Bas-Relief Casting Workshop NEW! - Sunday 15th November 2026

10am - 1pm, November 15, 2026

Lechlade Memorial Hall Pavilion, Oak Street, Lechlade, Gloucestershire GL7 3AY

Spend a few hours with tutor Emma and discover how to create a beautiful botanical imprint into clay before casting your very own Bas-relief.

Embed seasonal foliage to form your very own art and take home at least 3 completed pieces.

In this workshop you will –

- Learn with a step-by-step demonstration, how to prepare your clay (a choice of grey air-dry Scola clay for that vintage look, or when adding colour, or DAS modelling white clay for those wanting more of a fresh look) before arranging your botanicals.

- Emma will guide you through selecting and arranging seasonal foliage. Learn how to press and roll them into the clay to best capture their delicate textures, shapes, and fine detail. Here you will form an imprint ready to pour eco resin into to form your bas-relief sculpture.

- Add eco-resin pigment to colour your concrete casting for added effect or keep off-white before leaving to cure.

- Demould your designs and prepare ready to finish deciding whether that it’s the natural look or work with watercolours (or acrylics), embellish with imitation gold leaf (other colours available) and/or seal with mod podge. Please note that the acrylics & watercolours will need to be fully dry before this is done to avoid smudging so this may be done at a later stage if we are struggling for time during the workshop.

Customer cancellation deadline: 30th October

Cost: £76 to include tea & coffee, biscuits, all tools and materials.
Nitrile gloves and masks will be available for those who are sensitive to dust particles.

Please bring: an apron that you don’t mind getting dirty. You’re welcome to bring cuttings from your own garden, certain dried foliage can also work but fresh gives more of an imprint.

NOTE: This workshop is being held at Lechlade Memorial hall, a ground floor accessible venue in Lechlade with plenty of adjacent free parking.

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