Join Chloe Briggs & Angela Maddock with like-minded passionate makers looking out towards the entire Atlantic Pyrenean mountain range. This perfect soothing setting combined with focused expert instruction will give you long lasting joy and motivate you to undertake more ambitious creative works.
About this course:
Chloe and Angela are known for their collaborative teaching, which brings together drawing and textile practice in innovative and inspiring ways. This is their second year at Atelier Clos Mirabel and this atelier is inspired by Matisse’s practice of ‘Drawing with Scissors’. It’s a week richly packed with their shared skills and knowledge in which you are encouraged to respond intuitively to the gardens and landscape of Atelier Clos Mirabel in colour, on paper and in textiles.
Programme Outline
Saturday
4.00 – Check-in time from 4pm onwards. Guests arrive, settle in and explore Clos Mirabel.
6.00 – Welcome drinks followed by dinner
Sunday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Chloe leads on colour exercises and drawing prompts in the garden, where we’ll search for shapes and colour combinations for collage. We’ll make simple artist books and explore cut paper and line.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Completion and review of books. We will discuss the potential of images made for translation into textiles.
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Monday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Angela leads on sharing various techniques for appliqué and embroidery, including couching and trapunto quilting. She’ll suggest ways to combine methods and materials to reflect and develop our colour and drawing discoveries from Sunday, such as working onto garments, quilts, textile hangings, or more intimate pieces. We’ll make a small collection of textile samples.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Development of textile samples with the guidance of Chloe and Angela
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Tuesday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 A chance to share ideas for individual projects with the group and in one-to-one meetings with Chloe and Angela, who will both be on-hand for technical guidance throughout the day. All possibilities are welcome: appliqued garments, wall pieces, and smaller scale experiments for future work.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Work on individual projects with guidance from Angela and Chloe, who will continue with one to one tutorials
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Wednesday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Free day. You can work on your own project, visit Pau, or spend a few hours browsing through the rich collection of books, catalogues and journals from Angela and Chloe’s personal collection, Clos Mirabel have lots of lovely books too.
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Thursday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Working on individual projects with one-to-one support
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Group works together in studio and support offered from Angela and Chloe when needed
6.00 – Aperitifs before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Friday
8.30 – 9.30 Buffet breakfast of local and regional produce
10.00 – 1.00 Continuing with individual ‘works in progress’ and preparation for our ‘Drawing with Scissors’ finissage later in the day.
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch at Clos Mirabel
2.00 – 4.00 Continuing with individual ‘works in progress’ and preparation for our ‘Drawing with Scissors’ finissage later in the day. This will include a special Drawing is Free event where we draw the work and each other.
6.00 – Aperitifs in Studio before 4 course dinner in the Manor House
Saturday – Buffet Breakfast and departure (Check-out 11am)
The Art Studio, offers a spacious open plan layout of 75 m2. It is available at all times during your stay. Click here for more information.
Non-participating guests: we are more than happy to welcome non-workshop guests, accompanying partners, family or friends. There are plenty of activities to experience around Clos Mirabel, that will make your holiday unforgettable Click here for more information.
