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Lauriston Castle 2011
Adult and Family
Craft Workshop Programme
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Adult and Family Craft
Workshop Programme
About Lauriston Castle
Lauriston Castle Tours
For more than 400 years, enchanting Lauriston Castle has
overlooked the River Forth near to Cramond. Set among 30
acres of woodland and beautiful gardens, Lauriston Castle
is a special place to visit. The splendid old glasshouse, set
into the woodland, is the perfectly magical place to enjoy
our programme of garden events, art activities and craft
workshops organised by the City of Edinburgh Museums and
Galleries. As the weather turns colder, we move indoors into
the old castle kitchen where you will get a cosy welcome and
lots of creative inspiration.
The castle itself has a beautiful Edwardian interior, from
which we take inspiration for many of our workshops.
Downstairs are the servants’ quarters, including the maids’
hall and the enigmatic old kitchen, where a warm welcome
awaits you during the winter months.
Visit Lauriston Castle and see one of the most extraordinary
Edwardian interiors in Scotland.
Tour times:
Summer season
From 1 April–31 October 2.00pm every day except Friday
Winter season
From 1 November –31 March 2.00pm Saturday and Sunday only
Admission charges
Adult ............................................................................................£5.00
Concession...................................................................................£3.00
Family................................... £12.50 (2 adults +3 children under 16)
Group rate.......................................£3.00 (for groups of 10 and over)
Out of hours group visits are £8 adult and £5 concession.
Refreshments can be provided for pre-booked groups.
Special Tours and Events
We have one daily ‘no need to book’ guided tour at Lauriston. Just
turn up at the times outlined above. You can however book tours
at other times by phoning Lauriston Castle. We offer a range of
pre-bookable themed tours on subjects like; Edwardian Social
History, the Furniture of Lauriston, the History of the Gardens and
Servants’ Lives.
Lauriston Castle is also the home of the Edinburgh Croquet Club.
Free croquet taster sessions can be arranged by request. Why not
combine a game of croquet with your visit to the Castle, along with
afternoon tea? For croquet alone, phone 0131 443 1410 or go on
line at www.edinburghcroquetclub.com.
For more information about the Castle, or to book
a place on any of our regular organised tours:
T 0131 336 2060
lauristoncastle@edinburgh.gov.uk
Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road
South, Davidson’s Mains
Edinburgh EH4 5QD
Booking
Information
Adult Workshops and the Unique Family
Learning Experience at Lauriston
The Lauriston events programme is open to everyone.
We offer a separate adult craft programme which is
very popular. Workshops which are labelled as ‘family’
have something to offer the full age spectrum - from
toddlers to teenagers and grannies to grandpas!
Occasionally, depending on the workshop, a minimum
age limit is set. We try to encourage family members
to work together and offer a unique family learning
experience. Our artists are very experienced in working
with a variety of age ranges in one workshop. We keep
our charges as low as possible. Our workshops offer
excellent value for money, and during each workshop
you will use only the best quality art materials. A snack
is also included.
Please note, that children under 8 years of age
cannot be left unattended at our workshops.
Our workshops are hugely popular. Pre-booking and
advance payment are NOW ESSENTIAL, unless stated
otherwise. To secure your place, call Margaret Findlay on
0131 529 3963, or margaret.findlay@edinburgh.gov.uk
Please also note that people do book very early
for events much later in the year, so if you fancy a
particular Christmas workshop, book as soon as the
programme comes out, because these workshops get
booked especially fast.
Free car parking is available within the Castle
grounds off Cramond Road South.
Lauriston Castle is easy to reach and is just minutes
from the City Bypass. It sits between Davidson’s
Mains and Cramond. You can take buses to
Davidson’s Mains, or Silverknowes Terminus, both
are around 10 minutes walk from Lauriston Castle.
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk
Sunday 15 May, 10 am–1pm
A Mad
Hatter’s Tea
Party
...a day of utter wackiness
at Lauriston!
Using wacky materials create your own unique mad
hat, and then be guest of honour at a very special
tea party in the Lauriston Gardens.
Ice some very unusual cakes in the
old Castle kitchen. Come along all
dressed up and hunt for clues in the
woods and hear special stories.
Make some surreal creative puppets.
