Hepworth Studios in Woodford, New South Wales | Art school

Hepworth Studios

Locality: Woodford, New South Wales

Phone: +61 416 110 675

Address: 90 - 92 Great Western Highway 2778 Woodford, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.hughesstudio.com.au/

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25.01.2022 There are still limited places available at Arts Muster next weekend. I am teaching two one day workshops - Stars of Ravenna and Tesserae di Aquileia. You can read some more information here. https://www.hughesstudio.com.au/arts-muster-2021.html

25.01.2022 So fantastic to be back in the studio today running my Monets Garden Painting class LIVE in the studio! Everyone created such great work.

24.01.2022 Thursday is normally our busiest day with 30+ students through the studio. Today was eerily quiet but just as busy prepping Easter Mosaic Kits for our young students. Available early next week in time for Easter.

24.01.2022 Stunning scratch drawing by my Rembrandts Art Class. Australian Natives never disappoint as subject matter.

24.01.2022 Don’t miss your chance to win some money by entering your artwork!!! All proceeds from entries go to the Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre and as you know art...s organisations like ours could do with your support more than ever this year. There’s some great prizes and we’d love to give them away!!!

24.01.2022 More awesome mixed media mosaic by Pip from our advanced class. This is the second in the series on bushfire and regeneration in our local area with pieces fossicked on her daily bushwalks. Can’t wait to see how the next pieces develop.

23.01.2022 Our Kids Easter Egg Mosaic , project kit and 20 minute video tutorial are now available. This is one of the colour palette options, deep blues, deep black/purple, golds and more. 11 packs still available in this colour palette. #easter #eastermosaic #easteractivityforkids #mosaic #kidsmosaic

23.01.2022 I am very proud to be part of Emma's rich artistic journey. Art is such a vital element in the lives of so many people in our community, wether it be finding momentary verisimilitude whilst viewing a piece of art, or deepening our understanding of our own place in history and culture as an audience member in a well curated exhibition, or more immediately experiencing the making of art as path for personal artistic expression. Congratulations Emma and Dallas Price in conjunction with AGNSW. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/b/posts/art-is-my-oxygen/

23.01.2022 One of our very clever Rembrandts students completed preparatory banksia sketches. ( although they are all very clever!) Lovely work as always India.

22.01.2022 'As Above, So Below’ My completed work for the First Virtual Symposium of Turkey. The making of mosaic simultaneously connects me to the present moment as well ...as to millennia past. It enables me to be across time, as well lost in time. Fragments of stone and glass; found, broken and reassembled to speak to the importance of Gobekli Tepe, as well as to the global and universal connections that our lost civilizations made with the stars. Dimension: 46 x 49 x 9cm Materials: Smalti, Oro, Dalle de Verre, Marble, Limestone, Travertine, Sandstone.

22.01.2022 'Houses of Hundertwasser' Smalti Mosaic workshops are booking fast. Join me for a creative, colourful, informative and immersive day in my Woodford Academy Studio. Saturday 12th, or Sat 26th June 2021. I love this inspiring section of work by Kim Hallam from our Thursday advanced Class. Thank you Kim for letting us use your image to promote this fun day. https://www.hughesstudio.com.au/houses-of-hundertwasser.html

21.01.2022 Kids Mosaic Class - ISO Tables. Some but not all of our ISO Tables.. completed via ZOOM lessons from dining rooms, bedrooms, studies and balconies around the Blue Mountains.. during lockdown in Term 2, 2020. Bases are from Ikea, table tops are 2cm Tile Backer Board cut and fitted into the table tray. Kids selected colours which I sourced along with tools and tables. We met online every Monday afternoon for 90 minutes of virtual mosaic.

21.01.2022 Lovely chalk pastel Macaw by Pat in our Adults Art Class. Such great results with this medium on pastel primed paper. #chalkpastel #pastel #studio #artclasses #artclassesforadults #bluemountains #aspacetocreate #creative

21.01.2022 Our studio doors are officially closed for classes until the sun breaks through the dark clouds once more. Beautiful oil painting by Lucy in our Rembrandts Kids Art class. #studio #artclasses #artclassesforkids #painting #oilpainting #creative #hope #aspacetocreate #lifereset

21.01.2022 Children's Visual Arts - Picasso Kids Art Class Remote Learning Groups are now enrolling. We have 9 remote lessons scheduled for Term 2 delivered live via Zoom. 2 Class groups available. Ages 8-12. To discuss if this may be suitable for your child please email or message me and I will get back to you. http://www.hughesstudio.com.au/picasso-kids-remote-class.ht

