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Alison Furminger: Make your own illuminated letter - ages 8-12

  • Date: 12 January
  • Time:

    10am - 12 noon

  • Cost:

    Free

  • Location:

    Te Wehenga and Malaga Pasifika Rooms, Ground floor, National Library Building, corner of Molesworth and Aitken Streets.

  • Contact Details:

    This workshop is now fully booked!

'To the ends of the earth: Bibles in the Alexander Turnbull Library'. Exhibition event.

For children aged 8-12. Learn to use a brush, gold leaf, gouache, and gum ammoniac to create your own medieval-style illuminated letter. Note that all kids must bring along one of their adults to this workshop - no unattended adults allowed.

Limited to 20 participants aged 8-12+ years. Fully booked

Generously supported by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust. Thanks!

Other events in January

  • 16 Jan: Dr Art Buehler: Orthographic development in writing the Qur'an: Viewing Manuscripts over a millennium
  • 17 Jan: Dr Sarah Ross and associates: Poetry readings based on biblical sources - Second Session
  • 21 Jan: Head and shoulders opens

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