Family art
classes at other
Edinburgh
Museums
We also run regular family art classes at Museum
of Edinburgh and Museum of Childhood (both on
Edinburgh’s Historic Royal Mile). Make towering
town-houses, model boats and magical treasure boxes
at Museum of Edinburgh or rocket ships, robots, cup
cake plaques and castles and forts at
Museum of Childhood.To check out
these classes go to
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk,
or phone Margaret Findlay on 0131
529 3963, margaret.findlay@
edinburgh.gov.uk
The Family Programme
Saturday 26 or Sunday 27 March, 10am–12.30pm
Saturday 16 or Sunday 17 April, 10.30am–1pm
Peek a... BOO!
Easter Fun Times!
£5 per adult/child
Ghostly tales and activities at Lauriston Castle. Dare to come
along and for a morning of ghostly intrigue. Hear stories
about the people who have called Lauriston home over the
centuries, and enter parts of the castle few get to see, make
ghostly crafts, and experience our spooky trail in the creepy
old woods.
£6 per adult/child
Join us in the beautiful gardens at Lauriston for a fun morning of
activities, craft and Easter stories. Rabbit masks, Egg hunt, put
Humpty Dumpty together again! With the staff from Lauriston.
Monday 11 April, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–3.30pm
Easter Bunnies and Chirping
Chicks Baskets
£4 per adult/child
Learn how to make fuzzy pompoms and use them to make
model bunnies and chicks to decorate you own Easter
baskets. We will use a selection of lovely handmade papers,
pipecleaners, wool and googly eyes! With Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
Friday 22 April, 10.30am–1pm
Spring has Sprung!
£4 per adult/child
Join our ranger to explore the spring woodlands and the
vibrant web of life which reappears at this time, after its long
dozy winter sleep. Make fluffy bunny and textured beasties
framed pictures.
Monday 25 April, 10.30am–12.30pm
Nature Detectives
£4 per adult/child
Come along and hunt for bugs and creepy crawlies in the
grounds at Lauriston. Try your hand at pond dipping. Play
games and create a colourful paper butterfly, dragonfly or bug,
using willow and tissue paper. With the staff from Lauriston.
Sunday 1 May, 11 am–3 pm
Sunday 15 May, 10 am–1pm
Rainbow Batik Cushions
A Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
£6 per adult/child – Children 7+
Experiment with the ancient craft of batik, painting with wax
and vibrant inks. You will then get the chance to make your
own very special cushion and sew on precious ribbons and
unusual buttons. With Margaret Findlay.
A Day of Utter Wackiness at Lauriston!
Free Event
Using wacky materials create your own unique mad hat, and
then be guest of honour at a very special tea party in the
Lauriston Gardens. Ice some very unusual cakes in the old
Castle kitchen. Come along all dressed up and hunt for clues
in the woods and hear special stories. Make some surreal
creative puppets.
Monday 2 May, 10.30am–12.30pm
Who’s been eating my porridge?
£4 per adult child
Lauriston Castle woods is a very special place for a Teddy
Bears’ picnic. Make bear crafts, hear bear stories, and go on
a bear hunt. Don’t forget to bring a picnic! With the staff
from Lauriston.
Saturday 7 or Sunday 8 May, 10.30am –12.30pm
Kimono Blossoms
£4 per adult/child
Hear traditional stories under a canopy of cherry blossoms in our
Japanese garden. Then, using real silk, make a beautiful kimono
wall hanging for your bedroom. With the staff from Lauriston.
Saturday 21 May, 2pm and 3pm
Living Lauriston 1910
£5/£3
Be transported back to the Edwardian period, meet Mr and
Mrs Reid and their staff as they go about their daily lives at
Lauriston Castle. Living Lauriston is a group of volunteers who
work with the City of Edinburgh Museum staff to assist with
the interpretation of the collection at Lauriston Castle.
Sunday 22 May, 10.30 am–12.30 pm
Nature Detectives
£4 per adult/child
Come along and hunt for bugs and creepy crawlies in the
grounds at Lauriston. Try your hand at pond dipping. Play
games and create a colourful paper butterfly, dragonfly or bug
using willow and tissue paper. With the staff from Lauriston.
Saturday 4 June, 10.30am–1pm
The Woodland at Night
£4 per adult/child
Discover what animals do at night and where they go during
daytime on our ranger guided walk. Imagine the ancient
Lauriston woodland in the dark with creaking trees and silent
creeping creatures! Create a night-time scene to take home
using collage materials and special glow in the dark paint.
