Simmonds pieces of jewellery. Pauline Payne

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 35 Silver Jewellery for Christmas Stained Glass Garden Stumpwork Embroidery with 167.333 28 November - 156.1735 1-5 August 2016 Needlelace: 17th Century Castles 1 December 2016 M £590 NM £650 167.057 10-12 October 2016 M £475 NM £535 This unusual course is aimed at the M £290 NM £330 This course covers traditional jewellery gardener who has some knowledge of Learn some techniques from an techniques such as saw piercing, working in stained glass or the stained English 17th century form of raised and soldering and polishing to enable you glass artist who would like to take on padded embroidery. You will look at to produce beautiful finished pieces of the challenge of making a piece for some 17th century castle designs from jewellery. their garden. On this fantastic four-night old stumpwork samplers for inspiration Pauline Payne course each student will complete a and bring them to life with a mixture of project specifically made to enhance old and new techniques. All levels of Silver Jewellery Reunion their garden in its own special way. experience are welcome. 167.025 3-6 October 2016 Neil Kershaw Joanna Pout M £475 NM £535 Stumpwork Embroidery: Christmas 167.1009 2-5 April 2017 167.214 7-9 November 2016 M £475 NM £535 Please note: M £290 NM £330 For students who have previously Stained Glass courses Learn some techniques from an English attended one of Pauline’s courses. involve long periods 17th century form of raised and padded This course is an opportunity to of standing and require embroidery. Bring your embroidery to practise and further extend your strong hands. If in life with a 21st century design using jewellery making skills. any doubt as to their Christmas as your inspiration. All levels Pauline Payne suitability, please of experience are welcome. contact Denman Joanna Pout Simple Sewing for Beginners 01865 391991 before 167.1063 12-13 April 2017 booking. Stumpwork Embroidery: M £180 NM £200 Learning a New Technique An apron is a simple construction. As 167.575 16-18 January 2017 a first project, it provides the complete beginner with a stress-free opportunity M £240 NM £280 to learn some of the basic cutting, Stone Carving This new course is designed machining and construction skills that 156.1783 12-14 August 2016 especially for beginners. The only skill form the basis of good dressmaking. M £290 NM £330 you will need to bring with you is the With these building blocks, combined Venturing into 3D in stone is not an ability to thread a needle! Originating with the confidence gained from your impossible task, when you have a in the 17th century, stumpwork first successful sewing project, you can highly experienced tutor used to embroidery is an exciting form of look forward, with enthusiasm, to your working with both absolute beginners needlework involving an amazing next sewing challenge. and experienced artists. variety of stitches, techniques and Christine Eady Simon Keeley materials. The three-dimensional nature of the finished work brings your Stained Glass for Beginners STUMPWORK EMBROIDERY: embroidery to life. 156.1615 11-13 July 2016 MORE ADVANCED Joanna Pout M £310 NM £350 167.732 13-16 February 2017 Stumpwork Embroidery: An introduction to M £435 NM £495 The Vegetable Patch stained glass of all sorts of colours This course is for embroiderers who 167.1173 2-5 May 2017 and textures. Make your own stained have already done some stumpwork glass panel or mirror using traditional and would like to take it further. A few M £435 NM £495 stained glass techniques. of the techniques you will be learning Create a wonderful array of vegetables Anna Conti include needlelace stitches over three- and arrange them together using dimensional moulds, cordonettes and techniques from an English 17th working with leather. century form of raised and padded Joanna Pout embroidery. Joanna Pout

36 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT AND TALK hlights 156.1758 Hig M £50 NM £55 4 August Come along to Denman for a classical music concert 2016 hout and meet popular musicians Clare Deniz and Rose Throug Andresier. During the morning Clare will provide an enlightening talk about female cellists in European classical music and Rose will present the history of the guitar and its popularity from medieval Spain up the year to the present day. Then after lunch they will perform a beautiful musical recital. This special day is certainly not to be missed!

London Riverside History Cruise with Peter Lawrence 14-15 156.1808 August M £149 NM £159 2016 Faulty Towers: Come and enjoy an exciting unique event with our The Dining Experience very own Peter Lawrence, one of Denman’s most popular tutors. From the ancient Britons, through the Roman occupation to London’s development over 21 September 2016 the last millennium, the River Thames has always been the single most important reason for our capital’s existence. Whilst walking the streets is DAY EVENT: a fascinating way of learning about London, it is nothing compared with 156.2018 viewing London from the Thames. M £65 NM £70

This fabulous event includes a three-course dinner and talk afterwards on 21-22 September 2016 the Sunday evening, plus an overnight stay in a lovely ensuite room. Then on the Monday after breakfast you will travel to London on a coach for a DAY EVENT AND four-hour private charter cruise through central London with a fascinating OVERNIGHT STAY: commentary from Peter. Packed lunches will be provided for the day out 156.2019 and an afternoon tea will be waiting for you when you return to Denman. M £119 NM £129 ‘An absolute hoot… a must-see event’ - British Theatre Guide’ When the audience become diners Literary Lunch: Julie Summers in the Faulty Towers restaurant, pretty much anything can happen 19 August 2016 18-19 August 2016 – because two-thirds of the show is improvised. The fun starts as DAY EVENT AND DAY EVENT: guests wait to be seated. It then 156.1849 OVERNIGHT STAY: hurtles along in a two-hour tour M £50 NM £55 156.1848 de force of gags and shambolic M £119 NM £129 service as Basil, Sybil and Manuel Come to Denman for a literary lunch with the fabulous Julie Summers, serve a wonderful three-course author of ‘Jambusters’, which inspired the ITV drama series Home Fires. meal together with a good dollop The book contains stories from the Women’s Institute in the Second World of mayhem. Expect the War and former NFWI Chair Helen Carey described it as ‘a revelation’. Julie unexpected! will discuss all of her books including her latest ‘Fashion on the Ration’, The evening includes an elegant which is about clothing and fashion during the Second World War. This three-course dinner at Denman, informative and inspiring day includes morning coffee and pastries on entertainment and a glass of arrival, plus a two-course lunch and a glass of wine following the talk. There sparkling wine on arrival. There is is also the option to stay overnight the night before and then enjoy also the option to stay overnight breakfast and the event the next day. after the event.

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 37 Stunning Scarves on Soluble Fabric Victorian Wire Beading Techniques Watercolour Pencils in Winter 167.1003 31 March-2 April 2017 167.882 10-12 March 2017 167.753 15-17 February 2017 M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 Make beautiful scarves using soluble You will learn how to construct beautiful Techniques covered will include fabric and free machine stitch. This beaded flowers, leaves, foliage and shading, sketching, colour mixing, exciting course will enable every butterflies. These can be applied to layering, basic drawing skills and individual to create their own unique hairpins and tiara bands, or assembled painting on coloured paper. By the end scarves or wraps in a relaxed as corsages or posies, so you can of the course, you will have produced atmosphere, using various yarns, choose to make them either to be worn a few finished pictures including a ribbons and fibres together with soluble or used as interior decorations. number of exercises. fabric and stitch. Diana Vernon and Lesley Coidan Jonathan Newey Marilyn Pipe Watercolour and Ink: Watercolours and Mixed Media Tambour Embroidery and Beading Experimental Techniques 167.515 6-8 January 2017 167.513 6-8 January 2017 156.1732 1-3 August 2016 M £240 NM £280 M £240 NM £280 M £290 NM £330 Springtime is awash with 167.1125 21-23 April 2017 A traditional watercolour and ink blossoming plants, trees and flowers, especially at Denman. Learn to paint a M £290 NM £330 approach can often be quite tricky. stunning selection of flowers and plants Embroider using a tambour hook By braking all the rules, having an open and discover how to capture textures instead of a needle and apply threads, mind and a willingness to experiment, and effects. Suitable for all levels. beads and sequins. This is a couture it is perfectly possible to move from Sue Klemencic technique used to embellish theatre, serendipity to control. By layering film and couture costumes, including transparent inks over a watercolour base, beautiful and varied effects can Watercolours for Beginners dresses at the royal wedding. 156.1756 3-5 August 2016 Diana Vernon and Lesley Coidan be achieved. Expect the unexpected and you will enjoy the results. M £290 NM £330 Textile Christmas Decorations Stuart Green 156.2063 26-30 September 2016 167.201 4-6 November 2016 Watercolour Flowers for Beginners M £530 NM £590 M £290 NM £330 167.1413 167.700 8-10 February 2017 Use scraps of fabric, threads, braids, 12-14 June 2017 cords, ribbons and embellishments to M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 produce attractive decorations with a For those that have never painted Use watercolours to produce paintings Christmas theme. flowers in watercolours and would like in this delicate but expressive medium. Pat Lumsdale to know the hows and whys. Come and A class for beginners and those with a learn all the basics and how to produce little experience. Fun and enjoyment Textile Gift Bonanza beautiful pictures. form an important aspect of the course. 167.212 7-11 November 2016 Michele Floyd Michael Burgess M £590 NM £650 Watercolour Pencils in Autumn Watercolours for Beginners Create some beautiful gifts for friends and family this Christmas. Sewing 167.200 4-6 November 2016 167.1370 5-7 June 2017 and jewellery rolls, bags, runners, M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 quilted place mats and napkin rings. This is a course that will show you how A real opportunity to learn the hows Add that personal touch to your giving. to use watercolour pencils to sketch and whys of watercolour painting! The possibilities are endless! and paint autumn landscapes. Using We will tackle colour and textures. May Martin photographs supplied by the tutor you Plenty of demonstrations, personal will be shown how to paint skies, trees, care and attention. Unique Mixed Media Cards fields, and buildings in the landscape. Michele Floyd 156.2007 15-18 September 2016 Other techniques will include colour M £435 NM £495 mixing, brush technique and using Watercolours for Improvers This exciting course is designed pencils, both dry and wet and in 156.1923 2-4 September 2016 to start an interest in making beautiful, conjunction with ink pen. Suitable for M £290 NM £330 personal cards. There is something beginners and students with some Building upon the skills and techniques very special about receiving a card knowledge of the medium. learnt during Watercolours for created just for you and there are simple Jonathan Newey Beginners, students will extend techniques to personalise and embellish their expertise by creating mood, cards that make them totally unique atmosphere and depth in their to the creator. There will be unusual paintings. embellishments to make with copper Michele Floyd and paint to give a little touch of bling! Marilyn Pipe

38 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Watercolours for Improvers Watercolours: Gardens Watercolour Pencils: Pet Portraits 167.162 26-28 October 2016 167.1452 18-20 June 2017 167.1002 31 March-2 April 2017 M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 167.892 13-15 March 2017 Techniques covered will include colour This is a course aimed at beginners M £290 NM £330 mixing, brush marks, wet in wet, and people with some experience that A course intended for students who wish basic drawing skills and sketching. will show you how to produce realistic to develop their skills and expertise There may also be an opportunity to pet portraits using watercolour pencil. beyond a beginner’s level. Create sketch in the college gardens, weather Techniques will include using the mood, atmosphere and depth in your permitting. Aimed at beginners and pencils, both wet and dry. painting using various subject matter. students with some knowledge. Jonathan Newey Michael Burgess Jonathan Newey Willow Baskets Watercolours Reunion Watercolours: Glorious Tulips 167.889 10-12 March 2017 156.1932 5-7 September 2016 167.1091 18-21 April 2017 M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 M £455 NM £515 Weave your own round willow baskets A reunion course for students who The course provides all the basics of using various colours of willow from have already attended a Watercolours watercolour painting – materials, colour, the Somerset Levels and some more for Improvers course with Mike. how to mix it paints, techniques and unusual hedgerow materials. Return Michael Burgess picture instruction. The tutor will take home with two or three beautiful you through the history of tulips in small baskets. Watercolours: informative bites. You will also spend Norah Kennedy Autumn Fruits and Flowers a morning at the Ashmolean Museum 167.062 12-14 October 2016 discovering tulips in art, guided by Willow Baskets and Creatures M £290 NM £330 Anna Steven, art historian and floristry 156.1658 17-20 July 2016 Use a variety of paints and crayons artist. A course with a difference. No M £435 NM £495 to create a colourful picture from an previous experience necessary and On this enjoyable residential course arrangement of autumn flower and everything you need for the course will you will be able to make a small round fruits. Suggestions for composition be provided. basket with a handle and then go on to and colours will be given by the tutor. Michele Floyd and Anna Steven make a butterfly or dragonfly. Instead Pat Gove of making a basket you may wish to Watercolours: Paint a Hare spend a little longer making a piglet Watercolours: Drawing with a Brush 167.1273 19-21 May 2017 or chicken. There will be a variety of 167.222 9-11 November 2016 M £290 NM £330 simple baskets and creatures to choose M £290 NM £330 You start the course with stretching from. Throughout the weekend you will Using examples of simple paintings watercolour paper so it does not be encouraged and guided by Norah of flowers, fruits, birds and animals, wobble when you paint. You will then who will tell you about the history of you will practice using watercolour explore the nature of colour, with willow and basket making and bring brushes to achieve similar effects. coloured pencils. This will give you the some different varieties and colour of The course will also include sessions confidence to transfer your newly- willow for you to weave with. on colour mixing and blending. Suitable discovered knowledge to watercolours, Norah Kennedy for those who have some experience of so you can then paint a picture of a hare. watercolour painting and would like to Richard Box Willow Creatures practice and improve their brushwork. 167.1228 8-10 May 2017 Pat Gove Watercolours: Winter Landscapes M £290 NM £330 167.581 18-20 January 2017 An enjoyable residential course where Watercolours: M £240 NM £280 you will discover simple basket making Experimenting with Techniques Practice painting snow techniques while you create unique 156.1782 10-12 August 2016 scenes and other winter landscapes willow creatures using different colours M £290 NM £330 and learn how to draw and paint trees of willow. in winter, how to capture winter skies Norah Kennedy 167.1950 2-4 May 2017 and how to represent snow and rain. M £290 NM £330 Use the grounds of Denman to inspire It is a known fact that transparent you. Suitable for all levels of ability watercolour paint is very difficult although it would be an advantage to control, but surprising and very to have done some watercolour pleasing results can be achieved by painting before. allowing it to do its own thing. Come Pat Gove prepared to experiment and allow the creative side of you to take over! Pat Gove

