Featured Events in Ruthin in June 2025 (August Updated)

Two-day chine collé printing workshop with Marian Haf 31 May - 1 June 2025 10.30am - 4.00pm £115 (Includes all materials and tea and coffee) Age group – Adults Location: Education Room In this two-day workshop we will be transforming household packaging into playful prints using the magic of printmaking. The first day will be focused on making intaglio, relief and embossed prints. The second day will be dedicated to adding colour and texture with chine collé (a form of collaging and sticking found and made papers onto prints). Suitable for beginners and more seasoned printmakers, this workshop is also super for educators as it translates well into a classroom. By the end of the two days, we will have learnt: How to prepare and translate an image into both an intaglio and relief collagraph and understand their differences. How to manipulate packaging with different tools and techniques to achieve tonal variation with contrasting linear mark making. To ink the plate for both intaglio and relief and how to combine the two. Which papers to choose and how to prepare them along with plate registration and good working practice in achieving a clean result, using a press. Designed, made, inked and printed a collection of original prints using both intaglio and relief inking with chine collé. Marian will be able to answer questions in English and Welsh ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gweithdy deuddydd printio chine-collé gyda Marian Haf 31 Mai - 1 Mehefin 2025 10.30am - 4pm £115 yn cynnwys yr holl ddefnyddiau, te a choffi. Grŵp Oedran - Oedolyn Lleoliad:Ystafell Addysg Yn y gweithdy deuddydd hwn byddwn yn trawsffurfio defnyddiau pecynnu cartref yn brintiau chwareus gan ddefnyddio hud a lledrith creu printiau. Bydd y diwrnod cyntaf yn canolbwyntio ar greu printiau intaglio, cerfweddol a boglynnog. Neilltuir yr ail ddiwrnod i ychwanegu lliw a gwydredd gyda chine-collé (ffurf ar ludweithio a glynu papurau wedi’u canfod a’u creu ar brintiau). Addas ar gyfer dechreuwyr a gwneuthurwyr printiau mwy profiadol, mae’r gweithdy hwn yn ardderchog ar gyfer addysgwyr gan ei fod yn trosi’n dda i’r ystafell ddosbarth. Ar ddiwedd y ddau ddiwrnod, byddwn wedi dysgu: Sut i baratoi a throsi delwedd i golagraff intaglio a cherfweddol a deall y gwahaniaethau. Sut i drin a thrafod defnyddiau pecynnu gydag offer a thechnegau gwahanol er mwyn sicrhau amrywiad tonyddol a chreu marciau llinol cyferbyniol. I incio plât ar gyfer intaglio a cherfwedd hefyd a sut i gyfuno’r ddau. Pa bapurau i’w dewis a sut i’w paratoi ynghyd ag iawnlinio plât ac arfer gweithio da er mwyn cael canlyniad glân yn printio gyda gwasg Dylunio, creu, incio a phrintio casgliad o brintiau gwreiddiol gan ddefnyddio incio intaglio a cherfweddol hefyd gyda chine-collé. Bydd Marian yn gallu ateb cwestiynau yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg. Information Source: Ruthin Craft Centre | eventbrite

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In Conversation with Andrew Renton and Keith Brymer-Jones 14 June 2025 3 - 4pm £5 Age group – Adults Location: Education Room In celebration of the show Ceramics from the Anita Besson Collection in our new CELF gallery, we have invited Andrew Renton, Honorary Research Fellow Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales to talk with Keith Brymer-Jones, Potter and presenter of The Great British Pottery Throwdown. Andrew Renton knew Anita Besson, and Keith Brymer-Jones met Lucie Rie. We bring together these two experts in their field to share their encounters with these remarkable women, to discuss the exhibition and talk of all things ceramic. Keith Brymer-Jones has recently moved to live in Pwllheli and Andrew Renton lives in Cardiff. Andrew has known and worked with the collection for many years. Book now so you don’t miss this exciting talk and your chance to ask questions. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sgwrs gydag Andrew Renton a Keith Brymer-Jones 14 Mehefin 2025 3 - 4pm £5 Grŵp Oedran - Oedolyn Lleoliad: Ystafell Addysg I ddathlu’r sioe Serameg o Gasgliad Anita Besson yn ein horiel CELF newydd, rydym wedi gwahodd Andrew Renton, Cymrawd Ymchwil Anrhydeddus Amgueddfa Cymru i siarad â Keith Brymer-Jones, Crochenydd a chyflwynydd The Great British Pottery Throwdown. Roedd Andrew Renton yn adnabod Anita Besson, a bu Keith Brymer-Jones gwrdd â Lucie Rie. Rydym yn dod â’r ddau arbenigwr hyn yn eu maes ynghyd i rannu eu cyfarfyddiadau â’r merched hynod hyn, i drafod yr arddangosfa a siarad am bopeth serameg. Mae Keith Brymer-Jones wedi symud i fyw i Bwllheli yn ddiweddar ac mae Andrew Renton yn byw yng Nghaerdydd. Mae Andrew wedi adnabod a gweithio gyda’r casgliad ers blynyddoedd lawer. Archebwch nawr fel nad ydych chi'n colli'r sgwrs gyffrous hon a'ch cyfle i ofyn cwestiynau. Information Source: Ruthin Craft Centre | eventbrite

Drypoint printmaking with Louisa Boyd Sunday 15 June 2025 10.30am - 4.00pm £60 (Includes all materials and tea and coffee) Age group – Adults Location: Education Room This workshop exploring the intaglio technique of drypoint will give you the opportunity to create your own plates and take prints from them. We will be using technical drawing tools as well as free hand drawing and roulette wheels to create a textured surface onto plastic plates. Once these are inked up, they will be transferred onto damp paper using a printmaking press to make your own prints. This course would suit beginners to printmaking as well as those with some experience looking to develop their skills. Louisa Boyd works with print and sculpture, often creating sculpture out of her prints. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including shows at the Royal West of England Academy and Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. She was awarded a scholarship from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust in 2023. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Argraffu Pwynt Sych gyda Louisa BoydDydd Sul 15 Mehefin 2025 10.30am - 4pm £60 yn cynnwys yr holl ddefnyddiau, te a choffi. Grŵp Oedran - Oedolion Lleoliad:Ystafell Addysg Bydd y gweithdy hwn sy'n archwilio techneg intaglio sychbwynt yn rhoi'r cyfle i chi greu eich platiau eich hun a chymryd printiau ohonynt. Byddwn yn defnyddio offer lluniadu technegol yn ogystal â lluniadu llaw rhydd ac olwynion roulette i greu arwyneb gweadog ar blatiau plastig. Unwaith y bydd y rhain wedi'u incio, byddant yn cael eu trosglwyddo i bapur llaith gan ddefnyddio gwasg argraffu i wneud eich printiau eich hun. Byddai'r cwrs hwn yn addas ar gyfer dechreuwyr i wneud printiau yn ogystal â'r rhai â pheth profiad sy'n edrych i ddatblygu eu sgiliau. Mae Louisa Boyd yn gweithio gyda phrint a cherflunio, yn aml yn creu cerfluniau allan o'i phrintiau. Mae Louisa Boyd yn gweithio gyda phrint a cherflunio, yn aml yn creu cerfluniau allan o'i phrintiau. Mae hi wedi arddangos ei gwaith yn genedlaethol ac yn rhyngwladol, gan gynnwys sioeau yn Academi Frenhinol Gorllewin Lloegr ac Arddangosfa Haf yr Academi Frenhinol. Dyfarnwyd ysgoloriaeth iddi gan Ymddiriedolaeth Ysgoloriaeth y Frenhines Elizabeth yn 2023. Information Source: Ruthin Craft Centre | eventbrite

