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Craft week information

Sunday 6 April, Sunday 13 July, Sunday 28 September

€ 2000 euro for a six-night fully inclusive holiday

For more details click on this link to take you to the Crafts brochure

Your week will include all or some of the activities listed below – for April 6 the emphasis will be on painting and mosaics
There will be no sculpture available during the week of April 6 

Fantastic week-long craft workshop in the French countryside

Want to try your hands at something completely different?  Then come and join Le Moulin du Chemin team on one of our exciting craft weeks in 2025.

Spaces are limited so book early to ensure your place – the 2024 programmes were full and enjoyed by everyone who took part.

Special craft holiday weeks in 2025 below:

 

Sunday April 6, Sunday July 13, Sunday July 28

 

Your week offers you an amazing opportunity to try your hand at mosaics, water-colour painting and sculpting, or a mixture of them all.

All meals, drinks, activities, materials and tuition are included amd we’re easy to reach from Niort railway station, Poitiers, La Rochelle or Nantes airports, or drive yourself from any of the Channel ports.

Spend time learning how to create amazing mosaics, maybe a pot stand or a mirror, or something more ambitious if you are already a ‘mosaic master’.

 

You will learn your craft in the nearby studio of Sarah Berry in Secondigny – see some of her work here to be inspired www.berrycreatifmosaics.com.  your tuition will be in English, or in French if preferred.

Mosaic

Visit the sculpture studio of renowned artist Colin Underhay and spend 1.5 days following his easy tuition to make a hare (picured) that you can create, take home, enjoy and share with your family. 

 

This may look difficult, but I can promise it’s easy with Colin’s amazing tuition skills.  And working with clay is so therapeutic.

Spend a day working alongside skilled water colour artist Marcus Oliver as he helps you to create a memorable painting of the beautiful surrounds at Le Moulin. 

 

If required, the mosaic workshop can be removed  from the programme and two more days added to the painting element of this week. 

Enjoy a visit to a medieval village where folklore abounds and you can chose from a range of savoury galettes made in a very French way.  Vegans and Vegetarians are welcome on all our holidays

For more details click on this link to take you to the Crafts brochure

Your week will look something like this

Arrive at our guest house situated at the end of a leafy valley where the only sound you will enjoy is one of birdsong.  No passing traffic and clear night skies offer star gazing you can only imagine. Take a short walk around the property, enjoy cake and biscuits or a welcome glass of champagne, get unpacked in your luxury room, or perhaps take a swim in our heated outdoor pool.  At 17:45 we will all meet for aperitifs on the terrace and sit down to enjoy our first gourmet meal together from 18:30.
 
After breakfast travel to nearby Fontenay-le-Comte to Colin Underhay’s studio where coffee, tea and biscuits will be served.  The workshop begins with an introduction to the materials and tools you will be using.  Colin will then demonstrate step-by-step the techniques required to produce a stunning hare sculpture. Start to feel the therapeutic benefits of working with clay and enjoy great conversation as you start to work on your project. After a break for a packed lunch (supplied) and some fresh air in the gardens, return to the studio to fashion your animal into something you’ll be proud to take home. All materials are included. Aprons are provided, but it’s a good idea not to wear your best clothes. Around 4pm you will be collected and returned to the guest house in time for some relaxing before dinner.
 
After breakfast return to Fontenay-le-Comte to complete the work on your hare sculpture which will be approx 20 – 25 cm high. As usual you’ll be collected around 4pm and returned to our guest house and, as on Monday, all materials, drinks and food are included. On Day 2 of the hare workshop you’ll be refining and hollowing out your hare which will stay at the studio at the end of the day to be fired – ready for you to take home.
 

Enjoy a day at our guest house where you can take a gentle, or more active walk, visit a local medieval town and do some shopping, try your hand at soap or chocolate making, or just pick up one of the 200 books here and find a spot by the pool to relax. Beauty treatments are also available – from facials to massages, manicures or pedicures.

This workshop is suitable for all levels including absolute beginners.  The day will start with an introduction to the materials and tools plus an overview of what you will achieve using the direct method. You’ll break ceramic tiles and use the nippers to shape them ready to create your own mosaic piece. We’ll have designs available at the studio for you to choose from, or you could bring your own creativity to the fore by creating your own.
 

Today we’ll be exploring the use of Cyanotype which was discovered in the 1800s but has recently been gaining in popularity in the art and crafting communities.  Cyanotype is a unique direct photographic process that does not require a camera or darkroom. You can choose your objects, leaves or flowers from our garden or from an available selection of objects in the studio which you can then play around with and arrange to your own design onto the specialist light sensitive paper.  The paper is then exposed to sunlight to develop and washed in water to reveal a stunning blue toned print.

Pack your bags after breakfast,  say your goodbyes and start your journey back home.

The price

As an introductory offer all this at an incredible 2000 € euro for 6 nights/7 days
Fully inclusive of all craft activities, materials, transport during the week, all meals and drinks.
 

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