Sunday 5 June, 10am–12.30pm
Who’s been eating my porridge?
£4 per adult/child
Lauriston Castle woods is a very special place for a Teddy
Bears’ picnic. Make bear crafts, hear bear stories, and go on
a bear hunt. Don’t forget to bring a picnic! With the staff
from Lauriston.
Sunday 12 June, 11am–3pm
Crazy Bird Houses
£6 per adult/child – Children 7+
Mosaic the most amazing bird houses for your garden using
bright mosaic tiles and vibrant designs on the walls.
With Margaret Findlay.
Saturday 25 or Sunday 26 June, 10.30am–12.30pm
Jolly Rogers in the Forth!
£4 per adult/child
Ahoy there me hearties! Make your very own pirate costume
out of paper – including the essentials all pirates need: hat,
eye patch, parrot, shoe buckles and cutlass. With the staff
from Lauriston.
Thursday 7 July, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–3.30pm
Castle Comics
£4 per adult/child
Comic books and graphic novels are exciting visual ways of
telling stories. Be inspired by the Castle’s eerie dark corners
and 400 years of strange characters and phantoms to create
a short comic book. With artist and comic book illustrator
Chris Kent.
Monday 11 July, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–3.30pm
Friday 15 July, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–3.30pm
Sketching Challenge!
Carnival of Creatures
£4 per adult/child
Ready to draw? Join us on a walk around Lauriston’s lovely
gardens (or indoors using natural materials if wet) and have
a go at lots of new ways of drawing what you see, and each
other! Experiment with lovely materials and make creative
pictures to take home, from tiny miniature drawings, to huge
charcoal masterpieces! With Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
This is a great workshop to develop children’s drawing
skills and support what they are learning at school.
£4 per adult/child
“Roll up, roll up for all the fun of the circus”. Using feltmaking
techniques, create your very own colourful miniature circus
tent complete with a collection of circus animals.
With Stephanie Walker.
Wednesday 13 July, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–3.30pm
Flying Fish
£4 per adult/child
Learn the amazing Scandinavian art of birch bark weaving to
create a beautiful fish mobile to gently float in the summer
breeze. With Stephanie Walker.
Thursday 14 July, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–3.30pm
Once was a Tree
£4 per adult/child
Follow the tree treasure hunt trail and solve the clues to collect
wooden pieces. With the use of tools, create some wooden
games that you will want to play with time and time again.
With Stephanie Walker.
Saturday 16 July, 10.30am–1pm
Go Wild in the Woods
£4 per adult/child
Learn wood craft skills like shelter building with our ranger.
Try your hand at some woodland art to leave in the woods or
to take home.
Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 July, 2pm and 3pm
Living Lauriston 1910
£5/£3
Be transported back to the Edwardian period, meet Mr and
Mrs Reid and their staff as they go about their daily lives at
Lauriston Castle. Living Lauriston is a group of volunteers who
work with the City of Edinburgh Museum staff to assist with
the interpretation of the collection at Lauriston Castle.
Sunday 24 July, 10am–12.30pm
Brave Knights and Fierce Dragons
£4 per adult/ child
Come along for an exciting morning of puppet-making using
different techniques. Take inspiration from objects from the
Museum of Childhood. Finish by producing your very own
puppet show! With the staff from Lauriston.
Monday 25 July, 11am–3pm
Crazy Felt Bags
£4 per adult/child
Make your very own bag using felt-making techniques. Take
inspiration from all our animals that live in the Lauriston
woodland. With Margaret Findlay.
Saturday 6 or Sunday 7 August, 10.30am–12.30pm
Saturday 13 August, 10.30am–1pm
Glittering Jewellery
World Wide Trees
£4 per adult/child
Be inspired by the glorious summer colours, patterns and
textures in the magical grounds of Lauriston. Make your own
fun and unique jewellery from a wide range of materials. With
the staff from Lauriston.
£4 per adult/child
Meet some of the oldest trees in Edinburgh, which live at
Lauriston. Discover where they come from and the tales
about them. Make little textured woodland pictures about the
animals that live on them and under them with our ranger.
