Successful clothing designer maker, Marian Williams, will be running a rare workshop in Bungay from 11am to 3.30pm on Saturday 8th May as part of Black Dog Arts 2010 gardens project.

The workshop is open to complete beginners and experienced artists alike and costs £20 full price and £15 concessions, including silk. (Concessions apply to students, people over 50 and people in receipt of benefits.)

Places are strictly limited so, to book a place, or find out more, ring Jan now at Black Dog Arts on 01986 895227.

If you would like to learn about making dyes using plants, berries and other natural materials, and you would like to create your own sumptuous silk scarf, this is the workshop for you!

Marian did her textile training at the art school in Norwich.

Five years on, Marian is now Secretary of the Norfolk Contemporary Craft Society (www.norfolkcraft.co.uk) and she sells her stunning, natural, silk dresses, summer coats and other beautiful clothes in the shop, “Ethika”, in Timber Hill in Norwich.

She also shows her work with the Norfolk Contemporary Crafts Society in the Assembly House in Norwich, in her own studio as part of the Norfolk Open Studios, and she has exhibited in the Mall Galleries in London, in their 2008 Designer Craft exhibition.

People who take part in the silk scarf making workshop will also have the chance to show, and sell, their work in “The Silk Garden”, one of the six gardens taking part in Black Dog Arts 2010 Gardens Art Trail which is on from 11am to 3pm on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th July.

So, you may do the workshop and sell your scarf for a profit!

Marian Williams workshop is the third of six fantastic, garden inspired, workshops Black Dog Arts has organised as part of this year’s gardens project.

The second workshop, run by Mary Walker, on making art books, was a huge success and the art books participants made (see photo below) will also be on show as part of the Gardens Art Trail.

To find out more about the Gardens Art Trail, Black Dog Arts, or the other three garden inspired workshops on making bird and beast wire sculptures, making felt, and making knitted wire jewellery, ring Jan on 01986 895227 or email her on [email protected]