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Express yourself through creative arts & crafts workshops offered here.  Excellent personal development for individuals and company staff. A great way to de-stress.

Ark Creative Eco-Art Craft Workshop

 

Ark eco-art creative craft is a Singapore invention and was invented by an Arts & Craft teacher with more than 20 years of experience as a multi-disciplinary artist.  The Ark Creative kit is non-toxic, odorless and environmentally friendly made from fibre paint.

 

Ark eco-art creative workshop is a fasinating art & craft session that challenges the creativity of both children and adults. It helps to develop concentration and co-ordination skills in addition to promoting creativity and imagination.  Futhermore, by taking Ark eco-art course, one is supporting the environment by reusing recycled products to create their art piece.

Lesson Plan:

• Select matching colour
  
  
• Colours mixing
  
  
• Painting from simple to complicated drawings on paper.
  
  
  
• Application of Ark eco-art materials on glass, wood and other surfaces.
  
  
  

Duration:  2 sessions of 2 hours each. 

Training Venue:  Call for appointment only. 

Course Fee: S$190/person (including materials and notes).

This practical workshop will introduce one of the oldest traditional art forms in Southeast-Asia.

Participants will learn the basic techniques of batik painting, application of wax on fabric and the various ways of applying colour onto the fabric. At the end of the class, participants will take home their work of art.

For adult beginners & children, they will use cold wax to form pictures on the fabric. For more advanced learners, hot wax is used to develop

                                                 picture framework on the fabric.

                                                 Duration: 3.5 hours / class.

                                                 Course Fee: S$235/person includes materials.

                                                 Venue:  Call for appointment only.

Gift-wrapping & Ribbon Making Course

Gift-wrapping & ribbon making skills is universally sort after.  Wherever one goes, this skill is required as a service.  Once learned, you may apply it by helping a friend to gift-wrap or charge for your gift-wrapping and ribbon making services.  Either way, you will benefit from taking this course.

We teach you the many gift-wrapping and ribbon making design here.

•   Call it a Wrap
  
  
• • If it is round.
    
    
  • If it is triangular
    
    
  • If it is irregular-shaped
    
    
  • If it is a wine bottle
    
    
  
  
  
• Carrier Bag
  
  
• Gift Basket
  
  

• Ribbon Making V Frilly Affair

  • Simple Ribbon and Trail
    
    
  • Butterfly Bow
    
    
  • Flower
    
    
  • Rosette
    
    
  • Curls
    
    
  • Frilly Ribbon
    
    
  
  
  

• Decorative

  • Tape it
    
    
  • Posy
    
    
  • Delicate Doilies
    
    
  • Rice paper
    
    
  • Netting
    
    
  
  
  

Duration:  8 sessions of 1.5 hours / session. Or a total of 12 hours.

Training Venue:  Call for appointment only.

Course Fee: S$220/person (including materials and notes).

The lessons are conducted individually or in a group of 15-20 persons. We welcome Corporate enquiry.

Basic Floral Arrangement Course

Course Outline:

• Ribbon making and gift wrapping
  
  
• Centre piece
  
  
• Hand bouquet
  
  
• L-shaped floral arrangement witroses
  
  
• Fruit basket
  
  
• Triangle floral arrangement with carnations
  
  

The lessons are conducted individually or in a group of 10 persons.

Corporate enquiry is welcome.

Course Outline

• Call it a Wrap
  
  
• If it is round.
  
  
• If it is triangular
  
  
• If it is irregular-shaped
  
  
• Carrier Bag
  
  
• Paper Gift Basket
  
  
• Ribbon Making V Frilly Affair
  
  
• Simple Ribbon
  
  
• Butterfly Bow
  
  
• Flower
  
  
• Rosette
  
  
• Curls
  
  
• Frilly Ribbon
  
  
• Decoratives
  
  
• Posy
  
  
• Delicate Doilies
  
  
• Tape It
  
  
• Ribbon It
  
  
• Gift/Fruit Floral Basket
  
  
• Hamper wrapping witvacuum packing.
  
  

Duration:  5 sessions of 1 hour each or a total of 5 hours.

The lessons are conducted individually or in a group of 5 persons. We welcome corporate enquiries.

Course Fee:  S$250/person - includes flowers, gift wrapping materials and notes.

Training Venue:  Call for appointment only.

Note:  Students to provide their own basket and foodstuff for hamper.

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Basic Ceramic Flower Making Course for Adults and Children

Learn to create lovely flowers using ceramic material and enhance your living or working environment witit. Participants will learn how to create fashion accessories witceramic flowers.

1) Techniques for making different flowers.

2) Preparation and mixing of ceramic.

3) Application of colours.

4) Finishing touches to an everlasting creation.

5) Learn basic weaving the perfect looand flowers.

Duration:  Total of 4 hours

Training Venue:  Call for appointment only.

Course Fee:  S$260/person includes materials.

The lessons are conducted individually or in a grouof 5 persons.  We welcome corporate enquiries.

Creative Handicraft with Recycled Materials

Nothing is more satisfying than creating your own designers decorative items sucas vases, bowls, picture frames, jewelries from recycled materials (paper, expired foodstuff, etc).Here, you will learn techniques using recycled papers to create molds and cut out designs, and how to bind them solidly hand paint your creation.
 
Duration:  Total of 10 hours.