21.01.2022 To all students who have entered in the Visual Arts, Mosaic, Sculpture, or Ceramics Competitions!

20.01.2022 Lovely examples of work by Pip and Marian Shapiro from our Adults Art class and the term of Drypoint printing. Next term we tackle Lino cut printing. I am running a 1 day workshop in Drypoint on the 7th Nov. details on the website. http://www.hughesstudio.com.au/adults-workshops.html

20.01.2022 Margo’s beautiful table complete in the indirect method is beautifully finished with a custom made timber table. Beautiful work Margo.

20.01.2022 In memory of a much loved Pup by Pip from the Adult’s Art Class in chalk pastels. #art #studio #artclassesforadults #chalkpastel #drawing #bluemountains #studio #pet-portraits

19.01.2022 Lots of experimenting and learning in today’s Adult’s Art Class with our introductory drypoint printing task.

19.01.2022 I was Really looking forward to teaching at this Creative Event but alas it has been cancelled by COVID ;(. Hopefully it will run again next year!

19.01.2022 Some of the fabulous Drypoint Prints completed this term in the Rembrandt's Art Classes. All classes finish for 2020 this week.

19.01.2022 Arts Muster Workshops, April 10th and 11th at Korowal School, Hazelbrook. Join me for these informative, immersive and hands on workshops inspired by the mosaics of Ravenna and Aquileia. https://www.hughesstudio.com.au/arts-muster-2021.html

19.01.2022 Beautiful work created in our online Divine Fruits Watercolour Task by the very clever Georgina Findley who has been a student of mine for almost 10 years. All your hard work pays off Georgie! More beautiful examples by our clever students to come.

19.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who tuned in this morning to the MAO Panel Discussion Materials: Meaning and Manipulation with Kelley Knickerbocker, Julie Sperling and my...self. Based in Australia, Santa Barbara, Seattle and Canada we were able to connect share and stream live with Mosaic Arts Online. Despite, power outages, high winds, internet crashes I managed to get there! If you missed the panel you can watch it on You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjCX-ad5dSs&t=142s My course Sculptural Form for mosaic is also on sale with a special discount code for the next day or so! So if you are thinking about it nows the time to save some dollars. https://mosaicartsonline.com/p/sculptural-mosaics-with-cait CAITLIN-15 See more

18.01.2022 Childrens Visual Arts - Picasso Kids Art Class Remote Learning Groups are now enrolling. We have 9 remote lessons scheduled for Term 2 delivered live via Zoom. 2 Class groups available. Ages 8-12. To discuss if this may be suitable for your child please email or message me and I will get back to you. http://www.hughesstudio.com.au/picasso-kids-remote-class.ht

18.01.2022 Just a few of the fun furry soft pastel cats that the Rembrandt’s kids art classes have been working on. They are using soft pastels on pastel primed paper and learning different techniques such as feathering, layering and blending.

18.01.2022 Spherical mind benders. Our online and in studio classes have been working on andamento drawing throughout the term. Some have had time to think and develop over a couple of weeks .. others it was just a do it now scenario!

17.01.2022 Almost all of the materials have arrived for our remote learning mosaic and visual arts kits! Just waiting on a couple of vital items.. like paint! First up: mosaic tables!

17.01.2022 All HS Mosaic students should register for this online forum. It is affordable and flexible for accessing presentations. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bamm-online-forum-2020-makin

17.01.2022 A productive day in the studio yesterday with the adults art class continuing to work on their prints. Such lovely results.

17.01.2022 Studio Doors Closing It is with a heavy heart that I write today to inform you that I have made the difficult decision to close the doors on studio classes indefinitely with the view to resume when it is safe to do so. I had hoped that we would be able to see out the term, however I am becoming increasingly concerned for the health and safety of our students and our community. It was my intention to remain open as long as schools were open. However, it is my personal view th...Continue reading

17.01.2022 First online Zoom Class today for my advanced mosaic students. We are all still learning.. and I miss the ability to be able to point directly as a tessera and say ‘take it off’ but Looking forward to seeing what I can do with this new platform. It was good to connect with everyone and see what they have been up to in Lockdown land. I’m working hard towards developing classes for all students on this platform for term 2. Wednesday open class you’re on the test team next week!