Drypoint with technical drawing tools with Louisa Boyd Sunday 15 June 2025 10.30am - 4.00pm £60 (Includes all materials and tea and coffee) Age group – Adults Location: Education Room This workshop exploring the intaglio technique of drypoint will give you the opportunity to create your own plates and take prints from them. We will be using technical drawing tools as well as free hand drawing and roulette wheels to create a textured surface onto plastic plates. Once these are inked up, they will be transferred onto damp paper using a printmaking press to make your own prints. This course would suit beginners to printmaking as well as those with some experience looking to develop their skills. Louisa Boyd works with print and sculpture, often creating sculpture out of her prints. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including shows at the Royal West of England Academy and Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. She was awarded a scholarship from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust in 2023. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gweithdy Pwynt sych gyda offer lluniadu technegol gyda Louisa Boyd Dydd Sul 15 Mehefin 2025 10.30am - 4pm £60 yn cynnwys yr holl ddefnyddiau, te a choffi. Grŵp Oedran - Oedolyn Lleoliad:Ystafell Addysg Bydd y gweithdy hwn sy'n archwilio techneg intaglio sychbwynt yn rhoi'r cyfle i chi greu eich platiau eich hun a chymryd printiau ohonynt. Byddwn yn defnyddio offer lluniadu technegol yn ogystal â lluniadu llaw rhydd ac olwynion roulette i greu arwyneb gweadog ar blatiau plastig. Unwaith y bydd y rhain wedi'u incio, byddant yn cael eu trosglwyddo i bapur llaith gan ddefnyddio gwasg argraffu i wneud eich printiau eich hun. Byddai'r cwrs hwn yn addas ar gyfer dechreuwyr i wneud printiau yn ogystal â'r rhai â pheth profiad sy'n edrych i ddatblygu eu sgiliau. Mae Louisa Boyd yn gweithio gyda phrint a cherflunio, yn aml yn creu cerfluniau allan o'i phrintiau. Mae Louisa Boyd yn gweithio gyda phrint a cherflunio, yn aml yn creu cerfluniau allan o'i phrintiau. Mae hi wedi arddangos ei gwaith yn genedlaethol ac yn rhyngwladol, gan gynnwys sioeau yn Academi Frenhinol Gorllewin Lloegr ac Arddangosfa Haf yr Academi Frenhinol. Dyfarnwyd ysgoloriaeth iddi gan Ymddiriedolaeth Ysgoloriaeth y Frenhines Elizabeth yn 2023. Information Source: Ruthin Craft Centre | eventbrite

Domestic Stitchcraft with Darren Ball 21/06/25 10.00am - 4.00pm £85 (includes materials, tea and coffee) Age group – Adults Location: Education Room To inspire his work Darren references domestic making through use of his collection of 1940’s ‘Stitchcraft’ magazines. Do you have enduring memories of your domestic life from the past or more recent domestic experiences that have made an impression on you? Think about this as broadly as possible - it could include family memories, your home, favourite meals, holidays or trips, pastimes or gardening etc. In this class stitch these memories using applique and free machine embroidery to create your own artwork. Use your own fabrics which may link to your theme or use some from the Ruthin Craft Centre store cupboard. Your background piece of fabric should be approximately 40cm x 30cm to allow a border around your embroidery. The actual embroidery should be approximately 20cm x 15cm. Embroidery rings can be used to fit this size or you can work without one. You will use a medium weight background fabric which is strong enough to embroider into without support. Find an image which relates broadly to the theme of your memories of domestic life. These could be personal photos, items of memorabilia or other research from books or the internet. Print out your image in black and white to approximately 20cm x 15cm to trace and simplify for your embroidery. You will use bondaweb to applique the fabric. Darren layers net and lace in his work to create tone in his pieces, if you have any you would like to use, please bring it. Please bring your own sewing machine. There will be some at the centre if this is not possible. Please let us know you need one on booking. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Pwythwaith Domestig gyda Darren Ball 21/06/25 10.00am - 4.00pm £85 ( yn cynnwys defnyddiau, te a coffi ) Grŵp Oedran - Oedolyn Lleoliad: Ystafell Addysg Fel ysbrydoliaeth i’w waith, mae Darren yn defnyddio ei gasgliad o gylchgronau ‘Stitchcraft’ o’r 1940au yn gyfeirnod i greu domestig. Oes gennych chi atgofion parhaol o fywyd domestig y gorffennol neu brofiadau domestig mwy diweddar sydd wedi creu argraff arnoch chi? Ystyriwch hyn mor eang â phosibl – gall gynnwys atgofion teuluol, eich cartref, hoff brydau bwyd, gwyliau neu wibdeithiau, hamddena neu arddio ayyb. Yn y dosbarth pwythwch y rhain drwy ddefnyddio appliqué neu frodio rhydd ar beiriant i greu eich gwaith celf. Defnyddiwch eich ffabrigau eich hun a fydd efallai‘n cysylltu â’ch thema neu defnyddiwch rai o gwpwrdd storio Canolfan Grefft Rhuthun. Dylai eich darn cefndir o ffabrig fod oddeutu 40cm x 30cm er mwyn caniatáu gosod border o amgylch eich brodwaith. Dylai’r brodwaith ei hun fesur oddeutu 20cm x 15cm. Gellir defnyddio cylchoedd brodio i ffitio’r maint hwn, neu gallwch weithio heb un. Byddwch yn defnyddio ffabrig cefndir o bwysau canolig sy’n ddigon cryf i’w frodio heb gefn. Chwiliwch am ddelwedd sy’n lled berthnasol i thema eich atgofion o fywyd domestig. Gall y rhain fod yn ffotograffau personol, petheuach cofiadwy neu ymchwil arall o lyfrau neu’r rhyngrwyd. Printiwch eich delwedd mewn du a gwyn i faint oddeutu 20cm x 15cm i’w ddargopïo a’i symleiddio ar gyfer eich brodwaith. Byddwch yn defnyddio Bondaweb i arosod y ffabrig. Mae Darren yn gosod haenau o rwyd a les yn ei waith er mwyn creu tôn yn ei ddarnau. Os oes gennych chi rai yr hoffech eu defnyddio, dewch â nhw os gwelwch yn dda. Dewch â’ch peiriant gwnïo eich hun os gwelwch yn dda. Bydd rhai ar gael yn y ganolfan os nad yw hyn yn bosibl. Rhowch wybod i ni wrth archebu os oes angen un arnoch chi. Information Source: Ruthin Craft Centre | eventbrite

Domestic Stitchcraft with Darren Ball 21/06/25 10.00am - 4.00pm £85 (includes materials, tea and coffee) Age group – Adults Location: Education Room To inspire his work Darren references domestic making through use of his collection of 1940’s ‘Stitchcraft’ magazines. Do you have enduring memories of your domestic life from the past or more recent domestic experiences that have made an impression on you? Think about this as broadly as possible - it could include family memories, your home, favourite meals, holidays or trips, pastimes or gardening etc. In this class stitch these memories using applique and free machine embroidery to create your own artwork. Use your own fabrics which may link to your theme or use some from the Ruthin Craft Centre store cupboard. Your background piece of fabric should be approximately 40cm x 30cm to allow a border around your embroidery. The actual embroidery should be approximately 20cm x 15cm. Embroidery rings can be used to fit this size or you can work without one. You will use a medium weight background fabric which is strong enough to embroider into without support. Find an image which relates broadly to the theme of your memories of domestic life. These could be personal photos, items of memorabilia or other research from books or the internet. Print out your image in black and white to approximately 20cm x 15cm to trace and simplify for your embroidery. You will use bondaweb to applique the fabric. Darren layers net and lace in his work to create tone in his pieces, if you have any you would like to use, please bring it. Please bring your own sewing machine. There will be some at the centre if this is not possible. Please let us know you need one on booking. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Pwythwaith Domestig gyda Darren Ball 21/06/25 10.00am - 4.00pm £85 ( yn cynnwys defnyddiau, te a coffi) Grŵp Oedran - Oedolyn Lleoliad:Ystafell Addysg Fel ysbrydoliaeth i’w waith, mae Darren yn defnyddio ei gasgliad o gylchgronau ‘Stitchcraft’ o’r 1940au yn gyfeirnod i greu domestig. Oes gennych chi atgofion parhaol o fywyd domestig y gorffennol neu brofiadau domestig mwy diweddar sydd wedi creu argraff arnoch chi? Ystyriwch hyn mor eang â phosibl – gall gynnwys atgofion teuluol, eich cartref, hoff brydau bwyd, gwyliau neu wibdeithiau, hamddena neu arddio ayyb. Yn y dosbarth pwythwch y rhain drwy ddefnyddio appliqué neu frodio rhydd ar beiriant i greu eich gwaith celf. Defnyddiwch eich ffabrigau eich hun a fydd efallai‘n cysylltu â’ch thema neu defnyddiwch rai o gwpwrdd storio Canolfan Grefft Rhuthun. Dylai eich darn cefndir o ffabrig fod oddeutu 40cm x 30cm er mwyn caniatáu gosod border o amgylch eich brodwaith. Dylai’r brodwaith ei hun fesur oddeutu 20cm x 15cm. Gellir defnyddio cylchoedd brodio i ffitio’r maint hwn, neu gallwch weithio heb un. Byddwch yn defnyddio ffabrig cefndir o bwysau canolig sy’n ddigon cryf i’w frodio heb gefn. Chwiliwch am ddelwedd sy’n lled berthnasol i thema eich atgofion o fywyd domestig. Gall y rhain fod yn ffotograffau personol, petheuach cofiadwy neu ymchwil arall o lyfrau neu’r rhyngrwyd. Printiwch eich delwedd mewn du a gwyn i faint oddeutu 20cm x 15cm i’w ddargopïo a’i symleiddio ar gyfer eich brodwaith. Byddwch yn defnyddio Bondaweb i arosod y ffabrig. Mae Darren yn gosod haenau o rwyd a les yn ei waith er mwyn creu tôn yn ei ddarnau. Os oes gennych chi rai yr hoffech eu defnyddio, dewch â nhw os gwelwch yn dda. Dewch â’ch peiriant gwnïo eich hun os gwelwch yn dda. Bydd rhai ar gael yn y ganolfan os nad yw hyn yn bosibl. Rhowch wybod i ni wrth archebu os oes angen un arnoch chi. Information Source: Ruthin Craft Centre | eventbrite

Weaving Fruit Baskets with Mandy Coates 22/06/25 10 .00am - 4.00pm £60 ( Includes all materials and tea and coffee ) Age group – Adults Location: Education Room We will be making a shallow round willow basket using traditional techniques and a variety of different weaving patterns to create a fruit basket for your kitchen table ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gweithdy Basged Ffrwythau gyda Mandy Coates 22/06/25 10.00am - 4.00pm £60 ( gan gynnwys y defnyddiau , te a choffi ) Oedolion Ystafell Addysg, Canolfan Grefft Rhuthun Byddwn yn creu basged helyg fas gron gan ddefnyddio technegau traddodiadol ac amrywiaeth o batrymau plethu i greu basged ffrwythau ar gyfer bwrdd eich cegin. Information Source: Ruthin Craft Centre | eventbrite

Weaving Fruit Baskets with Mandy Coates 22/06/25 10 .00am - 4.00pm £60 (Includes all materials and tea and coffee) Age group – Adults Location: Education Room We will be making a shallow round willow basket using traditional techniques and a variety of different weaving patterns to create a fruit basket for your kitchen table ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gweithdy Basged Ffrwythau gyda Mandy Coates 22/06/25 10.00am - 4.00pm £60 (gan gynnwys y defnyddiau, te a choffi) Oedolion Ystafell Addysg, Canolfan Grefft Rhuthun Byddwn yn creu basged helyg fas gron gan ddefnyddio technegau traddodiadol ac amrywiaeth o batrymau plethu i greu basged ffrwythau ar gyfer bwrdd eich cegin. Information Source: Ruthin Craft Centre | eventbrite