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Family History for the More Mah Jong: Beginners - Day School LIFESTYLE day schools A-Z Experienced - Day School 167.311 24 November 2016 167.291 25 November 2016 M £79 NM £99 M £79 NM £99 Mah Jong means the twittering of the Computer Skills: iPad for Beginners - This day school is for you if you have sparrows. Learn to play this Chinese Day School started your family history and would game of 144 brigands using tiles (like 167.620 27 January 2017 now like to take it to the next level. dominoes) and the skills of rummy M £54 NM £74 Building on the work you have already (a nursery card game). This is a new course aimed at introducing novice 167.1417 14 June 2017 done, the tutor will help you identify the next steps you can take, equipping players to the game of Mah Jong. It M £79 NM £99 you to get more from the internet and is also suitable for those who wish to Thinking of getting an Apple iPad or from the available records in your areas refresh their knowledge. perhaps you recently got one? This of interest, whether your ancestors Jennifer Capewell is the course for you! It’s a simple lived in the UK or further afield. A basic beginner’s course that will allow you knowledge of using a computer and the Mah Jong: Improvers - Day School get going with settings, email, photos internet would be helpful. 167.312 25 November 2016 and apps. This course is not suitable Jessica Feinstein M £79 NM £99 for android tablet users. This course is suitable for anyone who Stephen Green History and Heritage: Roman Ruins and has played Mah Jong before, whether Family History for Beginners - How to Appreciate Them - Day School it was years ago or only yesterday. Day School 156.1846 18 August 2016 After a brief refresher of the tiles and M £79 NM £99 their meanings we will practice pure 167.078 14 October 2016 hands and progress to the use of the M £79 NM £99 167.354 30 November 2016 winds, special hands and the impact A full introduction to researching your M £79 NM £99 these have on scoring. The idea is own family history, taking a professional Join ‘The Muddy Archaeologist’ Gillian to demystify the rules and to enjoy a approach to help you create a family Hovell for a course that takes us back game that is easier to learn than bridge tree to be proud of. This informal to the Roman occupation of Britain. and possibly more addictive. course will give you an understanding See the sites and museums through an Jennifer Capewell of various methods and sources, archaeologist’s eyes. You will explore make you aware of some of the pitfalls what happened when and what life was Safe Use of the Internet and involved in family history research, like, where to go, what to look for and Technology - Day School and equip you with tips and advice. how to recognise and understand the 156.2035 23 September 2016 Students must have a basic knowledge remains and finds. The Roman world M £79 NM £99 of using a computer and the internet so was a material one, full of luxuries, that they can work on their own. fashion and the products of a vast 156.2036 24 September 2016 Jessica Feinstein empire. Avoid museum exhaustion by M £79 NM £99 knowing what to look for and how to The internet is full of opportunities spot the special finds. You’ll never look but sadly undesirables also exist. This at a Roman site the same way again… course is for those who have little or Gillian Hovell no understanding of how to protect themselves. The tutor will discuss passwords, usernames and virus protection, and give you tips on how to avoid getting your account hacked. You’ll progress at your own pace and use Denman’s PCs or better still, bring your own device, tablet or laptop. Stephen Green

40 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Complementary Therapies: Computer Skills: LIFESTYLE RESIDENTIAL COURSES A-Z Ten Ways to Wellness Android Tablets for Improvers 167.806 24-26 February 2017 167.139 26-28 October 2016 M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 Alexander Technique: An Introduction Do you want to find more ways to Do you have an android tablet 156.1905 4-7 September 2016 wellness? What is pain telling you? and you’ve been on a beginner’s M £435 NM £495 This course will remind you how course? This is for all who want to Learn about posture improvement, wellness impacts on the physical and go beyond the basics. It is not suitable stress alleviation and how to relieve the help you to design your blueprint for for iPad users. tensions and discomforts held in the wellbeing. You will also find out more Stephen Green body. This is a practical course for the about flower essence therapy, dreams, whole of you – mind and body. You will sound and colour therapy, laughter Computer Skills: iPad for Beginners get hands-on guidance from the tutor. therapy, and much more, including your 156.1656 18-20 July 2016 Brita Forsstrom own health profile. M £290 NM £330 Rosemary Hudson 167.385 7-9 December 2016 All Singing, All Dancing, Showstoppers M £240 NM £280 167.127 20-22 October 2016 Computer Skills: M £290 NM £330 Android Tablets for Beginners 167.691 6-8 February 2017 The revival of a much loved and well 156.1672 20-22 July 2016 M £290 NM £330 known course features completely new M £290 NM £330 167.1416 14-16 June 2017 songs and fresh choreography. Help Thinking of getting an android tablet M £290 NM £330 shift the extra Christmas pounds and or perhaps you recently got one? This Thinking of getting an Apple iPad or start the year singing and dancing! is the course for you! It’s a simple perhaps you recently got one? This Ann Robson beginner’s course that will allow you is the course for you! It’s a simple get going with settings, email, photos beginner’s course that will allow you Bridge for Beginners (Part 2) and apps. This course is not suitable get going with settings, email, photos 156.1824 15-18 August 2016 for iPad users. and apps. This course is not suitable M £435 NM £495 Stephen Green for android tablet users. Designed for students who wish to Stephen Green improve or consolidate their game. Keen beginners with previous playing card experience are also more than welcome. Nigel Wolfendale

Christmas New Wave Weekend 167.400 9-11 December 2016 M £310 NM £350 A special weekend for the ‘new wave’ WIs emerging across the UK. This is not only the perfect getaway with the girls, it is also a unique opportunity to experience a selection of workshops covering all the latest trends in craft, cookery and lifestyle. The price includes two nights of accommodation at stunning Denman, plus welcome drinks, breakfast, lunch, three- course dinners and an evening entertainment Various Tutors

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Computer Skills: iPad for Improvers Dance That’s Strictly Fun Denman Summer School: 167.138 24-26 October 2016 167.168 28-30 October 2016 The Oxford Writers M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 156.1652 18-22 July 2016 Do you have an iPad? Have you been Have fun and have a go at a variety M £595 NM £655 on a beginner’s course? This is for all of dance styles including ballroom An exploration of famous writers and who want to go beyond the basics. This and Latin, bollywood and burlesque, their biographical and literary Oxford course is not for android tablet users. and learn dance routines to popular connections through visits to colleges Stephen Green party classics! and other relevant sites such as the Annabel Brash Oxford Union Murals. Featuring Oscar Creative Writing for Articles and Wilde at Magdalen, Lewis Carroll at Features Denman Summer School: Christ Church, The Inklings, William 156.1943 4-6 September 2016 Enjoy Oxfordshire Morris, Lawrence of Arabia, Thomas M £290 NM £330 156.1760 4-7 August 2016 Hardy, Evelyn Waugh, John Betjeman, In this practical writing workshop you’ll M £505 NM £565 Aldous Huxley, John Ruskin and enjoy applying your creativity to writing Explore Oxfordshire on the Graham Greene. This course includes light-hearted easy-reading features and Denman Summer School. On trips to Oxford colleges followed by in articles. You’ll look at popular local and day one, visit Blenheim Palace, depth lectures with your tutors when national magazines to discover what which commemorates the life and you return back to Denman. styles, lengths and subjects are being achievements of John Churchill and Geoff Doel and Fran Doel chosen by editors for publication and his descendants. On day two, visit begin writing your own. the heart of Oxford University – the Digital Photography Chrissie Hall Bodleian Library, Schools Quad and 156.1736 1-3 August 2016 Radcliffe Square. Stroll through the M £290 NM £330 Creative Writing for Beginners colourful Covered Market before lunch 167.1272 18-21 May 2017 167.083 10-13 October 2016 and a tour of Jesus College. In the M £435 NM £495 M £435 NM £495 afternoon, following a visit to New Take photographs to be proud of. Gain Are you a poet who doesn’t know it? College and gardens, take a Thames confidence in the use of your camera. Are you bursting with stories to tell and River cruise to Iffley lock before No technical jargon, just hints and don’t know how to begin? This course returning to Denman later for afternoon tips and ideas for those special shots. will cover a variety of different kinds of tea. And on day three, the course Different subjects, different angles, creative writing. culminates with a morning visit to the perfect pictures. Helen Walters Ashmolean Museum. Michael Burgess Anna Steven and John Vigar Cryptic Crosswords: The Solution Digital Photography and Photoshop: 167.301 21-23 November 2016 Denman Summer School: Out and About M £290 NM £330 The Georgian Experience 167.1337 30 May - 2 June 2017 156.1570 4-7 July 2016 167.894 13-15 March 2017 M £455 NM £515 M £490 NM £550 M £290 NM £330 The full description for this course A fantastic day out to the beautiful Cryptic crossword solving may seem is not yet available. It will be added Georgian city of Bath. Visit 1 Royal like a black art – especially if you have shortly. In the meantime, if you require Crescent, the Pump Rooms and the been baffled by the concept. This further information, please contact Assembly Rooms. You will also go to course will introduce you from zero Denman on 01865 391991. the Bath Preservation Trust Museum level to extracting intellectual pleasure Stephen Green from the beast! There is a solvable to see early town planning in Georgian connection between a cryptic clue and style. The second day you will visit the the answer (there really is!). The rules delightful 18th century Basildon Park to governing the compilation of cryptic really feel the Georgian experience. crossword clues and the methods that Anna Steven one can employ to find the solution to a clue will be demonstrated and discussed at length. All you need is an enquiring mind and a sense of humour! Brian Jaques

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Digital Photography for the Autumn 167.023 5-7 October 2016 M £290 NM £330 Improve your photographic skills by capturing the stunning colours of autumn in the beautiful gardens of Denman. Discover the hidden features of your camera, which will make a significant difference to your photographs and enable you to produce results to be proud of. Macro photography, portraiture and night-time photography will also be included. With no jargon, the course will take place in a relaxed and fun-filled atmosphere. At the end of the course you will produce a slide show of your best shots for everyone to admire. Dowsers’ Reunion Family History for Beginners Michael Burgess 167.059 10-12 October 2016 156.1768 5-7 August 2016 M £290 NM £330 M £310 NM £350 Digital Photography, Editing and An annual get together in its 20th A full introduction to researching your Painting year. This year’s topics are wellness, own family history, taking a professional 167.640 27-29 January 2017 vanishing illnesses and using sound approach to help you create a family M £240 NM £280 and colour in chakra balancing. tree to be proud of. This informal See the image! Develop your Discussions on current case studies course will give you an understanding ability to create interesting and transformations. Plus new means of various methods and sources, photographs. Learn to handle your of healing arthritis, rheumatism and make you aware of some of the pitfalls digital camera with confidence. other pain conditions, and topics involved in family history research, Suitable for all kinds of digital cameras. chosen by participants. and equip you with tips and advice. Stephen Green Rosemary Hudson Students must have a basic knowledge of using a computer and the internet so Digital Photography: Christmas Cards Dowsing Again that they can work on their own. 167.213 7-9 November 2016 167.394 5-7 December 2016 Jessica Feinstein M £290 NM £330 M £260 NM £300 This is the time of year when we begin Immediate answers for Family History: Research Your Family to think of our Christmas card list. every day. Health, technology, Tree and Visit the National Archives So why not impress your family and environmental and earth energies. 156.1921 1-4 September 2016 friends by photographing and printing Plus a visit to explore the Rollrights M £495 NM £555 your own? Bring your camera and ancient stone circle. The National Archives take a series of Christmas themed Rosemary Hudson is full of documents and records that photographs, which you will download will help you research your family on to a computer. From there, you Dowsing for Beginners history. Some of them can be seen will do some simple manipulation 167.625 27-29 January 2017 online, but most of them require a visit techniques before printing them as M £240 NM £280 to Kew. Although it is free to go in, it Christmas cards. Never say ‘I don’t know what can be daunting to go on your own. Michael Burgess and Dianne Wilford to do’ again! Dowsing is a different way Where do you start? What do you look to find the answers you need at the at? What can you expect when you Discovering Astronomy time you want them. Use your mind in a get there? This course gives you the 156.1947 5-7 September 2016 new way through an ancient ability we chance to make that first exploratory M £290 NM £330 all have within us. You just need to be visit, supported by your tutor and with Discovering Astronomy will introduce able to ask the questions! a group of like-minded students and you to the night sky by observation, Rosemary Hudson friends. Students must have a basic if clear, and in the classroom, making knowledge of using a computer and sense of astronomical objects with the internet so that they can work on some gentle theory. their own. Carol Boote Jessica Feinstein

