Talk on Blogging – From hobby to Business

BLOGGING – FROM HOBBY TO BUSINESS

The Bangalore WordPress Meetup will host Shruti Bhat from Artsy Craftsy Mom in their upcoming meet at B&G.

Date – January 30th, 2016

Timings – 2pm to 4pm.

To register – RSVP here – http://www.meetup.com/BengaluruWordPress/events/227495144/

Agenda – To be updated shortly

About Shruti

She is a writer, blogger, entrepreneur, occasional DIYer, often overextended mom to a beautiful girl, wife to her wonderful husband of ten years, a published (co)author, and struggling to find the balance transitioning from a Full time working mom to a now Stay – at – home -MOM. She quit her day job (in Sept 2015) and is now pursuing her greatest passion –  her family, and working to craft a life filled with joy and purpose.

She  loves being around young kids and promotes activities for  kids that  strengthen the family bond. She  conducts Parent-Child  Art / craft Workshops – In her Apartment complex,  at schools, for NGOs  and  for corporate employees.

 

February 2016

Terracotta Jewelry Making workshop

Terracota jewelry

How to make terracotta Jewelry?

 

Creating a piece of adornment is satisfying to the very soul of a woman who’d like to adorn a being with yet another layer of beauty. This craft form unleashes your creativity as there are no limitations to the work you create with the medium of clay.

As Oscar Wilde said ”You can either be a work of art or wear a work of art”. This is for those who believe they can create jewellery that will touch the core or the very essence of being a woman.

The 2 day exhaustive workshop by Lámour will include –

Filteraion of clay
Designs
* 10 types of beads
* 8 types of pendants
* 8 types of earings including jhumkas
Home baking – Black and orange
Painting
Finishing

Date – Feb 6th and 7th, 2016

Fees – Rs 3,500/- (inclusive of materials)

Register with –
+91 8861738438 or +91 9640393000

 

Crochet Classes with Pallavi

Crochet classes in Bangalore

How to crochet?

Basic workshop entails 5 classes which will teach you all that you need to know about Crochet stitches and one project work at the end of the session. Yarn and crochet needle will be provided along with reference material. Fee for 5 classes – Rs 2,250/-

Every Wednesday 11am to 12pm at B&G, Koramangala. To register call 7259280949

 

CHALKBOARD TYPOGRAPHY WORKSHOP BY NANDITA DHINDSA

 

Chalkboard typography

Chalkboard Typography workshop

 

Nandita Dhindsa is a professional illustrator and does Calligraphy, typography, portraits and Wall Art. She is passionate in making Art simpler for everyone and loves to meet and interact with learners. She is a talented artist and has displayed her wall art at prominent places in the city and abroad.

Date – February 21, 2016. Timings- 1.30pm – 5.30pm. Fee – Rs 900/- only.

To register mail [email protected]

 

Crazy Quilting workshop by Sujaya Mahesh

Crazy quilting, quilting by hand techniques

How to make a hand quilt?

If you haven’t tried hand quilting, you should try this one –
Crazy quilting workshop with Sujaya Mahesh.Learn to create this beautiful piece in the Victorian style of ‘Crazy Quilting’. You will take home a finished 10″x10″ hand pieced and hand embellished piece which could be used as a placemat.Date – Saturday – February 27th, 2016 and March 5th, 2016
Timings – 2pm to 5pm
Fee – Rs.3500, with Materials & finishing.Sujaya Mahesh loves working with her hands. Whethe it’s hand quilting or embroidery by hand, the satisfaction that she derives she feels is immense.Sujaya is a well-known name in Bangalore and runs Sameeksha school of Embroidery, Koramangala, Bangalore. A home science professor, after years of teaching students planned to use her knowledge of embroidery and take the next big step by starting an embroidery school.

JEWELRY MAKING (SILK THREAD) BY SUMATHI VINOD

silk thread jewelry

Silk thread jewelry making workhop

The 2 day exhaustive workshop by Lámour will include making of SILK thread bangles, necklaces, Jhumkas, bracelets and finger rings.