Monday 8 August, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–3.30pm
Decorate your own Bags, Pencil
Cases and Notebooks
£4 per adult/child
Go back to school with fantastic new bags and pencil cases
decorated with your favourite wild animals. At this popular
workshop we will use fabric crayons to draw on to cotton bags
and pencil cases, then design our own cool notebooks and
decorate them to match. With Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
Tuesday 9 August, 10am–12.30pm
Animal Magic
£4 per adult/child
Come along for an enchanting morning of puppet-making
using different techniques. Meet some special characters
from the Museum of Childhood’s collection. Finish by
producing your very own puppet show! With the staff
from Lauriston.
Saturday 13 August, 2pm and 3pm
Living Lauriston 1910
Be transported back to the Edwardian period, meet Mr and
Mrs Reid and their staff as they go about their daily lives at
Lauriston Castle. Living Lauriston is a group of volunteers who
work with the City of Edinburgh Museum staff to assist with
the interpretation of the collection at Lauriston Castle.
Tuesday 16 August, 10am–12.30pm
Roaring Rockets
and Bobbing Boats
£4 per adult/child
Come along for a fun morning using recycled and natural
materials to make your own roaring rocket, bobbing boats
and whizzing windmill, followed by fun games in the gardens.
With the staff from Lauriston.
Saturday 3 September, 3pm and 4pm
Friday 21 October, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–3.30pm
Living Lauriston 1910
Treat or Trinket
£5/£3
Be transported back to the Edwardian period, meet Mr and
Mrs Reid and their staff as they go about their daily lives at
Lauriston Castle. Living Lauriston is a group of volunteers who
work with the City of Edinburgh Museum staff to assist with
the interpretation of the collection at Lauriston Castle.
£4 per adult/child
Using colourful materials design and create a unique ‘Trick or
Treat’ bag along with a spooky Halloween sign for your door.
With Stephanie Walker.
Saturday 10 or Sunday 11 September 10.30am–12.30pm
Sleep Tight
£4 per adult/child
As the animals of Lauriston Castle woods are preparing
to hibernate, come along and learn why they do this on a
special woodland walk, then return to the glasshouse to
produce your very own snugly animal blanket in autumnal
colours. With the staff from Lauriston.
Saturday 24 or Sunday 25 September, 10.30am–12.30pm
Treasure Hunt
£4 per adult/child
Explore the historic grounds of Lauriston and hunt for clues to
discover the fascinating and sometimes horrible history of the
area. Using these clues make your own treasure to take home:
sword, shield, crown and chalice! With the staff from Lauriston.
Saturday 8 or Sunday 9 October 10.30am–12.30pm
Bug Bling!
£4 per adult/child
Be inspired by the wonderful colours of bugs. Come along
for a jewellery making workshop using natural materials and
special plastics to produce one of a kind original pieces!
With the staff from Lauriston.
Sunday 16 October, 10.30am–12.30pm
Autumnal Forest Casts
£4 per adult/child
Be inspired by the glorious autumnal colours, patterns and
textures in the magical grounds of Lauriston and use found
materials to create your very own plaster cast art work. With the
staff from Lauriston.
Saturday 22 October, 10.30am–1pm
Witches Brew
£4 per adult/child
Join our ranger to discover how plants and animals have
featured in witchcraft and festivals over the years. Make a
scary mask to hide behind at Halloween.
Saturday 29 or Sunday 30 October, 10am–12.30pm
Spooky Lauriston
£6 per adult/child
Enter Lauriston for spine chilling fun, hear spooky stories
in the atmospheric castle, and make spooky crafts to take
home and scare your friends! Prizes for the best dressed!
With the staff from Lauriston.
Saturday 5 November, 10.30am–12.30pm
Floaty Fairy Wings
and Magic Wands
£4 per adult/child
Fashion your very own fairy wings made of willow and then
add precious sparkly jewels. Make your own wand too: no
fairy is dressed without one! With the staff from Lauriston.
Saturday 19th November, 10.30am–12.30pm
Castle Tales
£4 per adult/child
Discover Lauriston Castle’s ancient hidden secrets, hear
atmospheric wintry tales in the old tower house, and then
create your very own coat of arms and miniature castle to
take home! With the staff from Lauriston.
The Christmas Family Programme
Saturday 26 or Sunday 27 November, 10am–12.30pm
Sunday 11 December, 11am, 12 noon and 3pm
A Family Edwardian Christmas
Living Lauriston 1910
£6 per adult/child
Visit Lauriston at Christmas time for a look back to how the
Edwardians celebrated the festive season 100 years ago.