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 43 Gardening: Knowing and Growing Herbs 167.1143 26-28 April 2017 M £305 NM £345 Would you like to grow herbs for cooking and garden display? These versatile plants are scented, colourful and useful, adding to attractiveness of borders, pots and containers outside. Come and find out how to grow your own. There will be practical sessions on growing herbs from seed or cuttings, and walks in Denman’s herb garden for inspiration and practical identification. At the end of the course you’ll be confident choosing the best materials and techniques for successful annual and perennial herb growing for your Film: Grace Kelly, Hollywood’s Princess own garden and plant sales. 156.1708 27-29 July 2016 Film: Somewhere Over The Rainbow: Letta Jones M £290 NM £330 Judy Garland Gardening: Planting Design and Theory Grace Kelly’s fairy tale rise from 156.1613 11-13 July 2016 popular actress to Princess of Monaco 156.1696 25-28 July 2016 M £290 NM £330 is one which has enchanted people M £455 NM £515 Billed by Fred Astaire as ‘the greatest for years. Better known as Peggy, The whole subject of garden design entertainer who ever lived’, Judy Grace was born the daughter of a has become increasingly accessible Garland is best known for her work three-time Olympic medal winner over the past few years but for many of as an actress, singer and vaudevillian and a PE teacher and started acting us the real mystery and difficulty lies in in a career spanning forty years. Join at the age of 20, against her family’s choosing and using plants to the best Claire for a rollercoaster of a course wishes. She caught the eye of Rainier advantage. David will take you through through Judy’s life and career. Includes III, Prince of Monaco, during a photo all the principles of this fascinating an evening film screening with popcorn shoot at the Cannes Film Festival and subject from the analysis and and wine. the rest is history. Made for Grace preparation of your soil, the importance Claire Frewin fans or those who just want to enjoy of aspect, sun and shade, prevailing learning more about her and the world Focus on Fitness and Fun winds, degrees of maintenance and that all important question of style. He she lived in, enjoy two sumptuous days 156.1705 27-29 July 2016 of everything Grace Kelly with Claire, will cover the theory of colour, scale M £290 NM £330 including a screening of a film in the and proportion and then show you Enjoy a wide variety of activities evening with popcorn and wine. how you can plan your own borders for including exercise sessions, relaxation, Claire Frewin year round interest wherever you may line and country dancing, massage and garden. What fun! Film: Hollywood Royalty: lively talks and discussions. David Stevens Audrey and Grace For all ages and levels of fitness. Gill Avery 167.185 31 October - Gardening: Plants for Free 167.028 3-6 October 2016 3 November 2016 Focus on Fitness, Dance and Fun M £450 NM £510 M £435 NM £495 167.689 3-5 February 2017 Have you ever wished you could Celebrities nowadays – they slouch M £290 NM £330 around in jeans and sunglasses, propagate garden plants more The full description for this successfully? This very rewarding parading indiscretions galore. Not course is not yet available. It will be like Audrey or Grace… Join Claire activity requires only basic equipment added shortly. In the meantime, if you and provides plenty of plants to exploring the lives of two very different require further information, please but equally fabulous women. Both of adorn your own garden as well as for contact Denman on 01865 391991 fundraising plant sales. their careers went in very different Gill Avery directions but both have given us Letta Jones brilliant films, wonderful fashions, iconic images, incredible feats of philanthropy and charity and created some of the most memorable characters of the silver screen. Includes an evening film screening with popcorn and wine. Claire Frewin

44 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Gardening: Three Famous Gardeners 156.1784 8-10 August 2016 M £320 NM £360 The life and times of Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), Beatrix Havergal (1901- 1980) and Beth Chatto (1923-) will be explored with a visit to Waterperry Gardens where Havergal established a horticultural college for women. Please note: The course involves considerable walking and standing. Letta Jones Gardens of Delight 167.1170 3-5 May 2017 M £325 NM £365 This is a course packed with surprises, offering the chance to History and Heritage: History and Heritage: Art on London explore Rousham, an 18th century Abbeys and Priories Streets: An Armchair Journey Kent masterpiece, and compare and 167.253 14-17 November 2016 167.921 17-19 March 2017 contrast it with Tom Stuart-Smith’s M £455 NM £515 M £290 NM £330 design for Broughton Grange from Five hundred years ago the country This Denman-based course aims to show 2001. These two delightful gardens, was dotted with monastic houses from the incredible amount of variation, history plus a variety of others, will be explored enormous churches like Fountains and amusement there is on London’s in a colourful presentation. Abbey in Yorkshire, home to hundreds streets through the medium of art. From Anna Steven of canons, to the tiny Bilsington Priory memorials, statues, murals and graffiti, Have You Ever Thought About Writing in Kent, with only a handful. Yet their there is so much to make you think and cumulative influence on the nation was smile. From the warmth and comfort of Your Life Story? profound. In the 16th century all 700 Denman you will travel around London, 167.087 16-19 October 2016 were closed and this course explores a picking out hot-spots of art that fascinates M £435 NM £495 representative selection to discuss their both Londoners and tourists alike. Writing your life story is a wonderful architecture and history. Includes visits Peter Lawrence reflective and enjoyable occupation. to the beautiful Dorchester Abbey, now This course is designed to give you the a parish church, Reading Museum to History and Heritage: help and inspiration you need to plan, learn about the town’s royal foundation Arts and Crafts Gardens write and organise your own unique life and a working monastery, Douai Abbey. 167.1330 2-4 June 2017 story, creating an enduring record of John Vigar M £325 NM £365 your life and times. William Morris immortalized the gardens Chrissie Hall History and Heritage: at Kelmscott with designs like the An Introduction to Georgian Architecture History and Heritage: strawberry thief. Other gardens followed 167.358 2-4 December 2016 in the Arts and Crafts spirit, where house A Pocketful of People M £260 NM £300 and gardens grow from the landscape, 156.1740 1-4 August 2016 Many of us are familiar such as those at Rodmarton Manor and M £475 NM £535 with Georgian architecture from the Hidcot. Garden visits will allow time to Explore three historic houses and the buildings which surround us or country explore the legacy left by the Arts and families associated with them – paying houses we visit. This course will explain Crafts movement in the Cotswolds. particular attention to three individuals some of the ideas and techniques Anna Steven whose activities stand out from their behind these buildings and how English peers. The Vyne is a charming Tudor architecture evolved from the late house altered in the 18th century by 17th century to the 1830s. In doing John Chute. You will learn about him this you will look at buildings ranging  Requires Stamina and his friendship with Horace Walpole. from grand civic halls and country These courses involve West Wycombe Park is home to the houses to more humble town houses physical activity, long Dashwood family and we will look at and industrial buildings. The course periods of standing and/ the life of the first Baronet – statesman, will include a walking tour of Abingdon or require strong hands. traveller and rake. Claydon House which contains many fine Georgian If in any doubt as to their contains some unusual 18th century buildings as a testament to its suitability, please contact interiors and we will look at Florence prosperity during the period. Denman 01865 391991 Nightingale whose sister married into Adam Smith its aristocratic family. before booking. John Vigar For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 45 History and Heritage: Belgravia History and Heritage: History and Heritage: and Kensington Palace Gardens Cathedrals of England and Wales Discover Medieval Wall Paintings 167.186 31 October - 167.137 24-27 October 2016 in English Churches 3 November 2016 M £465 NM £525 156.2057 26-29 September 2016 M £455 NM £515 Explore the architecture and history of M £475 NM £535 This course looks at the history of two our cathedral churches. Each is unique Four hundred years ago unique residential developments in in the story it tells and this course will all of our churches were full of London, both completed in the 19th highlight the features that each should murals. Images such as the doom, St century due mainly to the presence of be known for. You will hear about the Christopher and scenes from the life nearby royal palaces. It exposes how ways in which they were used, some of Christ were universally used but eager the establishment was to reside people commemorated in them and many others were highly individual and close to royalty in London and how about their architectural development. site specific. Painted using organic wealthy developers became as the As well as time in the classroom, the materials they faded quickly and were result of such demands. The course course includes visits to cathedrals in frequently over painted. Nearly all were includes a trip to London in order to Oxford and St Albans. lost at the Reformation by being lime explore both locations. John Vigar washed over and although a large Peter Lawrence number were rediscovered by the History and Heritage: Victorians there are many still hidden. History and Heritage: Christmas, Oxford and the Colleges This course will look at their history and Blenheim and the Churchills 167.353 30 November - spend two days out looking at the best 156.1931 4-6 September 2016 2 December 2016 examples in the area. M £325 NM £365 M £330 NM £370 John Vigar John Churchill was born a commoner 167.376 5-7 December 2016 with no expectation of fame but History and Heritage: M £330 NM £370 through a mixture of good luck and Discover Oxford and the Explore how Oxford and its colleges skill became a duke and internationally Cotswolds with Morse and Lewis bring the Christmas story to life. The respected soldier and statesman who 156.2061 26-30 September 2016 course will include visits to colleges was promised a palace by his grateful and churches in the quest to explore M £590 NM £650 queen. This course will look at his life many age old traditions and some This is a course with a difference! and career, and the amazing house more contemporary ones too. Lunch You’ll spend the first two days which is still home to his descendants in one of the colleges and end the day in Oxford, a stunning city with a today. Includes a full day visit to with choral evensong at Christ Church. fascinating history. You’ll visit college Blenheim Palace and Bladon Church Bring warmth to your Christmas halls and chapels, university buildings where his most famous descendant, preparations with a visit of good cheer! and discover how Oxford evolved over Winston Churchill, is buried. Anna Steven the centuries. Many of the locations John Vigar feature in the Morse and Lewis series, History and Heritage: Diaries and including a café where they had coffee History and Heritage: and lunch in one of their favourite Britain with Betjeman Diarists: An Armchair Journey 167.701 6-9 February 2017 pubs. The third day will be different. 167.881 10-12 March 2017 You’ll use a coach to visit a church with M £435 NM £495 M £310 NM £350 magnificent medieval wall paintings, a Take a journey through Britain from Whilst John Betjeman is best known as ruined manor of legend and mystery the 16th century in the company of a poet this course will explore his life and Burford, the gateway to the famous and little known diarists from story and the pivotal role he played in Cotswolds. the comfort of your armchair. A look saving our built heritage. Chris Lloyd at 400 years of writing a diary. Why John Vigar have people put pen to paper? Was it for their own personal use or to create a record to be read by others? From national figures like Samuel Pepys,  Requires Stamina Queen Victoria and James Lees-Milne to These courses involve unknown individuals we study what they physical activity, long decided to record – their holidays, work experiences, personal relationships and periods of standing and/ secrets. Expect some adult content as or require strong hands. we look into the secret world of private If in any doubt as to their writing! This course includes sessions suitability, please contact looking at original manuscripts from the Denman 01865 391991 tutor’s own collection. before booking. John Vigar