Dates – Feb 25th and 26th, 2016
Timings – 11am – 3.30pm
Fees – Rs 4,000/- (inclusive of materials)
Pls. carry lunch.

Register by mailing [email protected]


Hand Embroiderers Meet

Embroidery classes in Bangalore

Phulkari embroidery


Come all ye, lovely embroiderers,
Come and fall head over heels in love, with those stitches again.

Dates – February 27th, 2016. Timings – 5.30 pm to 7pm

The exhibit will include –
Indian Embroidery – AARI, APPLIQUE, BANJARA EMBROIDERY, CHIKANKARI OF UTTARPRADESH, FREE STYLE EMBROIDERY, KASHIDA – KASHMIR EMBROIDERY, KANTHA –WEST BENGAL, KASUTI -KARNATAKA, KAMAL KADAI –ANDHRA PRADESH, KUTCH WORK – GUJARATH, NEGI- KARNATAKA, PATCH WORK, PHULKARI -PUNJAB, QUILTING.
European Embroidery – BLACK WORK –SPAIN, BRAZIL EMBROIDERY, COUNTED THREAD, CRAZY PATCHWORK, CREWEL WORK, CROSS STITCH, CUT WORK, DRAWN THREAD WORK, RIBBON WORK, SMOCKING, QUILTING,
Entry Free. Pre-registration required. Register by sending a mail to [email protected]
Soap Making workshop by HowaboutWee
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This workshop helps you to learn the art of making handcrafted natural body bars, Bath salts, Scrubs, Aroma therapy blends, Body butter and more.
 
This would also help you to setup a small scale business with high revenue.
 
You would learn :
 
Cold Process Soaps with Infusions
Hot Process Soaps
Textured soaps
Relaxing Body Bars
Goat Milk Soaps, Glycerin soaps
Activated Carbon Bars for Acne
Mocha Vanilla Bars
scrubby Bars
Kids Fav Bars
Aroma Theraphy Bars
Aroma Therapy Formulation and Blends
Gentle Body and Face Scrub
Relaxing and Rejuvenating Bath salts
Relaxing Body Butter and More….
 
Take back all the samples that you create along with a recipe handout. Lunch and snacks will be provided.
 
Cost : Rs 5500/- (inclusive of everything)
Sculpture Workshop for beginners
Sculpture with thermocol

Sculpture with thermocol

 

The workshop will give students the opportunity to make a small 3D sculpture, learning carving & construction skills, using the very versatile medium of thermocol. In the session we will carve and construct basic forms to produce beautiful bird sculptures as an introduction to 3d sculpture creation.

Students will:

*learn how to think in 3 dimensions & create sculptural forms
(They will use the form of a bird to begin with)
*learn how to carve
*learn how to construct
*understand tools & materials
*produce a 3d sculpture to take home”

Date – Rescheduled.

Timings 11am – 6pm

Fees – Rs 4,500/- (inclusive of materials, tools and lunch)

The workshop will also include a follow-up workshop on a mutually convenient date of the participants and trainer.
Register with 7259280949 or send us a mail on [email protected] the Sculptor -Barbara Ash, is an English artist, trained at the Royal College of Art in London, who is currently n Bangalore, working on projects & shows in India. She is currently producing paintings for the inaugural exhibition for the new Museum of Goa & is organising-participating in an exciting 4 woman show, with 5 galleries (so far) travelling from India to Europe later in the year, the final venue being the Nehru Centre, the cultural wing of the Indian High Commission HQ in London. She will be intermittently starting introductory sculpture workshops at B & G. Her work can be seen here –www.barbaraash.org

 As a practising fine artist, Barbara uses bird imagery often in her artworks for its symbolism but chose the bird subject for the workshop for its simplicity in sculptural handling, however if students prefer to use other ideas that is fine as well.

