Join sculptor and installation artist Ann-Margreth Bohl on this two day workshop to learn how to stone carve a Celtic knot.

In this workshop Ann-Margreth will teach you the fundamental skills in stone carving, showing you how to design and low relief carve a Celtic knot in stone. After a introduction to the origins of Celtic knots and their meaning, Ann-Margreth will teach you techniques to draw a Celtic knot focusing on symmetry between forms as well as the weaving of a form in and out of each other. You will explore the space between the two and three dimensional using a range of processes, materials, tools and techniques.

Before you start carving your design, Ann-Margreth will demonstrate the tools and basic stone carving techniques so you can feel ready to put a chisel on your stone tile and carve. She will explain the characteristics of a reductive process, which chisel to choose and why, how to create an even surface and show the cutting of a clean edge and how to create layers in your carving. You will observe the outline of a Celtic knot through drawing and adjust your drawing according to the dynamic you want to create on your piece.

Once your relief is carved, Ann-Margreth will explain how polishing aspects of your shapes and looking at surface texture to help some forms stand out, dependant on your desired finish of your piece. You will leave this workshop with an understanding of the craft of stone carving and with the skills to create your own Celtic knot design. You will have stone carved low relief in stone.

Tutor: Ann-Margreth Bohl
Date & Time: Saturday 4th October, 10am - 4pm & Sunday 5th October, 10:30am - 3:30pm
Venue: Chisel Studio, New Brewery Arts
Price: £220 (£0.00 VAT)

Please note that this workshop is for those aged 18 and over.

You are welcome to bring a lidded bottle of water with you but we kindly ask that you do not bring food into the studio.

Refreshments are available at our on-site café Blend until 4pm.

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Who is this workshop for?
Beginners and those who would like a refresher.

What you will need:
Please bring an apron or wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.

Please remove jewellery and tie hair back.

All materials and equipment are included. One piece of work will be kiln fired with a transparent glaze. Firings can take up to 6 weeks. We will contact you when your work is ready for collection.

Accommodation: 
Residential option available. Find out about our accommodation, costs and how to book here.

Meet Your Tutor - ann-margreth bohl

Ann-Margreth Bohl is a sculptor and installation artist and has been a tutor at New Brewery Arts for the past 19 years. She first experienced stone carving over 25 years ago when she trained as an art therapist. To this day she is inspired by the physicality of stone and the ability to work creatively with this ancient and lasting material.

Within her current practise stone is not always carved, her inquiry into this ancient material and materials like light and sound are anchored in their phenomenology which she explores through drawing and by creating site specific installations.

She enjoys teaching in an informal way, passing on the skills and knowledge of stonecarving that she has acquired from stonemasons and stone sculptors over the years. She believes that every student has a unique way of working and engaging with form through the process of carving.

When you come to one of Ann-Margreth’s stone carving classes you can be a beginner or an advanced stone carver that enjoys working within a group on an individual project.

Ann-Margreth is currently studying for her Fine Art MA at the University of Gloucestershire.