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History and Heritage: History and Heritage: History and Heritage: Discover Tudor Oxford Fruit, Veg and Petticoats: London for the Armchair Traveller 156.1741 3-5 August 2016 A History of London’s Markets (Part 1) M £310 NM £350 167.1031 5-7 April 2017 167.650 30 January - Oxford is a world heritage city with M £325 NM £365 1 February 2017 many stunning buildings and, over the This course looks at London’s M £240 NM £280 centuries, it has played an important street markets, both old and new. This is the first of two courses aimed role in the culture and history of Britain. The capital’s markets have always at those who missed many of Peter’s This course, in a non-academic way, been a melting pot of cultures so the London courses over the years or introduces the city and university and course is full of social, economic and have been unable to join in due to traces their growth and development. architectural history. The middle day the walking involved. Over the last 50 It pays particular attention to the Tudor will include a visit to a selection of years as a student of London’s history, period which encompassed some of London markets. both as a London policeman and a the most dramatic events in the history Peter Lawrence Denman tutor, Peter has collected of both England and Oxford. Walking a unique collection of historic topics tours of Oxford play a major part. History and Heritage: Georgian Bath, that emphasise the many aspects of Chris Lloyd Claydon and Stowe our capital’s development through 156.1651 17-20 July 2016 the centuries. This Denman-based, History and Heritage: M £485 NM £545 pictorial weekend will open your eyes Exploring More Cotswold Churches A discovery course relating to Georgian to London’s past, present and future. 167.1270 18-21 May 2017 England with emphasis on the Peter Lawrence M £455 NM £515 World Heritage City of Bath and the The lovely honey-coloured Cotswold country house. A day in Bath will be History and Heritage: London for stone has been used for many supplemented by visits to include the the Armchair Traveller (Part 2) building types but may best be seen magnificent Claydon House, ancestral 167.660 1-3 February 2017 in the hundreds of medieval churches home of the Earls Verney. M £290 NM £330 constructed at a time when money Peter Lawrence This is the second of two courses was no object and the skill of the aimed at those who missed many of stonemason at its zenith. We will visit a History and Heritage: Henry VIII Peter’s London courses over the years selection of medieval churches – many 156.1771 8-11 August 2016 or have been unable to join in due to off the tourist route – explaining their M £470 NM £530 the walking involved. Over the last 50 history, architecture and furnishings We all know about Henry Vlll. Or do years as a student of London’s history, and setting them in an historical and we? What was he really like? This is both as a London policeman and a topographical context. an exciting and most unusual story. Denman tutor, Peter has collected John Vigar There are many misunderstandings a unique collection of historic topics about this man, a lot is inaccurate. that emphasise the many aspects of History and Heritage: Would we love him or hate him? Let’s our capital’s development through Festive Georgian Bath take a look at this colourful character the centuries. This Denman-based, 167.339 28-30 November 2016 and hear the story again. Religion. pictorial weekend will open your eyes M £325 NM £365 Women. Politics. Court intrigue. Why to London’s past, present and future. Christmas in the elegant World do we not call Henry Bloody Henry? Peter Lawrence Heritage, Roman and Georgian city of He put far more people to death than Bath is truly something special. You his daughter Bloody Mary. Some of History and Heritage: London’s will wander through wooden stalls of what went on would make your blood Docklands Revisited high quality exhibits surrounding the boil out of outrage or chill at the mere 167.1363 2-4 June 2017 spectacular Minster alongside the thought of what happened. Including M £325 NM £365 Roman baths and spa. a trip to Hampton Court, this will be a This course will explain the history, Anna Steven most intriguing few days spent looking development and future of London’s at a volatile and despotic man. But he docks, including a day trip to wasn’t always like that... the docklands. Philip Johnson Peter Lawrence

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History and Heritage: Six More English Counties: An Armchair Guide to the History and Architecture 167.572 16-19 January 2017 M £360 NM £420 An armchair journey of discovery looking at the history, topography, buildings, places and people of Cheshire, Durham, Lincolnshire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire and Essex. Compare the development of these counties and see how and why their characters are so different. You will use maps, photographs and films to find out about place names, building materials, industries, famous events History and Heritage: History and Heritage: and curiosities. London’s Square Mile Oxford Town and Gown John Vigar 167.1299 21-23 May 2017 156.1627 13-15 July 2016 M £310 NM £350 M £310 NM £350 History and Heritage: Exploring the past, present and 156.1684 22-24 July 2016 So You Don’t Believe in Unicorns? future of the unique square mile of M £280 NM £320 156.1733 1-3 August 2016 the City of London, taking in the Dreaming spires, medieval building, M £325 NM £365 wonderful classical architecture, academic education and the local So you don’t believe in unicorns? intimate alleyways and grand new populace. How did a river crossing Few animals can match the mystery developments. on the Thames develop into a premier and romance of the unicorn, from his Peter Lawrence university city? Who are the famous depiction on an Egyptian papyrus, his people whose names are forever linked starring role on the famous tapestries History and Heritage: with Oxford? The tour includes a visit in Paris and Stirling Castle through to Oxford and the Colleges (Part 1) to an Oxford college, the Cathedral his appearance in Harry Potter. This 156.1530 1-3 July 2016 of St Frideswide and the fine buildings course will also include other fabulous M £330 NM £370 of the city centre. Coffee and lunch at beasts from fire breathing dragons 167.730 13-15 February 2017 own expense. and wyverns to cunning cockatrices M £330 NM £370 Ann Robson and griffins. You will look at lively Explore Oxford, the medieval city examples of these animals in bestiarys, History and Heritage: paintings, sculptures and wood carving. of dreaming spires, home to kings Prominent British Families and queens and site of the oldest Did they exist or were they the stuff university in England. You will explore 167.1450 19-22 June 2017 of fable? There will be a day visit to the Ashmolean Museum, the Bodleian M £435 NM £495 Hampton Court. Library and the Old Schools Quad. Do you know your Dukes from your Chloe Cockerill Lunch in one of the colleges and Viscounts? You will learn the story of end the day with choral evensong the peerage, consider a variety of at Christ Church. historic families and explore their various Anna Steven stories. Includes visits to the Hellfire Caves at West Wycombe, Chastleton House and Ashdown House.  Requires Stamina John Vigar These courses involve History and Heritage: physical activity, long Royalty in London Through the Ages periods of standing and/ 167.081 16-18 October 2016 or require strong hands. M £290 NM £330 If in any doubt as to their An illustrated course that highlights suitability, please contact royal influence on the development of Denman 01865 391991 London from the 11th century to recent before booking. times. The tutor will include some of his own experiences as a Royalty Protection Officer. Peter Lawrence 48 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook

History and Heritage: History and Heritage: The Reformation History and Heritage: Sunken Treasure and 167.171 3-6 November 2016 The Tradescants and Oxford the British Museum’s Exhibition: M £470 NM £530 167.1302 23-26 May 2017 An ARCHAEOLOGIST’S Exploration Entirely the work of the notorious M £495 NM £555 156.1847 18-21 August 2016 womaniser Henry Vlll? What really The Tradescants opened their home, M £465 NM £525 happened in the 16th century to bring it the Ark, to all interested. Collectors, With a visit to the British Museum’s about? Why was so much blood shed travellers, naturalists and gardeners special Sunken Treasures exhibition over the issue? These were dangerous of repute, their collection came to form included, this richly illustrated course times for a thinking man to live in and the nucleus of the Ashmolean Museum explores the variety of shipwrecks women weren’t even allowed to think! when it was first opened in 1683. This that have helped us to understand How did Henry’s final wife escape course will take you to visit Oxford our history. From Bronze Age ships execution for heresy? It is possible and the Museum of Garden History, that braved the seas, to Carthaginian Henry might have gone on to wife Lambeth. Join Anna on a fascinating and Roman trade across their Empire number seven? It’s an unbelievable journey into history. you will travel on to the great Tudor story. Let’s explore the who (both good Anna Steven ships. Consider, in dynamic seminars, and bad), why, where and when. The through an archaeologists’ viewpoint, result of it all was cataclysmic and History and Heritage: what these discoveries tell us about the affects a lot of what we are about today. Treasures of the Ashmolean different civilisations who courageously Philip Johnson 167.580 18-20 January 2017 M £260 NM £300 set sail and about the lives of those History and Heritage: who travelled the oceans. The Ashmolean Museum, Gillian Hovell The Rothschild Country Houses which started as a Cabinet of 167.173 3-6 November 2016 Curiosities founded by the Tradescants History and Heritage: M £505 NM £565 in 1683, now houses a vast array of The Arts and Crafts Movement The course aims to give an treasures that it will be our delight 167.1132 25-28 April 2017 understanding of why the Rothschilds to explore. M £495 NM £555 chose to move to the Vale of Aylesbury Anna Steven The Cotswolds Arts and Crafts School in the 19th century and the nature of has left a legacy of superb design. the country houses they built. It will History and Heritage: Two Palaces: This course will explore the work of look at how these houses were used as Blenheim and Waddesdon the many talented artists inspired by both places of entertainment and work. 167.1093 18-21 April 2017 William Morris. You will visit Kelmscott There will also be some consideration M £490 NM £550 Manor and Rodmarton Manor, the last of the estates which surrounded the Blenheim and Hampton Court are both great house built by Ernest Barnsley. houses. Includes a day trip to Halton palatial homes but their history could Anna Steven House and Waddesdon Manor. not have been more different. One Adam Smith built for a military strategist, the other, History and Heritage: The Cotswolds by a banker, as a statement of power. 156.1572 4-6 July 2016 History and Heritage: In the 150 years that separate them, M £310 NM £350 The Stately Homes of England fashions in architectural styles had This out and about course will highlight 156.1917 30 August - changed to reflect a different way of life several charming town and village 2 September 2016 and each building will be explored both landscapes in a beautiful part of M £475 NM £535 as a work of art and also as a way of England... And all so close to Denman. This course’s main aim is to study the understanding how they were used by Peter Lawrence development of some of England’s the people associated with them. great country houses and their There will be visits to each. History and Heritage: parkland estates. Visits and illustrated John Vigar The Lost Princes: Royal Heirs talks provide the stimulus for this dip Who Never Came to the Throne into our classical architectural history. 167.130 24-26 October 2016 Peter Lawrence M £290 NM £330 From the princes in the Tower to Prince Eddy, the elder son of the future Edward VII, there were five princes and one princess who died before they were able to succeed to the throne. Who were they and what do we know about their short lives? Chloe Cockerill

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 49 History and Heritage: Literature and Drama: Medieval Life Literature: Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ Warwick Castle at Christmas Through Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’ 167.021 3-7 October 2016 167.373 5-7 December 2016 167.1138 23-26 April 2017 M £560 NM £620 M £275 NM £315 M £485 NM £545 200 years since ‘Emma’ was published, Visit one of England’s Explore the vibrant medieval world of this course will consider Jane greatest medieval castles decorated Chaucer’s Canterbury pilgrims through Austen’s employment of disguises for Christmas. Warwick’s imposing ‘The General Prologue’ and the tales and misunderstandings within the silhouette presents a picturesque view told on the journey. The pilgrims and novel, and exploring the enigma of of merrie England, yet its story is far their tales reveal the rich diversity of Emma’s popularity as a heroine. Other less tranquil. Learn about 15th century medieval life, and feature religion, sessions will focus on the biographical Warwick the Kingmaker and his pivotal feminism, the mercantile life, the background to the writing of the novel, role in the Wars of the Roses and aristocratic code of knighthood, Oxford the geographical and social setting, about later residents including royal and Cambridge students, medicine, the problems facing single women, the courtesan Daisy, Countess of Warwick. alchemy and skilled occupations. The intrigues and deceptions practised by John Vigar course will discuss several of the Tales, some of the characters, and the original including those of The Nun’s Priest, style in which the text is written. A day’s History and Heritage: Whitehall: The Pardoner, The Merchant and the visit to a relevant Austen location will The Road to Power and Glory feminist Wife of Bath. There will also be included. 156.1767 5-7 August 2016 be lectures on the cult of Becket at Hazel Jones M £310 NM £350 Canterbury and Chaucer’s life. There’ll Since the 11th century, Britain has been be visits to Ewelme, where Chaucer’s Literature: Jane Austen’s Letters (Part 2) governed from a small island called son Thomas and granddaughter 156.1691 25-28 July 2016 Thorneye. Trace the history of the road (who endowed the almshouses) are M £470 NM £530 we now call Whitehall and the island buried and to Merton, the oldest of the ‘People get so horridly poor and now known as Westminster. medieval Oxford colleges. There will be economical in this part of the world’, Peter Lawrence evening showings of nine of the tales wrote Jane Austen from Hampshire to in modern English in sensitive abridged her sister Cassandra. ‘Kent is the only History of Fashion: versions on DVD. place for happiness. Everybody is rich Dandies, Fops and Muslin Frocks Geoff Doel and Fran Doel there.’ This second selection of Jane 167.931 20-23 March 2017 Austen’s fascinating letters compares M £490 NM £550 Literature: Jane Austen and Journeys the author’s experiences of wealth The full description for this course 167.851 6-10 March 2017 and ease on various large estates is not yet available. It will be added M £570 NM £630 in Kent with the necessary domestic shortly. In the meantime, if you require This is a study which will answer all economies she was obliged to practise further information, please contact of the questions concerning long and in Hampshire. A keen awareness of Denman on 01865 391991. short distance mobility in Jane Austen’s what a good, bad or middling income Fran Saltmarsh novels – how the characters get from A could provide prompted her to describe to B, the nature of their experiences on in her correspondence the varying History of Fashion: the way, why it is that men are able to degrees of home comfort on show in The Radical Roaring 20s travel more spontaneously than women the houses of neighbouring families. 167.702 6-9 February 2017 and why Birmingham of all places At Chawton Cottage she prepared M £490 NM £550 appears on the Gardiners’ northern six novels for publication in the hope Look at how we lost our waists and itinerary in Pride and Prejudice. Jane that they would be well received by raised our hems! No more waists, short Austen visited 14 English counties in the reading public and, even more cropped hair, short skirts and hardly her lifetime, so the image of her as crucially, raise enough money to any underwear let alone corsetry! What a stay-at-home maiden aunt is not a support herself, her sister and widowed a fast moving and radical time the true picture. She had a strong sense mother. The course includes a day’s 20s to 30s was in respect of costume of what it meant to live in England outing to Steventon, Chawton and change. You will visit museums to and she appreciated its richness of other Hampshire locations known to see costumes of the period and also landscape, architecture, industry and Jane Austen. attend a specialised study group where agriculture. One day will be spent Hazel Jones making a journey to two places she we can look at items not usually on Mah Jong: Beginners and Improvers display. As well as this, you will be knew well: Stoneleigh Abbey and 167.313 24-25 November 2016 able to touch, feel and see examples Adlestrop. of authentic dress, beaded bags, Hazel Jones M £210 NM £230 accessories and underwear of the time. This fantastic course combines two Fran Saltmarsh Day Schools – Mah Jong for Beginners and Mah Jong for Improvers – with the option for an overnight stay in between. Jennifer Capewell