 

 

 

January 2016

‘All Natural ‘ Soap Making Workshop

 

bath salts, soap making workshop, classes

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This workshop helps you to learn the art of making handcrafted natural body bars, Bath salts, Scrubs, Aroma therapy blends, Body butter and more.

This would also help you to setup a small scale business with high revenue.

You would learn :

Cold Process Soaps with Infusions
Hot Process Soaps
Textured soaps
Relaxing Body Bars
Goat Milk Soaps, Glycerin soaps
Activated Carbon Bars for Acne
Mocha Vanilla Bars
scrubby Bars
Kids Fav Bars
Aroma Theraphy Bars
Aroma Therapy Formulation and Blends
Gentle Body and Face Scrub
Relaxing and Rejuvenating Bath salts
Relaxing Body Butter and More….

Take back all the samples that you create along with a recipe handout. Lunch and snacks will be provided.

Date – January 3rd, 2016 from 10 am to 5pm
Cost : Rs 5500/- (inclusive of everything)

Pre-registration required. Please register with Neeta on 96110 35792

 

Screen Printing workshop

Date – January 7th and 8th, 2016 from 11 am to 4.30pm

screen printing

 

Mixed Media workshop by Shilpa Nagaonkar

 

mixed media

The wonderfully creative and talented Shilpa will be taking a workshop on mixed media. Shilpa’s designs have touched a chord with local and international crafters and earned her a distinction of being one of the very few Indians on the team of a few international craft websites. She will be doing two projects – 1 Canvas (12′ by 12′) and 1 Altered Art introducing participants to the newest techniques and designs in the market.

Registrations can be sent to [email protected] or call 7259280949

 

Chalkboard Art & Typography workshop

 

Typography, calligraphy in chalkboard. how to paint chalkboard

How to paint with chalkboard?

Ah! If you dont feel like a school kid already with your best handwriting on that chalkboard, we’ll get that feeling refreshed for you.

Learn to use chalkboard paint and make your own board.
Learn chalkboard typography (not just admire them @ your fav. restaurant)

Nandita Dhindsa is a professional illustrator and does Calligraphy, typography, portraits and Wall Art. She is passionate in making Art simpler for everyone and loves to meet and interact with learners. She is a talented artist and has displayed her wall art at prominent places in the city and abroad. Her work is here – https://www.facebook.com/siovehart/

Come in and relax. You’d be thrilled with all the creative vibes it leaves you with.

Fee – Rs 900/- only

Registrations are closed. Please send us a mail – [email protected] if you’d like to be intimated for the next session.

 

December 2015

3D Mural workshop by Muralguru Bharat Rawal – December 1st to 9th, 2015.

 

3D MURAL, Mixed media, siporex

3D Mural workshop in Bangalore

Schedule for the 3D Murals workshop at B&G, Bangalore.

1st Dec.2015
12.30 pm to 7 pm
INTRODUCTION SEMINAR
For all interested students
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2nd to 7th Dec.2015
3D MIX MEDIA MURAL ART.
Basic/Advanced levels
ADVANCE CLAY RELIEF / ADVANCE SIPOREX SCULPTURE.
#10 am to 7 pm
Any 2 /4 hours of attendance to your comfort as per decided Project.
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7th to 9th Dec.2015.
*MOLD MAKING AND SCULPTURE DEMO\
*FIBERGLASS WATERFALL
*ADVANCE 3D GLASS /COLD FUSION /COLD ENAMALED /MULTI LAYERED /MIX MEDIA FURNITURE / OTHER SPECIALISED COURSES.

For regsitrations contact 09823263625 Muralguru Bharat Rawal

 

SOAP MAKING WORKSHOP BY HOWABOUTWEE –  December 13th, 2015

soap making workshop

Soap making workshop

This workshop helps you to learn the art of making handcrafted natural body bars, Bath salts, Scrubs, Aroma therapy blends, Body butter and more.

This would also help you to setup a small scale business with high revenue.