17.01.2022 I have really been enjoying the experience of preparing and delivering my first online Visual Arts Class delivered via video tutorial. Its a huge learning curve but I am slowly getting there. Our first Task is Divine Fruits Watercolour Painting. I am now preparing and filming Part 2 of this task and enjoying seeing some of the examples develop.

16.01.2022 So fantastic to be back in the studio today running my Monet’s Garden Painting class LIVE in the studio! Everyone created such great work.

16.01.2022 *NEW* Rembrandts Remote Visual Art Class for older children. This class is delivered via video tutorial with explicit instruction and demonstration and is supported by weekly connections for sharing and feedback. A detailed class outline is now available. This term includes watercolour painting, sculpture, acrylic painting and drawing. Please message or email me for a detailed program. http://www.hughesstudio.com.au/rembrandts-remote.html

16.01.2022 I am excited to be hosting a real live art workshop in the REAL LIVE studio. Next Friday 17th July. Monets Garden Painting on Canvas Workshop. 10am - 3pm, for older children 12+, $120.00 inc Materials - One place available. Please email or message me for more info. [email protected]

16.01.2022 Thursdays are normally our busiest day.. not a soul in the physical studio today but 24 students from all over Australia online.. from my remote studio (in my study!) one class to go for today! I never run out of puff or voice but geez Im getting fat sitting on this chair all day instead of standing constantly and lifting 20kg bags of cement!

15.01.2022 The first in a new series by Pip in our Advanced Mosaic Class. A response to the fires in our local area observed through her daily walks. Regeneration to come.

15.01.2022 I love this piece by Kim Hallam from our advanced class with modules started in Kelley Knickerbocker’s Modular Mosaics workshop a few years ago . Finally Completed in our virtual class during Covid and now framed so nicely. Congratulations Kim!

15.01.2022 Term 3 Adults Art Class: Drawing and Introduction to Drypoint Printing. 5 fortnightly lessons commencing next Wednesday 29th July 10am - 1pm. Please visit our website or PM me for more details. http://www.hughesstudio.com.au/adults-art-class.html

14.01.2022 Lots of experimenting and learning in todays Adults Art Class with our introductory drypoint printing task.

14.01.2022 I am greatly looking forward to presenting a Virtual Version of my Course 'Focus on Form' at the Society of American Mosaic Artists Virtual Conference in Feb 20...21. Whilst we cannot all be together in the same space we can still learn, share and connect in this way. I have been working hard on translating this practical workshop into a 4 hour Lecture and Demonstration with a comprehensive PDF booklet with all my tips, tricks and knowledge about developing Sculptural Form for Mosaic. This lecture contains different content to my 'Sculptural Mosaics' online course as it deals with sculptural knowledge in a more overall sense and is not focused on the creation of one project. https://americanmosaics.org/2021virtualsummit/ See more

14.01.2022 *NEW* Rembrandt's Remote Visual Art Class for older children. This class is delivered via video tutorial with explicit instruction and demonstration and is supported by weekly connections for sharing and feedback. A detailed class outline is now available. This term includes watercolour painting, sculpture, acrylic painting and drawing. Please message or email me for a detailed program. http://www.hughesstudio.com.au/rembrandts-remote.html

14.01.2022 So happy to be back in the studio this week with 9 modified classes. Todays kids class were drawing Banksias with great success and experimenting with negative techniques. Today was also my first HYBRID class : online + in studio which worked fairly well. This is certainly something we can integrate so those who are slightly unwell, immune compromised or away can still participate. Cleaning regimes are in full swing and the studio has never looked so clean. Sparkly new art kits are a delightful surprise for new students and old students are loving the reconnection that live lessons provide. So happy

14.01.2022 Some proof prints from the Rembrandt’s Kids Art Classes. These will come together very nicely Over the next few weeks.

14.01.2022 Wine never tasted so good.. after zoom lessons for basically 11 hours straight! 27 lovely and talented students today in visual art and mosaic from far and wide.. mosaic, plaster sculpture and finally watercolour.. I have been using the word painting to describe mosaic and mosaic to describe painting.. whats my name again?

13.01.2022 Where did November go.. oh that's right it disappeared into tiny glass threads.. 40 hours of sore shoulder for me and 27 hours on the diamond file by Vicky Bush for an 18cm brass dish.