50 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Meditation Methods: An Introduction Music Appreciation: Music Appreciation: Prokofiev’s Romeo 167.517 6-8 January 2017 Elgar, The Man and His Music and Juliet: The Play and the Music M £240 NM £280 156.1851 22-24 August 2016 167.320 25-27 November 2016 Meditation is a state of open awareness M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 where the mind is free from thoughts This course will examine Elgar’s Romeo and Juliet is one of and totally engaged in the moment. In fascinating rise from the provincial Shakespeare’s most loved plays order to reach this state one practices backwoods of Victorian England to – inspiring music of a wide variety mediation techniques designed to becoming this country’s greatest including Tchaikovsky’s fantasy quieten and focus the mind. There composer. The road was not easy, too overture (1869 and 1870) together are many methods and not all are many things in his background and with sketches for an opera, which suitable for everyone. This course upbringing put him on the wrong side sadly never materialised. Prokofiev’s aims to introduce different meditation of the tracks to be accepted by the symphonic ballet score (1935-8) was and mindfulness practices so that musical establishment. He remained originally rejected as ‘unsuitable for participants can find the method they an outsider, even though his music dancing’ and a happy ending was are most suited to. There will be sitting, put England back on the international serious considered but by 1961 standing and walking meditations. musical scene. You will listen to a lot Leonard Berstein’s musical West Side Alan Baker of his music, especially some of the Story won ten Academy Awards and lesser-known works, and try to discover Best Picture of the Year and it was Music Appreciation: the meaning of the term ‘Elgarian’. pronounced a triumph on every level. Church Choral Music Barry Collett What would Shakespeare think of all? 156.1620 13-15 July 2016 Join us and find out. M £310 NM £350 Music Appreciation: Janet Canetty-Clarke For centuries the Church has been Gershwin and Porter at the forefront of musical innovation 156.1871 24-26 August 2016 Music Appreciation: Rachmaninov – from the earliest plainsong through M £290 NM £330 167.570 16-18 January 2017 to Lloyd-Webber’s Requiem. If you Immerse yourself in the music of two M £240 NM £280 can sing, at whatever standard, be of the greatest songsters of the 20th A gifted melodist, Rachmaninov prepared to do so! Includes a visit an century – listen and sing! Although both composed many wonderful pieces Oxford college for choral evensong. American and popular they were very as well as being one of the great Carl Attwood different musical personalities. Enjoy concert pianists of his age. Much of his exploring their diversity… output is still relatively unknown and Music Appreciation: Carl Attwood you will listen to his music including Elgar and Vaughan Williams symphonies and concertos, and watch 167.219 7-9 November 2016 Music Appreciation: Irving Berlin a DVD of his life. There are also some M £290 NM £330 167.050 10-12 October 2016 entrancing recordings and piano rolls of These two quintessentially British M £290 NM £330 him actually playing. Carl Attwood composers filled the first half of the 167.980 29-31 March 2017 20th century with wonderful and M £290 NM £330 varied music, but they were actually Music Appreciation: Writing over 1500 songs ranging from very different from each other. Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress Alexander’s Ragtime Band to I’m Songs, symphonies, concertos and 156.1607 7-10 July 2016 Dreaming of a White Christmas, Irving lighter music – one reflected German M £435 NM £495 Berlin in his long life also produced influences, whilst the other was taught The eight oil paintings by William many Broadway shows and films. orchestration by Maurice Ravel. Come Hogarth entitled The Rake’s Progress George Gershwin described him as and delight in their music... (1733/4), followed by the popular the greatest songwriter that ever lived Carl Attwood engravings (1735) have inspired a – praise indeed! Come and enjoy his ballet (1935) with choreography by music and sing some of the songs. Ninette de Valois and music by Gavin Carl Attwood Gordon; an opera by Igor Stravinsky (1951) with libretto by W.H Auden and  Requires Stamina Chester Kallman; a film by Sydney These courses involve Gilliat and Frank Launder (1945) with physical activity, long Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer; and an periods of standing and/ historic Glyndebourne production of the or require strong hands. Stravinsky opera (1975) with sets and If in any doubt as to their costumes by David Hockney. Janet will suitability, please contact explore this plethora of artistic response, Denman 01865 391991 using audio-visual illustrations. Janet Canetty-Clarke before booking.

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 51 Music Appreciation: The Singing Satirist Safe Use of the Internet and Singing: Gospel 167.800 23-26 February 2017 Technology 167.898 13-15 March 2017 M £435 NM £495 156.1942 6-7 September 2016 M £290 NM £330 The 1950s and 60s witnessed M £170 NM £190 Lift up your voices in joy to sing the urbane genius of Flanders and The internet is full of opportunities but wonderful, emotional gospel music. Swan. Their polish belied a sharp sadly undesirables also exist. This It is music of great strength, lovely social observation and a true meeting course is for those who have little or harmonies and good rhythm, which is of musical talent and verbal wit. And no understanding of how to protect guaranteed to uplift you. over the ocean Tom Lehrer was so themselves. The tutor will discuss Kate Eckersley bitingly funny that his first records had passwords, usernames and virus to be produced privately. Come and protection, and give you tips on how Singing: I Want to Sing! laugh until you cry as you visit the to avoid getting your account hacked. 167.172 3-4 November 2016 world of musical satire through the You’ll progress at your own pace and M £170 NM £190 words and music of some very talented use Denman’s PCs or better still, bring I want to sing! So many of us have this and funny folk. your own device, tablet or laptop. desire but don’t always know where to Carl Attwood Stephen Green start. Singing with others can be a great way to explore our singing voices in a Ramble and Cruise the Thames Singing for Christmas relaxed and friendly environment so why (Approximately 3-4 Miles) 167.360 2-4 December 2016 not join vocal coach Jo Sercombe for 156.1845 19-21 August 2016 M £240 NM £280 this fun group-singing workshop? M £325 NM £365 Singing for Christmas is for anyone Jo Sercombe Combine a cruise on Salter’s Steamers who loves to sing. If you want to learn with a gentle guided ramble along the many interesting songs and improve Singing: Sounds of the Carpenters Thames towpath to Oxford. the singing voice as well, then this is 167.611 25-27 January 2017 John Harris and Christine Booth the course for you. M £240 NM £280 Kate Eckersley Brother and sister duo Richard and Rambling On: Lovely Country Walks Karen Carpenter were America’s (7-8 Miles) Singing: Discover and Enjoy Your Voice number one selling musical act in the 156.2066 26-30 September 2016 167.061 12-14 October 2016 1970s, filling the airwaves with smooth M £590 NM £650 M £290 NM £330 pop ballads in an era when louder, Enjoy three contrasting country If you enjoy singing but are not wilder rock was in great demand. walks, not previously explored on John sure how good you are, this course Spend time exploring their rich back and Christine’s rambling courses, and is for you. Come and learn about your catalogue as you sing our way through chosen for their natural beauty and voice and how to get the most pleasure their most cherished and well-known varied landscapes. The paths are easily from singing. songs, Yesterday Once More and Top accessible, but with the occasional Kate Eckersley of the World. Discover just what it is incline and stile. There will be ample about the melody shapes and rhythms opportunity to pause and discuss points Singing: Folk Songs of Britain that provide the appeal as well as trying of interest, explore villages and take 167.682 3-5 February 2017 some backing harmony singing. You refreshment in rural hostelries. Proper M £290 NM £330 don’t need to be able to read music walking kit and a reasonable level of Rooted deep in the past, folksongs notation – just come and have a go! fitness will be required to cover the 7-8 tell their stories in tuneful melodies of Jo Sercombe mile distance, come rain or shine. infinite variety. Enjoy singing them in John Harris and Christine Booth unison and with harmonies. Discover Singing: The Magic of Medieval Music their origins and their influences. 167.562 13-15 January 2017 Kate Eckersley M £240 NM £280 The music of the Middle Ages is richly varied. There is the serene beauty of plainchant. And the music in parts may have simple, open harmonies, or the New Year Country House Party 2016 voices may weave intricately, creating 167.510 30 December 2016 - 2 January 2017 M £539 NM £599 a shifting kaleidoscope of sound. You Join us for the traditional Denman New Year House Party. Visit our Georgian will experience it all in your singing. manor house and seventeen acres of parkland for three nights of pure Everyone sang in Medieval times, for indulgence. The price includes plenty of workshops so you can learn new skills, worship, work, play or to deliver news. a wide variety of entertainment, such as a band, a seasonal quiz and a visit to The music was made for voices, as you the local pantomime, and all of your meals, with an extra special celebration will discover. You will also work with dinner on New Year’s Eve. It certainly is not to be missed! exercises to keep your voice flexible. Various Tutors You do not need to read music. A tuneful voice and a love of music is enough. Kate Eckersley 52 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Singing: The Sounds of Summer Tai Chi: Ageing Gracefully Ukulele One: Kickstart Ukulele 156.1583 6-8 July 2016 156.2001 15-18 September 2016 156.1681 22-24 July 2016 M £290 NM £330 M £435 NM £495 M £265 NM £305 There’s nothing like whiling away 167.383 7-9 December 2016 156.1801 12-14 August 2016 the hours on a summer’s day with a M £240 NM £280 M £290 NM £330 few songs and good company in the Youthful ageing is not a fantasy in wonderful surroundings of Denman. Join 167.150 28-30 October 2016 China. For millennia they have used tai experienced vocal coach Jo Sercombe M £290 NM £330 chi to relieve pain and anxiety, sleep to sing a selection of sunny feel-good better and regain the spontaneity of 167.1336 2-4 June 2017 songs in a range of musical styles. youth. You can do the same. Jo Sercombe M £290 NM £330 Jason Boden An introduction to playing the ukulele. Step Up Your Style Students will be shown all the The Christmas Story in Art and Music 156.2043 19-21 September 2016 rudiments of playing the instrument: 167.327 23-25 November 2016 M £290 NM £330 how to tune it, the most common M £290 NM £330 Why do certain shades of colour, chords used to accompany a host of A study of artistic expressions from style and fashion suit you best? Find well-known songs, simple strumming the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque out which is your most flattering look patterns, and how to read chord periods, but be prepared for some and why. Be confident that, even as diagrams and tab. No previous musical surprises from recent times... the trends change, your personal experience is required. style remains with you. This course Richard Box and Carl Attwood Richard Partridge covers all aspects of your appearance, The Ivy Crowson Dance Weekend Ukulele Three: Christmas in Honolulu including makeup, glasses and hair 156.1823 19-21 August 2016 167.322 25-27 November 2016 colour. Liz Prest M £240 NM £280 M £290 NM £330 In an exciting twist on our Strum and sing along to all of your Summer Writing Retreat popular taster weekends, this course favourite Christmas carols and 156.1721 28-31 July 2016 is made up of three different dance seasonal songs, Hawaiian style, M £435 NM £495 workshops with time to relax and with your ukulele. You will be singing Escape to Denman this summer – it’s be entertained along the way. The traditional carols and other Christmas the perfect place for an indulgent discounted price is funded by a legacy favourites arranged with simple chords. summer writing retreat. Make 2016 from WI member Ivy Crowson who The course will be perfect for anyone the year you dig out that unfinished wanted to encourage people to take who already knows a few chords, writing project languishing in a up dancing. Participants should be including those who have attended the drawer, or come and begin something mobile and fairly fit, but you don’t need beginners’ Kickstart Ukulele course. completely new. This course is sold out to bring a partner and no experience The class may also work at some for residential places but non-resident is necessary. Just come brimming with fingerpicking, depending on demand. places are available. Phone 01865 391 enthusiasm and a willingness to give it Richard Partridge a go! The workshop line up will include 991 for more information. Ukulele Three: Chrissie Hall Denman stalwarts Elaine Bywaters, Annabel Brash and Sally Sheppard Tabbing and Fingerpicking Tai Chi for Beginners teaching everything from bollywood 167.983 31 March-2 April 2017 167.136 26-28 October 2016 to the foxtrot. On Friday you’ll watch M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 Funny Face, a musical dance The first of a new series of specialised Millions of people in the western world extravaganza starring Audrey Hepburn courses aimed at ukulele students who practice tai chi for its remarkable and Fred Astaire. Then the spectacular have attended the Kickstart and Fast benefits – reduced stress, improved Oxford University Dance Club will Forward courses and would like to look health, lifelong vitality and stamina. provide the entertainment on Saturday in more depth at specific aspects of Time magazine called tai chi ‘the evening. The price includes two nights ukulele playing. This one looks at tab, perfect exercise’. This course will be of accommodation, plus wine and short for tablature, a form of notation fun, as well as giving you practical skills popcorn with the film, breakfast, lunch specifically designed for the ukulele in to take control of your health. Suitable and three-course dinners. that as it shows the player where to put for beginners. Various Tutors the left-hand fingers on the fingerboard, Jason Boden and fingerpicking, using the right-hand fingers to pluck particular strings, rather than simply strumming chords. Richard Partridge