Discover the Edwardian toys under our beautiful tree, play fun
parlour games, watch a very special magic lantern show, then
in the old castle kitchen make a traditional Christmas craft.
With the staff from Lauriston.
£5/£3
Be transported back to the Edwardian period, meet Mr and
Mrs Reid and their staff as they go about their daily lives at
Lauriston Castle. Living Lauriston is a group of volunteers who
work with the City of Edinburgh Museum staff to assist with
the interpretation of the collection at Lauriston Castle.
Tuesday 20 December, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–3.30pm
Saturday 3 December, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–3.30pm
Festive Feathered Friends
£4 per adult/child
Using natural woodland materials create a colourful array
of feathered creatures to adorn your Christmas tree and
festive home along with some simple bird feeders for hanging
outdoors. With Stephanie Walker.
Saturday 10 December, 10.30am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–3.30pm
A Line of Christmas Stars
£4 per adult/child
Make the most sparkly, amazing and colourful string of starry
bunting to decorate your room or Christmas tree. Then make
a magical 3D Christmas scene of Santa and his reindeer
flying across a starry sky to decorate your Christmas table.
With Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
Magical Tree Treasures
£4 per adult/child
Make traditional wooden decorations in a variety of Scottish
woods to bring woodland Christmas magic to your home
(some use of tools required). Decorations will be scented
with oils. With Stephanie Walker.
The Adult Programme
Our adult classes are also suitable for children over 16 years.
All of our classes are very informally taught, and our artists
will make complete beginners feel very much at ease.
Saturday 30th April, 10.30am–3.30pm
Garden Dreams Print-making
Workshop
£18
Join us for this lively workshop to explore different
printmaking techniques to create works inspired by
Lauriston’s beautiful gardens. Try press-print, Rhenalon
etching and monoprinting, on beautiful Japanese papers.
With Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
Thursday 5 May and Thursday 12 May, 11am–3.30pm
Buttery Daffodils and
Cornflower Blue Skies
£30 for 2 day class
Two day workshop exploring papermaking. On day one you will
make handmade paper sheets for making little notebooks or
little landscapes for framing, incorporating seeds, herbs and
flower heads. On week two you will return and work into your
paper sewing little beads and buttons. The result will be very
personal and unique works of art. With Margaret Findlay.
Saturday 14 May, 10.30am–3.30pm
Velvet Wonders
£18
Stenciling on velvet. Join us for this popular stenciling on
velvet class, and learn a new skill inspired by a Victorian
craze. Enjoy working with beautiful iridescent paints on rich
velvet to create ornamental panels and cards.
With Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
Saturday 28 May, 10.30am–3pm
Enchanted Garden Cushions
£18
Make an amazing cushion inspired by the Lauriston gardens.
In this very relaxing class you will experiment with both
feltmaking and fusing fibres. You will appliqué on to your
cushion and add precious little beads, ribbons and unique
buttons. With Margaret Findlay.
Sunday 29th May, 10.30am–3.30pm
Birds and Dancers Sculptures
Tiny Treasures from Beautiful Materials
£18
Join us for this special day creating tiny sculptures of birds
and dancers, trees and flowers using wire, old buttons,
beautiful papers, fabrics, ribbons and paint. Then frame up
your nicest pieces in lovely box frames accompanied by lines
from your favourite poems. With Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
Saturday 18 June, 10.30am–3.30pm
Castles in the Air
£18
Make a beautiful imaginative bird-house, such as a ‘bird
castle’ or ‘bird chapel’. We will be using found wood and
pre-cut wooden shapes. Suitable for beginners. Some use of
tools. With advice and support from artist Chris Kent.
Sunday 19 June, 10.30am–3.30pm
Sunday 14 August, 10.30am–3.30pm
Quirky Felt Bags
Fabulous Felt Hats
£18
We are at last repeating this ever-popular workshop. Make
your very own designer hand-bag from scratch using beautiful
jewel-like colours of sheep’s wool. With Jacqui Pestell.
£18
Make stunning hats in this felt-making class. You will get the
chance to embellish them with little designer buttons and
beads. With Jacqui Pestell.
Saturday 2 July, 10.30am–3.30pm
Sunday 21 August, 10.30am–3.30pm
Fantasy Furniture
Watery Landscapes
£18
In this workshop we will look at the unique furniture at
Lauriston. If you could create the most amazing piece of
furniture, what would you make? This would be a great
opportunity to make special pieces for a child with a dolls’
house. Using reclaimed timber and found wood. Suitable for
beginners. Some use of tools. Come along and work with artist
Chris Kent to make models of your own sculptural furniture.
