Schedule of Demonstrations

Demonstrations , 10:30am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm - 3:30pm at The Bush Inn 

Saturday, 23rd August 2025  
10.30am - 12.30pm Karl Hamilton-Cox Painting on leather - Cats Eyes
1.30pm - 3.30pm Steve Freer Raku Pottery - Decorating techniques 

Monday, 25th August 2025  
10.30am - 12.30pm Kim Colebrook Pottery - Texture and Layering Techniques 
1.30pm - 3.30pm Melanie Fritz Painting in Gouache - Colourful Still Life in Gouache 

See Below for a detailed description of each demonstration

Saturday
10.30am - 12.30pm Karl Hamilton-Cox Painting on leather - Cats Eyes

Karl is a full time artist whose artwork is varied and primarily with a realism look. Although known as The Leather Artist he also works in graphite, oils and acrylic on various media. He will be demonstrating a composition of Cats Eyes onto leather.

Saturday 
1.30pm - 3.30pm Steve Freer Raku Pottery - Decorating techniques 

Demonstration brief: Pottery Design Technique

Steve Freer is a retired television producer who has been making ceramics for the last 12 years. He specialises in raku pottery creating distinctive designs with layers of glaze and stencils. He'll be talking about his design technique showing different stages of the decorative process.

Monday 
10.30am - 12.30pm Kim Colebrook Pottery - Texture & layering techniques 

Demonstration brief: Creating texture and layer

Kim's work is inspired by the geology of the South Wales Coalfield - the layers of coal and ironstone, the distinctive character of the different layers. She will be demonstrating 2 techniques - the creation of texture by burning the surface of the porcelain and the creation of layers within the clay, and the application of faults, pressure distortions and cuts, like the way that plate tectonics distorts the group under our feet. Having made different slabs of clay, Kim will create some forms to show off the geological patterns.

MONDAY
1.30pm - 3.30pm Melanie Fritz Painting in Gouache - Colourful Still Life in Gouache 

Demonstration brief: Colourful Still Life in Gouache 

Painter and textile artist Melanie Fritz will show you how to play with bold and vibrant colour combinations to create still lifes that burst with energy.  

We’ll start with setting up still life objects, and visitors are invited to provide an intriguing object of their own.  

Then we’ll lay a background wash and choose colours that may or may not reflect reality. We’ll bring them together with line and brushwork and sort things out when they go wrong, until it all comes together in a pleasing result.