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 53 Ukulele Two: Fast Forward Ukulele Walking: Heath and River Rambles Walking: Spring Countryside Bluebell 156.1568 1-3 July 2016 (5 Miles Approximately) Special (5 Miles Maximum Per Day) M £290 NM £330 156.2006 15-18 September 2016 167.1210 8-10 May 2017 167.761 17-19 February 2017 M £475 NM £535 M £290 NM £330 M £290 NM £330 Waterways contain the Britain’s breathtaking bluebell carpets This is an intermediate course for greatest diversity of wildlife of all are very special – vividly rich and graduates of the beginners’ Kickstart habitats, and late spring is the busiest widespread like nowhere else in the Ukulele course who want to reinforce time of the year for insects, birds and world. To ensure you visit the best what they have learnt and progress a other animals. Also at this time of year, displays, locations of walks in the little further. It will suit anyone who can the sparse landscape of the heathland Cotswolds or Thames Valley will be already play a few chords, but who now is transformed into swathes of golden monitored closer to the time. You needs a helping hand to move forward. gorse. You will spend two full days should also see other spring species, The course would also help guitarists out with contrasting rambles along including orchids and butterflies, before who want to try out the ukulele. scenic rivers and canals, and onto rare the open habitat is shaded out, and Richard Partridge heaths. Come face-to-face with relics you will learn how to identify our native of a cold-war past, now reclaimed for bluebell, and about its fight for survival. Ukulele Weekend wildlife. On the morning of the final day There will be illustrated talks in the 156.2011 22-25 September 2016 there will be a short local walk. evenings and on the morning of the M £435 NM £495 Christopher Everett and Pam Hopwood final day a short local walk, and tour of Fancy playing an instrument the beautiful college gardens. that’s cheap, portable and fun? Walking: Rambles Along the Ridgeway Christopher Everett and Pam Hopwood Learn some basic chords and (5 Miles Approximately) strumming techniques and develop 156.1776 8-12 August 2016 Walking: Spring Flower Spectacular (5 a mini-repertoire. No musical M £590 NM £650 Miles Maximum Per Day) knowledge required. Enjoy a special mix of spectacular 167.1090 20-23 April 2017 Nicholas Corder views, grand ancient wonders, and M £435 NM £495 the varied wildlife and habitats of high Spring flowers are a delight Walking: A Gentle Ramble meadows, woods and rivers, as you in the rejuvenating countryside, (Approximately 4 Miles) explore Britain’s oldest road – the from the rarities of open meadows, 156.1737 1-3 August 2016 Ridgeway. On each day you will visit chequered snakeshead fritillaries and M £310 NM £350 different sections of the pathway and striking pasque flowers, to the ancient A leisurely ramble from the famous its surroundings. High summer chalk wood classics of primroses, celandines, Wittenham Clumps down to the pretty meadows feature in the west and violets and anemones. You will look for village of Dorchester upon Thames, you will visit sites including Avebury’s all of these in the beautiful Cotswolds lunching in a country pub, before immense prehistoric stone circle, countryside and picturesque villages, exploring the Abbey and surroundings. mysterious Silbury mound and the giant and visit the very best location for Gill Avery and Pat Morris White Horse at Uffington. Venturing fritillaries, close to the source of the east, the landscape changes as you Thames. There will be illustrated talks Walking: Discovering Wild Orchids pass through Goring Gap, pretty in the evenings, and on the morning of (5 Miles Maximum Per Day) villages and sheltered woodlands, and the final day a short local walk and tour 167.1290 22-25 May 2017 spend time along the river. There will of the beautiful college gardens. M £435 NM £495 be a short local walk on the morning Christopher Everett and Pam Hopwood Well known as exotics, it is perhaps of the final day. Evenings will be spent surprising that so many different native in discussion with illustrated talks. Walking: Spring Meadows Wild Crocus species of orchids live wild, hidden, Rambles will take place in all conditions Wonderland (5 Miles Maximum Per Day) amongst us. Go on an adventure to and you must come prepared with 167.893 15-17 March 2017 special reserves in the gentle Chiltern suitable clothing and footwear. M £290 NM £330 Hills and Thames Valley to search The walk is mostly flat with a few Early wild flowers are rare in Britain, for these and other plants, birds and gentle slopes. and you will visit the Berkshire Downs butterflies of the early summer. You Christopher Everett and Pam Hopwood for a special treat few ever witness, at will visit woods, meadows and unusual the very best site in the country for wild fens and at rare inland cliffs also crocus displays. It is changeover time, discover fossil Jurassic sea life. There sparse winter becoming the first shoots will be illustrated talks in the evenings, of spring, and you will also look for early and on the morning of the final day signs of awakening animals, wild plants, a short local walk and tour of the and familiar daffodils and snowdrops. beautiful college gardens. There will be illustrated talks in the Christopher Everett and Pam Hopwood evenings, and on the morning of the final day a short local walk, and tour of the beautiful college gardens. Christopher Everett and Pam Hopwood 54 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook Winter Writing Retreat 167.624 26-29 January 2017 M £360 NM £420 Dig out that unfinished writing project languishing in a drawer or, if you’re a beginner, come along to get inspired and start writing at Denman this winter. Overcome writer’s block and enjoy working in a supportive, tutor-led classroom group and in programmed one-to-one sessions on your short stories, memoirs, life stories, sketches, plays, articles or novels. Chrissie Hall Women in Comedy 156.1949 5-7 September 2016 Waling: Summer Meadows Walking: Winter Landscapes M £290 NM £330 and Woodland Glades (5 Miles Maximum Per Day) Women have always had a central, if (5 Miles Approximately) 167.610 23-25 January 2017 under-acknowledged, role in comedy. 156.1569 3-6 July 2016 M £240 NM £280 From Hylda Baker to Victoria Wood, M £475 NM £535 Winter is a time of dramatic they have taken control and created Students will walk through the gentle beauty, when the environment is like laughs on their own terms. This Chiltern Hills north of Henley and visit no other time of year. It can be wild appreciation course will look at the tranquil and remote Warburg Nature and it can sparkle. Enjoy scenic local great women who have made us laugh, Reserve, which is a haven for summer walks in the Oxfordshire countryside whether in front of the cameras, from flowers, rare orchids and butterflies with stunning tree silhouettes and open their typewriters or in the director’s of woods and meadows. You will also landscapes, and see how wildlife is still chair. You will watch classic videos and walk near Oxford around unusual fen around us, coping with the challenges. recordings, look at archive material and grasslands, and at the inland cliffs It is likely the walks will enable a and discuss the changing and growing of Dry Sandford discover the county’s lunchtime break at Denman. There will role of women in comedy. And you will fossil Jurassic sealife. There will be be illustrated talks in the evenings, and laugh a lot! a short local walk on the morning of on the morning of the final day a short Tony Kirwood the final day. Evenings will be spent local walk and tour of the beautiful Writing Humour in discussion with illustrated talks. college gardens. 167.110 18-20 October 2016 Rambles will take place in all conditions Christopher Everett and Pam Hopwood and you must come prepared with M £290 NM £330 suitable clothing and footwear. What’s in a Word? English Etymology Whether you want to add colour to your Christopher Everett and Pam Hopwood 167.030 3-5 October 2016 writing or just to make people laugh, M £290 NM £330 there is no better way of holding your Walking: The Autumn Countryside The course aims to illustrate the English readers than humour. In this course, (5 Miles Maximum Per Day) language through the development which is suitable for both beginners 167.141 24-26 October 2016 of its words. Tracing the antecedents and more experienced writers, you will discover how you can ‘write funny’. M £310 NM £350 and relatives of words from a Witty prose, comic characters and Autumn is a wonderfully colourful dictionary and specialist sources will amusing ideas will make your fiction, season for rambling with exciting demonstrate contributions to the modern articles or life writing more readable opportunities for wildlife spotting, as English vocabulary. The existence, and saleable, and are more within your animals and plants are busy preparing development, and usage of English range than you may think. for the demanding days of winter. words will be examined through directed Tony Kirwood Walking the Oxfordshire countryside, and assisted participant presentations in ancient woods, meadows and and group discussions. Simple projects waterways, you will discover fungi and and presentations to stimulate group fruits, and much more than the familiar discussion will be an important part of changing colours of our trees. There the course. The etymological aspects will be illustrated talks in the evenings, will not be overly academic and so all and on the morning of the final day that is required is an enquiring mind a short local walk and tour of the and a willingness to be delighted at how beautiful college gardens. readable and informative a dictionary Christopher Everett and Pam Hopwood and online resources can be. Brian Jaques