£18
Our artist will teach you beginner techniques in watercolour,
and you will get the chance to paint the flowers and the
landscape in and around Lauriston. Afternoon tea will be
served on the lawn. With Jacqui Pestell.
Saturday 9 July, 10.30am–3.30pm
Summer Sculpture
£18
Taking inspiration from the gardens around Lauriston Castle
create a beautiful garden sculpture. Drawing on ideas from
natural forms and materials, design and make a sculpture
for your garden. Using found wood, reclaimed timber, willow,
stone and metal. Some use of tools. With artist Chris Kent.
Monday 29 August, 10.30am–3pm
Scrapbooking!
£25
Imagine the joy of papers and textures. This workshop will
celebrate it. You will experiment both with scrapbooking
and make your very own little wooden cupboard to keep all
your threads, fabrics and papers in. You will decorate the
cupboard with papers, little buttons, precious beads and
handmade labels. It can be your little art-store for treasures.
With Margaret Findlay.
Sunday 4 September and Monday 5 September, 10.30am–3pm
Mexican Mosaic Class
£30 – two day class
Make a mosaic panel for your garden or home using fractured
glass and mosaic tiles. You will also get the chance to
intersperse little handmade glass beads into your piece to
add texture and colour. With Margaret Findlay.
Saturday 17 September, 10.30am–3.30pm
Acrylic Canvases
£18
Using natural forms inspired by the idyllic gardens of Lauriston,
you will get the chance to paint expressively in this acrylic
class. Suitable for complete beginners. With Jacqui Pestell.
Saturday 1 October, 10.30am–3.30pm
Tea Time!
£30
In this highly popular class, you will get the chance to both
felt a designer tea-cosy from scratch, and also hand-paint a
complimentary tea-pot. With Margaret Findlay and Jacqui Pestell.
Saturday 15th October, 10.30am–3.30pm
Painted Pots and Frames
£18
Inspired by the natural motifs beloved by Arts and Crafts
movement designers, paint a beautiful planter and picture
frame to decorate your home. Stencils and inspirational
images provided! With Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
The Adult Christmas Programme
Sunday 6 November, 10.30am–3.30pm
Scandinavian Wooden
Advent Calendars
£25
Create a work of art which will become family tradition in
years to come. Part-construct and decorate an adorable little
wooden advent calendar. Hand-paint it, making all 25 doors
completely unique. Embellish the structure with little hearts,
beads and buttons or personal messages. With some use of
tools. With artist Chris Kent.
Wednesday 14 December, 10.30am–3pm
New England Cranberry Wreaths
£18
Make little wreaths for your home from twisted greenery and
fresh cranberries. You will get the chance to make and paint
little stars and hearts to pepper into your wreath. You will
also get the chance to make some twisted wire garlands for
your home. With Margaret Findlay.
Thursday 15 December, 10.30am–3pm
Saturday 12 November, 10.30am–3.30pm
Precious Little Woven Baskets
from Nature
£18
Make a very unique and special woven basket from nature’s
bounty. You could use it and display it as an unusual piece
in your home or to fill with treasures for a special Christmas
present. You will get the chance to weave in autumnal seeds,
feathers, dried fruits and seeds. With Jacqui Pestell.
Cute Button and Heart Wreaths
£18
Make enchanting little wreaths embellished with handpainted hearts and stars and twisted wirework. Embellish
your wreaths with sweet little gingham ribbons and country
fabrics. You will also make some twisted wire garlands
studded with cranberries, orange slices and bay leaves for
your home. With Margaret Findlay.
Sunday 18 December, 10am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–4pm
Sunday 13 November, 10.30am–3.30pm
Christmas Collage
£18
Use a myriad of textures in this Christmas collage workshop.
Make unique handmade Christmas cards and little Christmas
fabric bags for your presents. With Margaret Findlay.
Sunday 20th November, 10.30am–3.30pm
Fresh Wreaths
£15
Make a spectacular wreath for your door from our home
grown greenery in the castle gardens. You will embellish your
wreath with little ribbons and decorations.
With Margaret Findlay and Jacqui Pestell.