12.01.2022 Filming a still life tutorial and pop! No power! Bugger.

12.01.2022 Our Kids Easter Egg Mosaic , project kit and 20 minute video tutorial are now available for pick up any day over the Easter Weekend or postage. #easter #eastermosaic #easteractivityforkids #mosaic #kidsmosaic http://www.hughesstudio.com.au/kids-easter-activity.html

11.01.2022 Congrats to Elvira who has completed her second mosaic. Steadily learning more techniques in our Open Mosaic Class. #mosaic #dragonfly #dragonflymosaic #studio #bluemountains #gardenmosaic

11.01.2022 Lovely watercolour explorations by the Picasso Kids Art Classes with small interpretations of local foliage. Ages 9-11.

11.01.2022 Kids Easter Egg Mosaic - Kits and Tutorials now available. Price : $55 AUD + postage Ages: Approx. 8-13 years Three colour palettes to choose from. Includes all materials + 20 minute Instructional Video delivered to families via email link.... Families need to supply their own PVA glue. http://www.hughesstudio.com.au/kids-easter-activity.html Yes my kids think this video is very cringey! But these are very strange days... and we are all going slightly bananas x

10.01.2022 Very pleased to have launched my new course on Mosaic Arts Online this morning titled Salvaged Treasure - Mixed Media Mosaics. It is for sale at MAO and there is an opening discount of 15% off till Monday Australian Time - code is CAITLIN15. You can watch the You Tube Launch here where I share information on my practice, discuss the course and tour the studio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygWLZolHBag

10.01.2022 My course in Sculptural Mosaics as well as many other high quality courses are now on sale at Mosaic Arts Online. This is a real source of income for me as I re...ceive a portion of the sales of each course. Mosaic Arts Online SPRING SALE is on NOW! 10% off ALL Courses for a limited time! It is time to find some peace and joy so let's get into our studios and get creative! This sale is good for as many courses as you like! There are FREE Promo videos and few tutorials too! To receive your discount at purchase click on the words "add coupon" a box will appear and enter CREATENOW https://mosaicartsonline.com/

09.01.2022 Picasso Kids Remote Art Class kits are being packed ready to collect as of this afternoon. Excited to start this class on Wednesday. Now fully booked.

09.01.2022 Join us for this free live panel discussion. AEST 9am Sunday 3rd May!

09.01.2022 Extremely special pet portrait of the late Gremlin by Marian Shapiro in our Adults Art Class. #chalkpastel #drawing #artclasses #adultsartclasses #studio

09.01.2022 Lesson planning via candlelight.! Preparing to teach students to draw fruit the easy way!

09.01.2022 I have lots of exciting Remote Learning Opportunities available for Term 2. Classes are for adults and children in Visual Arts and Mosaic, as well as FREE online events. Please take some time to look through this newsletter I would really appreciate you sharing this on your own pages or within your own network. x Caitlin https://mailchi.mp/fa3fd77d920f/focus-on-form-2724512

09.01.2022 Looking forward to our live launch of my new course Salvaged Treasure - Mixed Media Mosaic’ this Weekend!

08.01.2022 Different days call for different methods. Finalising my Easter Egg tutorial video for my young makers. Basic DIY set up but hopefully a functional result! #kidsmosaics #easteractivityforkids #creative #studio #artclass #aspacetocreate

07.01.2022 Adults Remote Learning Groups I have spaces available in my Adults Remote Learning Classes for Term 2. Connect and share with like minded mosaic artists, participate in group critiques, online studio sessions as well as experience one on one tailored Sessions are fortnightly over Term 2 . If you would like to discuss if this may be suitable for you please email or message me. Distance and location are no problem in this new learning platform. All the details available at the website link below. http://www.hughesstudio.com.au/intermediate-and-beyond-grou

06.01.2022 Kids Easter Egg Mosaic - project kits and 20 video minute tutorial are now available. #easter #eastermosaic #easteractivityforkids #mosaic #kidsmosaic

06.01.2022 Lovely results from the Introduction to Printmaking Day last Saturday. Diverse subject matter and lots of learning.

05.01.2022 Dont miss your chance to win some money by entering your artwork!!! All proceeds from entries go to the Blue Mountains Creative Arts Centre and as you know art...s organisations like ours could do with your support more than ever this year. Theres some great prizes and wed love to give them away!!!

