Acrylic Pouring Course - With These Hands

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Join us for a two week acrylic pouring course inspired by nature.

A photograph of an acrylic poured serving board. The decoration has purple swirls and gold decorations, inspired by geodes.

Dates

Saturday 5 July

Saturday 12 July

Visitor Information

Time

Please note that this is a two week course on both Saturday 5 July and Saturday 12 July

There are two options for booking: 

5 and 12 July morning class from 10.30am - 12.45pm

5 and 12 July afternoon class from 1.15-3.30pm

You must attend at the same time on each date. 

Price

£54 (plus booking fee)

Booking

Pre-booking essential. Book here.

About

Acrylic pouring is a fascinating way to make abstract art. During the first session, you'll pour liquid acrylic paint onto a surface and tilt it gently, making the paint flow into a completely unique abstract design. You'll return for the second week to add embellishments and resin seal your piece. The result will be a unique and decorative, fully functional serving board (30 x 24.5 x 1.5cm) which is food safe.

Amaze your guests by serving food on one of the following themed boards:

  1. Seascape themed with marine life. Polymer clay will be provided to create the decorations, along with other embellishments, including locally sourced sea glass. 
  2. Lava themed with locally sourced sea coal and real lava rock. 
  3. Rock geode themed. Geodes are hollow rocks, in which masses of crystals are secluded. Recreate a slice through a geode using paint and crushed sea glass, glitter, and resin. 

Artist Rebekah Scott will guide you through the process. The finished serving board will be fully functional and ready to collect from Shipley Art Gallery from Saturday 26 July. 

Additional information: 

  • This is a two week course. You must attend on both days. 
  • You must choose between the morning or afternoon sessions and you must attend at the same time on each date.
  • Suitable for ages 16+

The Laing Art Gallery's newest temporary exhibition is With These Hands, which explores the representation of craft in paintings, drawings, and prints from 1750 to the present day. The exhibition is on display from 17 May - 27 September 2025.

The Shipley Art Gallery is hosting an accompanying craft programme focusing on workshops where you can try your hand at different crafts featured in or related to the exhibition. 

The Acrylic Pouring Course is part of the With These Hands events programme.