Monday 19 December, 10am–12.30pm or 1.30pm–4pm
Bags, Cushions and Corsages
Green Wreaths
£18
With Christmas not far away, gather in the Maids’ Hall for a
relaxing day creating beautiful cushions and bags inspired by
motifs from our Japanese garden. We will decorate natural
cotton bags and cushions using fabric paint, stenciling, and
sewn details including removable corsage brooches.
With Tessa Asquith-Lamb.
£15
With fresh yew, holly, ivy and laurel from the castle gardens,
you will get the chance to make a splendid wreath. Embellish
it with Christmas ribbons and cinnamon and fruit.
With Margaret Findlay and Jacqui Pestell.
There is also a very interesting
programme of talks and
lectures at Lauriston Castle
in 2011. They include:
Tues 28 Jun, 10.30am
Art and the Garden
Using examples from the City
Collection this lecture will explore
work by Scottish artists, ranging
from EA Hornel to Ian Hamilton
Finlay, who have been inspired
by gardens from the mid 19th
century until the present day.
Tues 5 Jul, 10.30am
BRONZE: The Power of Life
and Death
Take a look at the art, history,
and technology of this well-known
sculptural material and talk about
some recent sculpture conservation
projects in Edinburgh.
Wed 6 Jul, 10.30am
Furnishing Hutton Castle
– Sir William Burrell’s
Interpretation of Historic
Interiors
Hutton Castle, near Berwick
was purchased by William
Burrell, a Glasgow shipowner
and art collector, in 1916. His
refurbishment of the interiors
provided the motivation for a
period of focused collecting activity
that lasted almost 20 years.
Fri 22 Jul, 10.30am
Making Tracks – Trams in
Scotland’s Capital
With the aid of carefully executed
and exquisite illustrations, Robin
Barnes takes a selective look at
the history of Edinburgh’s street
railways from their beginning in
1871 until the present day.
Mon 8 Aug, 10.30am
The Views from the Looms,
Tapestry Weaving at
Dovecot Studios
A weaver’s personal insight into
the history of Dovecot Studios
and the tapestries that have been
made with some of the twentieth
century’s leading artists.
Mon 15 Aug, 10.30 am
The Unknown Whistler
James McNeill Whistler was
among the greatest and most
influential printmakers of the 19th
century. His etchings provide a
unique view of European cities
and an intimate glimpse of
Whistler and his world.
Sat 20 Aug 1.15pm–4pm
A Stitch in Time – History
in the Making
A talk about the design and
construction of 16th Century
inspired costumes by Julia SoaresMcCormick. A costume display will
accompany the talk.
Mon 22 Aug, 10.30am
William Morris and
Scotland
William Morris visited Scotland
on numerous occasions and his
work as a designer, businessman
and pioneering socialist had a
considerable impact here.
Wed 31 Aug, 10.30am
Judging a Book by its
Cover – Talwin Morris
and Glasgow School
Book Design
An introduction to one of the
most popular aspects of mass
production book design.
Mon 5 September, 10.30am
Toothpicks or 20-ton
Diggers?
What archaeologists really do for a
living… the real stories behind the
news and the features.
Wed 7 Sept, 10.30am
The Millionaire Collector;
Lord Leith of Fyvie and his
paintings collection
When Alexander Forbes-Leith
purchased Fyvie Castle in 1889
for almost a million dollars, he
contacted the London art firm of
Thomas Agnew to act both as an
agent and advisor in creating a
paintings collection worthy of Fyvie’s
history and the Forbes-Leith fortune.
Mon 12 Sept, 10.30am
Ebb and Flow
For many centuries Scottish artists
have portrayed the sea. This lecture
explores a range of their responses.
Wed14 Sept, 10.30am
Robert Burns and Edinburgh
This talk will set Burns’ literary and
musical activities in the context
of the Edinburgh of the Scottish
Enlightenment.
Tues 20 Sept, 10.30am
Down the Drain: Scottish
Heavy Ceramics
A look at the rougher side of
Scotland’s ceramic industries and
products, without which our world
would be significantly poorer and
less pleasant.
Mon 26 Sept, 10.30am
Edinburgh at Work
There were once many industries
in Edinburgh, including brewing,
distilling, printing, shipbuilding,
trawling and rubber works. In
the 1990s, while some of these
industries were still operating, Peter
Stubbs took the opportunity of
visiting and photographing as many
as possible.