05.01.2022 Great news! The studio is reopening in Term 3. All classes are now on the website and open for enrolment. All classes will be fortnightly and there will be quite a few changes to the way we operate but I am so happy to be returning to face to face teaching. http://www.hughesstudio.com.au/

05.01.2022 I would like to bring your attention to a bid for a large scale (81sqm) permanent public artwork to be located at Bondi Beach adjacent to the Bondi Kids Pool, S...ydney NSW. Three artists have had their proposals shortlisted, and these proposals are now available for public comment until 26th April 2021. One of the three shortlisted artists is Dr Helen Bodycomb from Victoria, who many of you will know as a prominent and highly experienced Australian mosaic artist, teaming with lead designer David Lancashire. I encourage you to visit the link below and read through the three proposals. I think you will find Helen and David’s design is beautifully considered, but more importantly, their plans for materials, method, fabrication and installation are all technically robust. The proposed mural imagery is engaging and appropriate for the site, will be clearly seen from a great distance as well as offering the opportunity for nuance and discovery on closer inspection by people of all ages. Personally, I think this proposal will offer the most to the site, and to the community for years to come, and I intend to complete the survey and put my views forward to the committee. If successful it will also be a landmark mosaic in Australia in one of our key tourist locations. In addition, it serves to increase the profile of mosaic in Australia, and will provide a lasting example of how mosaic done well can adapt to almost any condition. Please take the time to have a look and consider completing the survey before April 26th, 2021. https://haveyoursay.waverley.nsw.gov.au/north-bondi-kids-po Caitlin Hepworth

05.01.2022 Just a few of the fun furry soft pastel cats that the Rembrandts kids art classes have been working on. They are using soft pastels on pastel primed paper and learning different techniques such as feathering, layering and blending.

03.01.2022 Session 2 of our FREE Online event Wine Cheese and a Mosaic Mural is now open for booking.

03.01.2022 Here are my visuals from the MAO Panel Discussion Materials: Meaning and Manipulation with Kelley Knickerbocker, Julie Sperling and myself steamed live last wee...kend. I was unable to share theses to full screen due to tech gremlins so I thought Id share them here. If you missed the panel you can watch it on You Tube which will explain the relevance of each slide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjCX-ad5dSs&t=142s www.mosaicartsonline.com See more

03.01.2022 A sample of some of the paintings from our Rembrandts children’s art classes completed this term. I love seeing how each student takes the one task in their own direction.

03.01.2022 Margos beautiful table complete in the indirect method is beautifully finished with a custom made timber table. Beautiful work Margo.

03.01.2022 Session 2 of our FREE Online event 'Wine Cheese and a Mosaic Mural' is now open for booking.

03.01.2022 Finally completed! ISO Mosaic table top by Pat Watson from our Adults mosaic class. Created in cinca and grouted in mid grey. Beautiful work as usual pat!

01.01.2022 If you missed this live tour of the Ruins with Rachel Sager and Tami Tami Zweig Macala you can catch up on viewing here. Well worth the time to view aspects of this fabulous mosaic site.

01.01.2022 Stars of Ravenna - Byzantine Inspired Smalti Mosaics, Sat 9th January 2021, 10am - 5pm. We have one place available in this upcoming one day workshop. https://www.hughesstudio.com.au/adults-workshops.html

01.01.2022 Hazelbrook Public School, Blue Tongue Lizard Mosaic, a Community Collaboration between students of Stage 3 and Hughes Studio. Design concepts by students, brought together by Caitlin Hepworth into an achievable and accessible design using Opus Romano, pool tile, penny rounds, cinca and smalti. Cutting and Fabrication by 45 Children with the supervision and guidance of Caitlin Hepworth, Vicky Bush, Cindy Topic, Teagan Weaver and Hazelbrook Public School Staff. Installed by Hughes Studio Team. With thanks to Hazelbrook Public School - P&C, staff and students. Suppliers include Mosaico (Westleigh), The Pool Tile Company (QLD), MDC Mosaics (Miranda), and Smalti Australia (Glenbrook). Size 2.4m x 1.2m.

01.01.2022 I am very proud to be part of Emmas rich artistic journey. Art is such a vital element in the lives of so many people in our community, wether it be finding momentary verisimilitude whilst viewing a piece of art, or deepening our understanding of our own place in history and culture as an audience member in a well curated exhibition, or more immediately experiencing the making of art as path for personal artistic expression. Congratulations Emma and Dallas Price in conjunction with AGNSW. https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/b/posts/art-is-my-oxygen/