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Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Cereal Box Gift Bag - DIY

Don’t throw away empty cereal boxes. Instead, turn them into useful crafts!
I decided to decorate a cereal box as an elegantly up cycled gift box. It is handmade and adds a personal touch to your presents. It’s a great way to go green and up cycle those boxes, while having lots of fun!

Materials Needed:

Cereal Box
Gift Wrap Paper
Glue
Scissors
Golden pearl chain
Punch hole

Procedure:

1. Cut the top flaps off the cereal box.

2. Measure the cereal box and gift paper to fold around the corners of the box. Cut excess paper on top as well as bottom. Stick with glue.

3. At the bottom of the box, fold the small corners first then the broader ones.

4. It will look like this.

5. At the top of the box, make a slit on all 4 corners. Carefully, apply glue and fold the paper one by one.

6. Punch holes at the top of the box, two for the front and two for the back, insert golden pearl chain and secure with knots to create two handles.

7. Add contrast gift tag. And voila your lovely handmade gift bag is ready.

This project can be completed in less than an hour and is perfect for those occasions when you don't have a gift box. The best thing is it is also made from items that normally end up in our house and its eco-friendly. Reuse, Reduce, Recycle.

Contributed by Prit Reddy at It's an Art!

Thursday, 21 January 2016

Crochet Classes for Kids - MarieArt - January to March Ain Khalid

Crochet to be inspired, to express yourself, for relaxation, to be awesome!

MarieArt the little popular crochet shop in Qatar is conducting Crochet Classes for kids with a different touch and feel! Here are the details!

Course Duration: 3 Months (12 hours of solid teaching per month)
Participants: Kids 5 - 16 years
Days & Timings: 3 hours a day, once a week (Timings will be notified upon registration)
Venue: MarieArt - Ain Khalid
Cost: QR1000 per month (Inclusive of all materials)
Registration: WhatsApp +974 70601276 or PM MarieArt via their Facebook Page
Course Materials: Will be provided by MarieArt

Course Outline

Introduction to Crocheting
Holding the needle and the yarn
Introducing basic crochet stitches
Beginning Projects
Projects will include hats, hair bands, bags, kitchen utensils, pot holders etc
At the end of the course kids will be asked to present their work at a special event organised by MarieArt

Thursday, 7 January 2016

VCU Spring Community Classes - Silk Painting - Rashmi Agarwal

Famous fine silk artist Rashmi Agarwal will be conducting Silk Painting Classes at VCUQatar this Spring 2016

Participants must buy their own materials and bring along. Payment can be made online here or visit the VCUQatar shop for in-person registration.

Course participants will learn basic and more advanced Silk Painting techniques, i.e. various stop flow methods, 'Serti' technique using water based resists and gutta, wax effect, free flow techniques, and embellishing works with salt crystals

Start: Friday, 29 January, 2015

End: Friday 18 March, 2015

Lessons: 8

Days: Fridays

Time: 2pm to 4pm

Location: VCUQatar, Rooms 177

(GPS Location of VCUQatar can be found at www.rush360.qa by searching for VCUQatar)

Cost: QAR 850 / US$ 233.50

Class Outline

Stretching the silk on adjustable frame, use of pencil lightly for drawing design onto the silk and applying resist on silk
Apply of Silk paints and use of salt technique and wet on wet technique effect
Removal of salts, fixing paints, washing and ironing
Start of new painting with another technique, i.e. Stop-flow, or No-flow primers technique and also white blending effect technique
Use of wax technique including Batik
Removal of wax for all and fixing wax designs with heat and Introduction of silk craft with silk pencil colour bar.
Completion of silk craft item and start of new painting it with clear resist technique and no flow.
Clearing and completion of clear resist painting and theory notes and certificate distribution

For details of the Instructor and more please visit http://www.qatar.vcu.edu/community/24-silk-painting

Spring 2016 Community Education - Arts and Crafts Classes

VCUQatar is offering loads of engaging arts and crafts classes this spring.

Learn new skills and deepen your understanding of art and culture at VCUQatar. Choose from a large selection of art, design and craft courses at VCUQatar.

Participants must buy their own materials and bring along. Payment can be made online here or visit the VCUQatar shop for in-person registration.

Click the links below for each of the arts and crafts classes.