You would learn :

Cold Process Soaps with Infusions
Hot Process Soaps
Textured soaps
Relaxing Body Bars
Goat Milk Soaps, Glycerin soaps
Activated Carbon Bars for Acne
Mocha Vanilla Bars
scrubby Bars
Kids Fav Bars
Aroma Theraphy Bars
Aroma Therapy Formulation and Blends
Gentle Body and Face Scrub
Relaxing and Rejuvenating Bath salts
Relaxing Body Butter and More….

Take back all the samples that you create along with a recipe handout. Lunch and snacks will be provided.

Cost : Rs 5500/- (inclusive of everything)

Pre-registration required. Please register with Neeta on 96110 35792

One Stroke Painting by Brunda Nagaraj – December 19th or 20th, 2015

One stroke painting, bng

One Stroke painting workshop

September 2015

Cubism workshop by The Purple Patch India

A workshop on the most influential ‘ISM’ of the 20th century – ‪#‎Cubism‬.

Follow artwork by famous cubists like ‪#‎PabloPicasso‬ and‪#‎GeorgesBraque‬

Participants will have a hands-on experience of the way cubists worked and will create their own cubist masterpiece with a focus on ‪#‎light‬ and‪#‎shade‬, ‪#‎contrast‬ and ‪#‎tones‬.

The ‪#‎artappreciation‬ session will include a module with a focus on how to read an artwork. During this session we will look into the unique challenges faced by the cubist artists and a ‘new way of seeing’ and depicting the world around them from multiple perspectives.

cubism art

Date – September 20th, 2015
Time: 10:00am to 1:00pm
Venue – B&G, Koramangala
Anyone above 16 is welcome to attend this workshop and the participation fee is Rs.500 (Rupees five hundred) per participant. Prior exposure to art is not necessary.
Please bring along an A4 sketch book (any entry level student grade book), and pencils.

More details – https://www.facebook.com/events/469650456541505/

Pre-registration is needed on [email protected] or call us on 98804-51270.

August 2015

Cupcake Decor workshop

 

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fondant, cupcake, cake decoration

Learn to bake cupcakes and decorate with fondant

 

Water Colour Workshop for advanced learners

water colour workshop

Water colours with Bija Biswaal

May workshops

Stampers Crop

stampers, scrapbook, card making

 

 

Come join us for a fun weekend at our first ever ‘Stampers meet’ in Bangalore.

Stampers bring their own equipment – stamps, papers and inks etc. and we’ll order pizza for lunch 🙂

If you’re a stamper and interested in joining us, please send a message to [email protected]

Screen Printing Workshop by Lets Ink 

screen printing

screen printing

To register, call BnG on 725 928 0949 (post 6pm) or 98455 20213
Seats are limited in no.

Back to school story telling Session with Storipur

storytelling from storipur

story session

Come, join us for an interactive workshop and story telling session in preparation to get our kiddies back to school.

The workshop includes an interactive storytelling session for parents and kids followed by an interactive session with well-conceived activities. Finally, we end with a discussion on parenting with tips, suggestions and references. The workshop will be anchored by Priya Muthukumar, founder and storyteller, Storipur.

Priya is a qualified student counsellor and an educational consultant.

For ages 3 – 8 years.

Paper Cutting Workshop (Details to be posted soon)

Quilting Workshop (Details to be posted soon)

March 2016

 

 Crafty Beavers Camp with Shailee Adke

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 Card Making Workshop by Juhi Khanna (12+years)

cardmaking, workshop in bangalore, stencils, stamping

card making workshop by Juhi Khanna

Learn to make 3 gorgeous cards and 2 tags while learning the following techniques –

Stamping with different kinds of inks
Masking and layering
Stamping and colouring with distress inks
Water colour stamping
Heat embossing
Dry embossing
Faux letterpress technique
Emboss resist technique
Textures and dimesions with pastels and technique

 

Creative Writing Workshop for children 8+ years

Conducted by Bangalore Writers Workshop. Look up this page for details soon.