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 55 16 July 2016 1-4 August 2016 Course Calendar WI Baking Day Pg 4 History and Heritage: •  • A Pocketful of People Pg 45 17-19 July 2016 • Scandinavian Style Crafting 1-5 August 2016 JULY 2016 Take Away Pg 31 • Nip and Tuck: Altering Clothes Pg 28 1-3 July 2016 17-20 July 2016 • Stained Glass Garden Pg 36 Ali’s Favourite Bakes Pg 5 Embroidery: 3-5 August 2016 • Flowers for Weddings Pg 22 • Elizabethan Raised Work Pg 21 History and Heritage: • History and Heritage: Oxford and the History and Heritage: Georgian Bath, • Discover Tudor Oxford Pg 47 •  • Claydon and Stowe Pg 47 Let’s Make Cheese Pg 8 Colleges (Part 1) Pg 48 •  Silver Clay Jewellery with Freshwater • Willow Baskets and Creatures Pg 39 • Watercolours for Beginners Pg 38 • Pearls Pg 35 18-20 July 20/2016 4 August 2016 Ukulele Two: Fast Forward Ukulele Computer Skills: iPad for Beginners Summer Concert and Talk Pg 37 • Pg 54 •  •  Pg 41 4-7 August 2016 Indian Street Food Pg 7 3-6 July 2016 •  Denman Summer School: • Walking: Summer Meadows 18-22 July 2016 • Enjoy Oxfordshire Pg 42 and Woodland Glades Denman Summer School: The Oxford Family History for Beginners Pg 43 (5 Miles Approximately) Pg 55 • Writers Pg 42 • History and Heritage: Whitehall: 4 July 2016 20-22 July 2016 • The Road to Power and Glory Pg 50 Drawing: A Different Approach - Computer Skills: Polymer Clay Jewellery Pg 30 • Day School Pg 13 •  •  Android Tablets for Beginners Pg 41 • Ribbon Embroidery: 4-6-July 2016 • Pies, Pâtés and Terrines Pg 9 A Blooming Summer Garden Pg 31 • Calligraphy: An Introduction Pg 17 22-24 July 2016 • WI Baking Weekender Pg 10 Easy Entertaining Pg 6 History and Heritage: 8-10 August 2016 • History and Heritage: The Cotswolds •  •  Oxford Town and Gown Pg 48 Gardening: Three Famous Gardeners Pg 49 Marbling on Silk Pg 26 • Pg 45 Make a Felt Bag Pg 25 •  •  • Ukulele One: Kickstart Ukulele Pg 53 • Goldwork Embroidery Pg 23 4-7 July 2016 25-27 July 2016 • Japaneasy Pg 8 Denman Summer School: Jams and Jellies Pg 8 Overlockers for Improvers Pg 28 • The Georgian Experience Pg 42 •  • Make the Most of Your Sewing 8-11 August 2016 Silver Jewellery Pg 35 •  • Machine Pg 26 History and Heritage: Henry VIII Pg 47 6-8 July 2016 Silver Clay Jewellery • Parchment Craft: ABC Designs Pg 28 A Paper Bag But Not As You • with Fused Glass Pg 35 •  • Know It Pg 16 8-12 August 2016 25-28 July 2016 Artisan Bread Pg 5 Walking: Rambles Along the Ridgeway •  Gardening: Planting Design • (5 Miles Approximately) Pg 54 Singing: The Sounds of Summer Pg 53 • and Theory Pg 44 7-10•  July 2016 10-12 August 2016 Literature: Jane Austen’s Letters Silver Clay Filigree Jewellery Pg 34 Music Appreciation: Stravinsky’s • (Part 2) Pg 50 •  • The Rake’s Progress Pg 51 Watercolours: Experimenting with • Multimedia Masterclass Pg 27 • Techniques Pg 39 8 July 2016 25-29 July 2016 Drawing and Painting: Summer Flowers 10-14 August 2016 •  Patchwork: Medallion Quilt Patchwork: Beach Huts and Boats for Beginners - Day School Pg 13 • (Intermediate Level) Pg 29 •  8-10 July 2016 Pg 29 27-29 July 2016 Botanical Art for Improvers Pg 17 11 August 2016 •  Film: Grace Kelly, Hollywood’s Pizza Workshop: Family Day School WI Baking Masterclass Pg 10 • Princess Pg 44 •  11• July 2016 (8-12 Years) Pg 4 Focus on Fitness and Fun Pg 44 12-14 August 2016 Stained Glass: An Introduction - • Make the Most of Your Sewing • Day School Pg 15 •  Beaded and Wired Flowers Machine Pg 26 • for Jewellery Pg 16 11-13 July 2016 World Street Food Pg 10 Crochet for Beginners Pg 18 •  Make a Silk Scarf Pg 26 •  28-31 July 2016 • Showstopping Bakes Pg 9 Film: Somewhere Over The Rainbow: Summer Writing Retreat Pg 53 •  • Judy Garland Pg 44 •  • Stone Carving Pg 36 Stained Glass for Beginners Pg 36 29-31 July 2016 • Ukulele One: Kickstart Ukulele Pg 53 • WI Guide to Patisserie Pg 10 Free Machine Embroidery: 14 August 2016 •  • Thread and Texture Pg 23 11-14 July 2016 • London’s Spectacular Riverside Design for Crafts Pg 19 History Cruise with Peter Lawrence AUGUST 2016 Pg 37 • Pat’s Patchwork Bags Pg 30 •  1-3 August 2016 15 August 2016 13-15 July 2016 Digital Photography Pg 42 History and Heritage: Oxford Town •  Beaded Jewellery Family Day Pg 12 •  History and Heritage: So You Don’t •  and Gown Pg 48 • Believe in Unicorns? Pg 48 15-18 August 2016 • Music Appreciation: Moorish and Middle Eastern Cookery • Bridge for Beginners (Part 2) Pg 41 Church Choral Music Pg 51 • Pg 9 • World Street Food Pg 10 15 July 2016 Walking: A Gentle Ramble Willow Piglets - Day School Pg 15 • (Approximately 4 Miles) Pg 54 •  Watercolour and Ink: Experimental • Techniques Pg 38 56 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook 18 August 2016 3 September 2016 23 September 2016 • History and Heritage: • Eco Print Dyeing - Day School Pg 13 • Safe Use of the Internet and Roman Ruins and How to 4 September 2016 Technology - Day School Pg 40 Appreciate Them - Day School Pg 40 Jewellery: The Basics of Pearl 24 September 2016 Literary Lunch: Julie Summers • Knotting - Day School Pg 14 Safe Use of the Internet and • with Overnight Stay Pg 37 •  4-6 September 2016 Technology - Day School Pg 40 18-21 August 2016 Creative Writing for Articles 26 September 2016 Bread and Cheese Pg 5 • and Features Pg 42 Stained Glass: An Introduction - • History and Heritage: Sunken Treasure •  •  Happy Scrappy Patchwork for Day School Pg 15 and the British Museum’s Exhibition: • Beginners Pg 23 An Archaeologist’s Exploration Pg 49 26-28 September 2016 History and Heritage: Blenheim and Cake Decorating Pg 6 19 August 2016 • the Churchills Pg 46 •  Literary Lunch: Julie Summers Pg 37 26-29 September 2016 •  4-7 September 2016 History and Heritage: Discover 19-21 August 2016 • Alexander Technique: • Medieval Wall Paintings in English • Flowers for the Fearful Pg 22 An Introduction Pg 41 Churches Pg 46 • Ramble and Cruise the Thames 5 September 2016 Michele’s Little Art Course Part 3: (Approximately 3-4 Miles) Pg 52 Pearl Jewellery: Gifts - Day School Pg 15 • Introduction to Pastels and Using The Ivy Crowson Dance Weekend Pg 53 •  •  5-7 September 2016 Water Based Media Creatively Pg 27 22-24 August 2016 Mosaics: New Ideas and Basic Discovering Astronomy Pg 43 • Techniques Pg 27 A Taste of Spain Pg 5 • Festive Willow Pg 21 • Calligraphy: Working in Italics Pg 18 •  26-30 September 2016 •  Summer in Provence Pg 9 Music Appreciation: Elgar, • Watercolours Reunion Pg 39 History and Heritage: • The Man and His Music Pg 51 • Discover Oxford and the Cotswolds • Women in Comedy Pg 55 22-25 August 2016 •  with Morse and Lewis Pg 46 6-7 September 2016 Enamelling: Cloisonne Pg 21 Parchment Craft: An Introduction Pg 29 •  Safe Use of the Internet and • Rambling On: Lovely Country Walks 22-26 August 2016 • Technology Pg 52 • (7-8 Miles) Pg 52 Beading for Beginners and Beyond Pg 16 9-11 September 2016 Watercolours for Beginners Pg 38 • Jacobean Crewel Embroidery Pg 24 •  •  • Let’s Make Cheese Pg 8 29 September 2016 23-26 August 2016 14-15 September 2016 Healthy Indian Cookery - Day School Patchwork for Beginners: Laser Mosaics: Design a Quirky Mirror Pg 27 • Pg 4 • (Level 1, Unit 1 - Formerly OCN) Pg 29 •  15 September 2016 29-30 September 2016 24-26 August 2016 Crochet: An Introduction to Tunisian Leatherwork: From Belts to Bracelets A Taste of Italy Pg 5 •  •  • Crochet - Day School Pg 12 Pg 25 Chinese Brush Painting: Autumn Pasta and Sauces - Day School Pg 4 Oil Pastels: A Fresh Approach Pg 28 • Pleasures Pg 18 •  •  Music Appreciation: Gershwin and 15-18 September 2016 OCTOBER 2016 • Porter Pg 51 Tai Chi: Ageing Gracefully Pg 53 • Unique Mixed Media Cards Pg 38 3-5 October 2016 Pyrography: The Art of Woodburning •  Cooking for One Pg 6 • Pg 30 Walking: Heath and River Rambles •  • (5 Miles Approximately) Pg 54 Free Machine Embroidery: 26-28 August 2016 • Organza Flowers Pg 22 16 September 2016 • Mother and Daughter Weekend Pg 28 What’s in a Word? English Etymology 30 August 2016 • Knife Skills - Day School Pg 4 • Pg 55 • Crochet: Broomstick Crochet - 17 September 2016 3-6 October 2016 Day School Pg 12 • Cupcakes and Macarons - Day School Pg 4 • Gardening: Plants for Free Pg 45 30 August - 1 September 2016 19-21 September 2016 • Silver Jewellery Reunion Pg 36 • Crochet for Beginners Pg 18 • Artisan Bread Making: 3-7 October 2016 Knitting: Modular Freeform Pg 25 An Introduction Pg 5 Goldwork Embroidery Pg 23 •  Step Up Your Style Pg 53 •  30 August - 2 September 2016 •  • Literature: Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’ • Bobbin Lacemaking Pg 17 20 September 2016 Pg 50 Drawing with the Machine Needle Pg 20 • Introduction to Soutache Jewellery - 5-7 October 2016 • History and Heritage: The Stately Day School Pg 14 Digital Photography for the Autumn • Homes of England Pg 49 21 September 2016 • Pg 43 31 August - 2 September 2016 • Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience • Gluten Free Cookery Pg 7 Afternoon Teas Pg 5 Pg 37 7 October 2016 • Sew Your Leftover Fabrics Pg 34 21-22 September 2016 Jewellery: A Pearl Set - Day School •  Embroidered Landscapes Pg 20 • Pg 14 SEPTEMBER 2016 •  • Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience 7-9 October 2016 1-4 September 2016 with Overnight Stay Pg 37 • Make a Felted Bag Pg 25 Family History: Research Your Family 22-25 September 2016 10-12 October 2016 • Tree and Visit the National Archives Pg 43 Painting: Mixed Media Flowers Pg 28 Autumn in Italy Pg 5 2-4 September 2016 •  Patisserie Pg 9 • Dowsers’ Reunion Pg 43 Drawing with Coloured Pencils Pg 19 •  Ukulele Weekend Pg 54 • Music Appreciation: Irving Berlin Pg 51 • Watercolours for Improvers Pg 38 •  •  • Stumpwork Embroidery with • WI Patisserie Weekender Pg 10 • Needlelace: 17th Century Castles Pg 36