Wed 28 Sept 10.30am
The Rediscovery of Sir
Walter Scott and the
Abbotsford Library Project
Some see Walter Scott as an oldfashioned and outdated Scottish
literary monument. This lecture
by Professor Douglas Gifford will
reassess that.
Mon 3 Oct, 10.30am
The History of the
Health Service in North
Edinburgh and Leith prior
to the NHS in 1948
In the years prior to the NHS, Leith
was the largest port in Scotland
and Edinburgh was a dangerous
place to live because of outbreaks
of smallpox, cholera, plague,
typhus and typhoid.
Tues 4 Oct, 10.30am
Castle Restoration
in Scotland
Scotland has a long history of
retaining and restoring castles as
residences. This talk will consider
some of the attitudes that lay
behind the nation’s continuing
love affair with castles, and will
describe a number of more recent
restoration projects.
Wed 5 Oct, 10.30am
‘Cher Robert’ – The Unlikely
Literary Connections of
Gunsgreen House
Gunsgreen House was designed by
John Adam for Eyemouth smuggler
John Nisbet in the early 1750s.
Recent research has revealed a
chain of literary connections.
Mon 10 Oct, 10.30am
Tea – an Illustrated Talk
about the History of Tea
and Tea-related Antiques
This lecture will explore the
subject of tea, its early history in
China, the Japanese tea ceremony
and its spread into Europe.
Wed 12 Oct, 10.30am
Arbours, Bananas
and Raspberries
This lecture will tell the story of the
research and development of the
new productive heritage gardens
at Culross Palace, Culzean and
Fyvie Castles and discuss the
influences on their design and
plant content.
Mon 17 Oct, 10.30am
The Lauriston Horoscope
Explore the meaning of Sir
Alexander Napier’s horoscope,
carved in stone on the front of
Lauriston Castle.
Wed 26 Oct, 10.30am
Andrew Carnegie and his
First Public Library
Andrew Carnegie was born in
Dunfermline in 1835, and by
1901 had become the richest
man in the world! Learn his life
story in this lecture.
Wed 9 Nov, 10.30am
The Woman at the Piano:
Pianists in 19th Century
European Painting
This lecture will consider the
piano player as a subject
for art. Dubbed ‘the single
most important engine of
entertainment the Western
world knew’, the piano was a
favourite theme in the art of the
nineteenth century.
Mon 14 Nov, NO TIME
Napier, Logarithms and
the Experience of Art
Take an oblique look at the
strange and curious nature of
looking at, understanding and
interpreting art, historic, modern
and contemporary.
Mon 21 Nov, 10.30am
From Hollar to Hockney:
Highlights of British
Printmaking
This lecture looks at the
techniques, development and
uses of woodcuts, etchings and
engravings, lithographs and
screenprints over three centuries.
Tues 22 Nov, 10.30am
The Good, The Bad and The
Ugly: Some Key Characters
in Edinburgh’s Medical
History, 1505–1865
Using portraits and caricatures
from public and private
collections, this illustrated talk
looks at some of the famous
and infamous men and women
who contributed to the history of
medicine in Edinburgh.
Wed 23 Nov, 10.30am
The Duties of Servants Who’s Who in the Servant
Hierarchy?
From the Laundry Maid to the
Lady’s Maid and from the Bootboy
to the Butler, find out more about
the roles and duties of servants in
the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Thurs 24 Nov, 10.30am
The Georgian House – An
Historic Gem in the Heart
of Edinburgh’s New Town
A short history of the building
of the New Town - what part
did James Craig, Robert Adam,
George Drummond and the
Edinburgh City Council play?
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and various computer formats if you ask us. Please contact
ITS on 0131 242 8181 and quote reference number 11088.
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translations. You can get more copies of this document by
calling 0131 529 3963.
Mon 5 Dec, 10.30am
John Law of Lauriston
A look at the remarkable life of
Lauriston’s most controversial
resident. From a convicted
murderer to the most celebrated
man in Europe, this lecture
outlines the spectacular rise and
fall of the most enigmatic genius
in financial and economic history.
Sun 4 Dec, 12.30pm–3.30pm
Bel Canto
Bel Canto is an Edinburghbased a cappella group which
specialises in the performance
of choral music from the 15th
and 16th centuries. In recent
years this repertoire has been
extended to include music of all
periods, including some specially
commissioned works.
www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk
Illustrations by Daniel Seex
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