Course cost £50 Aims of the course As a formal introduction to the principles of officiating a rugby union match, the WRU Level 1 Course aims to get applicants started refereeing. At a basic level, the course outlines the Laws of the Game and how they should be applied to a rugby union match, answers and clarifies general questions about refereeing and discusses the position(s) that referees should take throughout the course of a game. Outcomes: At the end of successfully completing a WRU Level 1 Referee Course, applicants will have gained a Level 1 Referee Certificate and will be clear to referee matches at Junior Level, from U12s to U16 Level and Schools Rugby up to U18s. Without the Level 1 Referee, a person cannot referee a match. Core Modules of the course Communication Positioning Tackle & Ruck Foul Play Lineout & Maul Scrum Kick offs & Restarts Infringements, offside & Advantage Safety in the game Managing the environment ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Anybody can take the WRU Level 1 Course, however they need to be at least 14 years old, a successful applicant will only be allowed to referee a game which is a year below their age until they are 16 years old. COURSE ARRANGEMENTS: Lunch and refreshments will be provided on all courses Please bring appropriate clothing for the practical elements of the course. Please complete home study task, laws of the game, the link is below. Please ensure you bring this to the course as evidence of completion. laws.worldrugby.org/?language=EN You will receive a whistle and a set of cards and wallet as part of the course. Look forward to see you at the course. Information Source: Welsh Rugby Union | eventbrite

The Textiles of Bhutan with Zara Fleming28 June 2025 2.30pm £5.00 Age group – Adults Location: Education Room The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is well known for its intricate brocades and unique weaving tradition, unmatched anywhere else in the world. Textiles are woven into every aspect of Bhutanese life, they represent status, wealth and expressions of spiritual devotion. The weavers (always women) are renowned for their stunning mastery of colour, pattern and design; whilst the men (usually monks) are highly skilled in embroidery and applique used to create Buddhist images, monastic furnishings and dance costumes. Bhutan had no currency before the 1960’s, so cloth was the major form of wealth. It was used to pay taxes, to bestow as diplomatic gifts and to mark any social occasion. This lecture will introduce this outstanding art form and explain how textiles are crucial to Bhutan’s cultural identity. Come and hear Zara Fleming lecture on this fascinating subject. https://www.zarafleminguk.com/lectures ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tecstilau Bhutan gyda Zara Fleming28 Mehefin 2025 2.30pm £5.00 Grŵp Oedran - Oedolion Lleoliad:Ystafell Addysg Mae teyrnas fach Himalayan Bhutan yn adnabyddus am ei brocedau cywrain a'i thraddodiad gwehyddu unigryw, heb ei debyg yn unrhyw le arall yn y byd. Mae tecstilau wedi'u plethu i bob agwedd ar fywyd Bhutan, maent yn cynrychioli statws, cyfoeth a mynegiant o ddefosiwn ysbrydol. Mae'r gwehyddion (merched bob amser) yn enwog am eu meistrolaeth syfrdanol ar liw, patrwm a dyluniad; tra bod y dynion (mynachod fel arfer) yn fedrus iawn mewn brodwaith ac applique a ddefnyddir i greu delweddau Bwdhaidd, dodrefn mynachaidd a gwisgoedd dawns. Nid oedd gan Bhutan arian cyfred cyn y 1960au, felly brethyn oedd y prif fath o gyfoeth. Fe'i defnyddiwyd i dalu trethi, i roi rhoddion diplomyddol ac i nodi unrhyw achlysur cymdeithasol. Bydd y ddarlith hon yn cyflwyno’r ffurf gelf ragorol hon ac yn egluro sut mae tecstilau yn hollbwysig i hunaniaeth ddiwylliannol Bhutan. Dewch i glywed darlith Zara Fleming ar y pwnc hynod ddiddorol hwn. https://www.zarafleminguk.com/lectures Information Source: Ruthin Craft Centre | eventbrite