For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 57 10-13 October 2016 26-28 October 2016 9-11 November 2016 • Creative Writing for Beginners Pg 42 • Computer Skills: Android Tablets • Bumper Craft Take Away Pg 17 • Patchwork: Quick Strip for Improvers Pg 41 • Let’s Make Cheese (Part Two) Pg 8 Reversible Quilt Pg 30 • Embroidered Velvet Evening Bag Pg 20 • Ribbon Embroidery: 10-14 October 2016 • Pretty Perfectly Pleated Lampshades Christmas Cards Pg 31 Make a Sculpted Doll: Holly Pg 25 Pg 30 Watercolours: Drawing with a Brush •  Tai Chi for Beginners Pg 53 • Pg 39 12-14 October 2016 • Watercolours for Improvers Pg 38 Singing: Discover and Enjoy •  11 November 2016 • Your Voice Pg 52 27 October 2016 • Festive Willow - Day School Pg 13 Watercolours: Autumn Fruits and Halloween Baking: Family Day School 11-13 November 2016 •  • (6-11 Years) Pg 4 Flowers Pg 39 • Festive Willow Pg 21 • World Street Food Pg 10 28 October 2016 • Knitting: Modular Freeform for 13-14 October 2016 • Crochet: Broomstick Crochet - Improvers Pg 25 Parchment Craft with the Day School Pg 12 Master Your Overlocker for the • Groovi System Pg 15 28-30 October 2016 • Advanced Pg 26 14 October 2016 • Autumnal Baking Weekender Pg 5 • Pastry Weekend Pg 9 Family History for Beginners - • Dance That’s Strictly Fun Pg 42 14-16 November 2016 • Day School Pg 40 Mixed Media Cards for Any Occasion French Bistro Pg 7 • Pg 27 •  16-18 October 2016 14-17 November 2016 Ukulele One: Kickstart Ukulele Pg 53 History and Heritage: Royalty in •  History and Heritage: • London Through the Ages Pg 48 31 October - 3 November 2016 • Abbeys and Priories Pg 45 • Silver Clay Jewellery Pg 35 • Creative Decorative Papercutting Pg 18 14-18 November 2016 16-19 October 2016 Film: Hollywood Royalty: Embroidery: Sumptuous Chatelaine • Audrey and Grace Pg 44 Design Your Own Garment from a • Pg 21 • Commercial Pattern Pg 19 History and Heritage: Belgravia and Trattoria Classics Pg 10 • Kensington Palace Gardens Pg 46 •  Have You Ever Thought About 17 November 2016 • Writing Your Life Story? 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Day School Painting with Powertex and Mixed • Pg 15 Acrylic Painting: Springtime Pg 16 • Media Canvasses Pg 28 • History of Fashion: Dandies, Shibori Bead Embroidery Pg 34 27 February - 1 March 2017 • Fops and Muslin Frocks Pg 50 •  Preserving: Oranges and Lemons Pg 9 Singing: Folk Songs of Britain Pg 52 •  27-29 March 2017 • The Vegetable Bakery Pg 10 Silver Clay Jewellery: Ring Making •  • Pg 35 • Rag Rugs and Recycling Pg 31 6-8 February 2017 27 February - 3 March 2017 • World Street Food (Part Two) Pg 10 • Computer Skills: iPad for Beginners Patchwork: UFOs Pg 30 27-30 March 2017 Pg 41 •  • Impressionist Landscapes in Acrylic • Express Dinner Parties Pg 6 MARCH 2017 Pg 24 6-9 February 2017 1-3 March 2017 Mosaics: Learn the Basic Techniques • and Improve your Skills Pg 27 Beading Reunion Pg 16 Let’s Make Cheese (Level 2) Pg 8 • History and Heritage: Diaries and •  27-31 March 2017 •  Painting: Spring Flowers Using Pen Diarists: An Armchair Journey Pg 46 • and Ink Wash Pg 28 Embroidery by Hand: Pulled and Drawn History of Fashion: • Thread Pg 20 6-8 -March 2017 • The Radical Roaring 20s Pg 50 29-31 March 2017 Silver Jewellery Pg 34 Scandinavian Style Crafting •  • Take Away Pg 31 • Easter Baking Pg 6 10 February 2017 Thai Cookery Pg 10 Music Appreciation: Irving Berlin Pg 51 Green Heart Crafting Takeaway •  •  6-10 March 2017 30 March - 2 April 2017 • – Day School Pg 13 Jacobean Crewel Embroidery Pg 24 Immerse Yourself in More Upholstery • Pg 24 6-10 February 2017 • Literature: Jane Austen and Journeys Goldwork Embroidery: • Pg 50 31 March - 2 April 2017 • Elizabethan Style Pg 23 8-10 March 2017 • Mindful Baking Pg 8 8-10 February 2017 Gluten, Dairy and Sugar Free • Silver Clay Jewellery Reunion Pg 35 Moorish and Middle Eastern Cookery • Italian Cooking Pg 7 Stunning Scarves on Soluble Fabric • Pg 9 • Pg 38 10-12 March 2017 Watercolours for Beginners Pg 38 Ukulele Three: Tabbing and •  Ali’s Favourite Bakes Pg 5 • Fingerpicking Pg 53 10-12 February 2017 • Crochet: Freeform Pg 19 Mother and Daughter Weekend Pg 28 •  Watercolour Pencils: Pet Portraits Pg 39 •  Flower Arranging: New Designs for •  13-15 February 2017 • Contemporary Spring Flowers Pg 22 APRIL 2017 History and Heritage: History and Heritage: Britain with 2-4 April 2017 • Oxford and the Colleges (Part 1) Pg 48 • Betjeman Pg 46 Crochet for Beginners Pg 18 Knitting Creatively Pg 24 Jewellery: Pearl Necklace, •  •  • Choker and Earrings Pg 24 Fabulous Fascinators and a Matching Make the Most of Your Sewing Machine • Corsage Pg 21 • Pg 26 Patchwork: Beach Huts Pg 29 Patisserie Pg 9 • Victorian Wire Beading Techniques 2-5 April 2017 •  •  Patchwork: Bags for Fun Pg 29 13-16 February 2017 Pg 38 • Silver Jewellery Reunion Pg 36 Stumpwork Embroidery: • Willow Baskets Pg 39 •  • More Advanced Pg 36 13-15 March 2017 2-6 April 2017 13-17 February 2017 • Cryptic Crosswords: The Solution • Embroidery UFOs Pg 20 Immerse Yourself in Upholstery Pg 24 Pg 42 4 April 2017 •  Curries of the World Pg 6 Make Your Own Easter Egg and Other Make the Most of Your Sewing Machine •  •  • and Overlocker: • Singing: Gospel Pg 52 Chocolate Treats - Day School Pg 4 A Week with May Martin Pg 26 • Watercolours for Improvers Pg 38 4-7 April 2017 Jewellery: Beaded, Knitted, Crocheted • and Wired Pg 24

60 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook 5 April 2017 3-5 May 2017 JUNE 2017 Contemporary Embroidery for Gardens of Delight Pg 45 1-4 June 2017 • Beginners - Day School Pg 12 •  La Dolce Vita: Sweets and Puddings Patchwork: Charm Quilt Pg 29 5-7 April 2017 • of Italy Pg 8 •  2-4 June 2017 History and Heritage: Fruit, Veg and 4-7 May 2017 • Petticoats: A History of London’s Back to Basics Using a Sketchbook Michele’s Little Art Course Part 1: • Pg 16 Markets Pg 47 • How to Draw and Watercolours Ribbon Embroidery: A Topiary Tree for Beginners Pg 26 History and Heritage: Arts and Crafts •  • Gardens Pg 45 Pg 31 5-7 May 2017 6 April 2017 History and Heritage: London’s Flower Arranging for Church Pg 22 • Docklands Revisited Pg 47 Make Your Own Easter Egg and Other •  Ribbon Embroidery: Hollyhocks Pg 31 Jewellery: Pearl Necklace, Choker and • Chocolate Treats - Day School Pg 4 8• May  2017 • Earrings Pg 24 12-13 April 2017 Willow Piglets - Day School Pg 15 Mindful Baking Pg 8 Simple Sewing for Beginners Pg 36 •  •  •  8-10 May 2017 • Ukulele One: Kickstart Ukulele Pg 53 18-21 April 2017 Embroidered Landscapes Pg 20 5-7 June 2017 Drawing with the Machine Needle Pg 20 •  •  Walking: Spring Countryside Bluebell Cordials, Cocktails and Mocktails Pg 6 History and Heritage: Two Palaces: • Special (5 Miles Maximum Per Day) Pg 54 • Scrapbooking: An Introduction Pg 34 • Blenheim and Waddesdon Pg 49 Willow Creatures Pg 39 • Watercolours for Beginners Pg 38 Patchwork: Hand Techniques for • World of Cake Pg 10 •  • Absolute Beginners Pg 29 •  5-9 June 2017 Silver Clay Jewellery for Improvers Pg 35 10-12 May 2017 Embroidery: Beaded Blackberries with •  Free Machine Embroidery: • Stumpwork and a Hedgehog Pg 21 Watercolours: Glorious Tulips Pg 35 •  •  Thread and Texture Pg 23 7-9 June 2017 19-21 April 2017 Fermentation: An Introduction pg 6 Italian Entertaining Pg 7 •  Beading the Russian Connection: •  18-21 May 2017 • St Petersburg and Russian Chevron 20-23 April 2017 Digital Photography Pg 42 Chains Pg 17 Walking: Spring Flower Spectacular •  •  History and Heritage: Exploring Let’s Make Cheese Pg 8 (5 Miles Maximum Per Day) Pg 54 • More Cotswold Churches Pg 47 •  21-23 April 2017 12-14 June 2017 • Learn to Use a Sewing Machine A Paper Book: From Start to Finish Painting: Landscapes Using Gouache (Part 2) Pg 25 • Pg 16 • Pg 28 Mosaics: Create the Magic Pg 27 Speedy Cook Pg 9 Tambour Embroidery and Beading 19-21•  May 2017 •  • Pg 38 Watercolour Flowers for Beginners Breads and Doughs (Level 2) Pg 6 • Pg 38 23-25 April 2017 • Silver Clay Jewellery Pg 35 Calligraphy: Copperplate Pg 18 •  12-16 June 2017 •  Watercolours: Paint a Hare Pg 39 Curtains and Blinds: Tips and Tricks 23-26 April 2017 21-23•  May 2017 • Pg 19 Literature and Drama: Medieval Life •  Calligraphy: The Gentle Art of 14 June 2017 Through Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales • Letter Writing Pg 18 Pg 50 Computer Skills: iPad for Beginners - History and Heritage: • Day School Pg 40 24-26 April 2017 • London’s Square Mile Pg 48 14-16 June 2017 Pastels for Beginners Pg 29 21-25 May 2017 24-27•  April 2017 Computer Skills: iPad for Beginners Patchwork: Split the Windmill Pg 30 • Pg 41 Goldwork Embroidery: Mackintosh 22-24•  May 2017 • Inspired Roses Pg 23 The Amalfi Coast on Your Table Pg 10 A Taste of Spain Pg 5 •  24-28 April 2017 •  18-20 June 2017 Make the Most of Your Sewing Machine Watercolours: Gardens Pg 39 Dressmaking: Tips and Tricks to • Pg 26 •  • Improve Your Skills Pg 20 19-21 June 2017 22-25 May 2017 Mediterranean Cuisine Pg 8 25-28 April 2017 Walking: Discovering Wild Orchids •  History and Heritage: • (5 Miles Maximum Per Day) Pg 54 19-22 June 2017 • The Arts and Crafts Movement Pg 49 22-26 May 2017 History and Heritage: Prominent British • Families Pg 48 26 April 2017 Embroidery: Along the Riverbank Pg 20 Calligraphy - Day School Pg 12 •  •  23-26 May 2017 19-23 June 2017 26-28 April 2017 History and Heritage: • Goldwork Embroidery: A Three- • American Baking Pg 5 • The Tradescants and Oxford Pg 49 Dimensional Butterfly Pg 23 Gardening: Knowing and Growing 24-26 May 2017 20-23 June 2017 • Herbs Pg 44 Italian Street Food Pg 8 Patchwork: Mondrian from Paint to Michele’s Little Art Course Part 4 Pg 27 • Fabric (Intermediate Level) Pg 29 •  • Make the Most of Your Overlocker MAY 2017 • Pg 26 21-23 June 2017 26 May 2017 Patisserie Pg 9 2-4 May 2017 •  Upcycling Weekend Pg 63 26-28 June 2017 Watercolours: Experimenting •  Gourmet Salads Pg 7 • with Techniques Pg 39 30 May - 2 June 2017 •  2-5 May 2017 Digital Photography and Photoshop: 29-30 June 2017 • Out and About Pg 42 Little Treasures: Beadwoven Beaded Dressmaking: Bodice and Sleeve • Beads Pg 25 • Blocks that Fit like a Glove Pg 20 • Immerse Yourself in Upholstery Pg 24 Silver Jewellery Pg 35 31 May - 2 June 2017 • Stumpwork Embroidery: Pastry Pg 9 • The Vegetable Patch Pg 36 •  For more information on courses and events visit denman.org.uk or call 01865 391991 61 Carers TERMS AND CONDITIONS Carers not attending a course who come to The balance of fees is payable eight weeks Residential Course Fees look after a student, sharing one of the adapted before the course starts. Your fee includes tuition, travel during the bedrooms, will be charged a fee Deposits and full fees can be transferred to course, entrance fees for visits, ingredients for of £40 per night including meals. cookery courses, meals and accommodation in another person to attend the same course. an ensuite room. Some trips involve purchasing Travel Arrangements Deposits and full fees cannot be transferred refreshments while off site. Materials for art Denman Shuttle – Residential Courses between courses. and craft courses are not included in the We provide a free shuttle service by taxi to No reductions or refunds are available to course fee. Materials are bought from the tutor. Denman at set times from Oxford and Didcot students arriving late or leaving early. An indication of costs is given in the detailed stations, as part of our Green Transport Policy. 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the year 12-14 December 2016 The Glorious Old Christmas Getaway Special Time Music Hall 167.420 M £320 NM £360 17 November 2016 Enjoy a relaxing break before the festivities begin. This special workshop weekend will enable you to bring handmade flair to your Christmas even if DAY EVENT: you have no crafting experience. Make your own fairy, create some beautiful 167.258 decorations or fashion a willow wreath for the front door. Alternatively, for M £50 NM £55 those who like to cook, you can make your own edible gifts to give as a present or to enjoy yourself. Create your very own seasonal masterpieces in 17-18 November 2016 three difference workshops and get the whole Denman festive experience at the same time… DAY EVENT AND OVERNIGHT STAY: 167.259 M £119 NM £129 Denman and Little Chico Productions present The Glorious 26-28 Old Time Music Hall featuring songs by Marie Lloyd, Wilson May 2017 and Keppel, Little Titch, George Formby, Vesta Victoria and many more... Join us for a celebration of the good old days with a good old fashioned sing-a-long and knees up! Celebrate all that is British with some top nosh, a bit a booze and some first class entertainment. Rule Britannia, hip hip and all that! This is the perfect opportunity to enjoy some close theatre performed by professional and Upcycling Weekend experienced actors with exactly 167.1320 M £320 NM £360 the same aim as you – to enjoy This eco-trend that has been generating a buzz within crafting circles and it has your evening and have fun! now landed at Denman. The concept is simple: take something old, like scraps of fabric or a battered piece of furniture, and make it into something completely new. The evening includes an elegant Upcycling is not only good for the environment, it’s also a way add a dash of your three-course dinner, entertainment own personal style to your home or wardrobe by creating an item that’s truly unique. and a glass of sparkling wine on Come to Denman for this workshop weekend with a difference. You’ll pick three arrival. There is also the option to workshops from a variety of options and take up a selection of quirky and original stay overnight at Denman after the items, whilst spending two nights in a lovely ensuite room, eating scrumptious event, which also includes meals. What more could you ask for? breakfast the next morning.

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