About This Event

This event will be bookable on Monday 3 August 2026. Join this festive workshop and discover how to transform metallic foils into beautiful decorations. Perfect for beginners, you’ll learn easy techniques like shaping, embossing and sculpting to create festive designs. With guided instruction and plenty of creative freedom, you’ll experiment with textures and forms to make unique pieces ready to display or gift. By the end of this relaxed workshop, you will be able to: Create at least 2-3 finished festive foil decorations, such as hanging ornaments, stars, or garlands. Demonstrate basic foil manipulation techniques such as embossing and structural shaping Personalise your designs using texture, layering, and creative detailing Confidently continue making simple foil crafts independently at home for future celebrations All materials are provided, and no experience is needed – just bring your creativity and festive spirit! About the tutor: Tutor Jo Shearer is an artist and art educator from Leicestershire. Jo believes that art is for everyone. After teaching art in secondary schools and colleges in Hertfordshire and Leicestershire for over 10 years she moved into one-to-one tuition and workshops. She enjoys nurturing creativity and developing skills to build confidence, and recognises the therapeutic benefits achieved through the process of making. She loves the freedom of working in a variety of media and has a passion for printmaking. Further information: Participants must be aged 14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by a paying adult at all times. This informal workshop will run twice on: Tuesday 24 November 2026, 2pm – 4pm Tuesday 1 December 2026, 2pm – 4pm Please ensure you book the correct date! If the course/workshop you’d like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list – simply contact our box office team on 0116 252 2455 / arts-centre@le.ac.uk and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if you’ve made other plans! Please ensure that you read and agree to our updated Terms & Conditions before booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable in some circumstances. We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome – just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you’d like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email arts-centre@le.ac.uk , pop in or call 0116 252 2455, open 7 days a week. We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied. Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road. The closest public car park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us (near De Montfort Hall).

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