Sue Webber - Dragons & Gold, the Art of the Anglo-Saxons

Please note, there will be a £6.00pp additional charge for materials.

Enter the shining world of Anglo-Saxon art, full of hidden messages, beasts and dragons. Participants will explore the world of the Sutton Hoo treasures and the Lindisfarne Gospel, discovering their art in metal work, carving and manuscripts. You will unpick the hidden messages and reveal the beasts and dragons. 

Then you will develop your own designs, based on Anglo-Saxon art, and try to replicate their intensity. Working with gold card to create designs based on Anglo-Saxon metal work, and with brush, pen and ink to explore the intertwined beasts of the manuscripts. You will take home your Anglo-Saxon metal designs in gold and your letter designs.

Sue Webber is a Hampshire-based artist with a special interest in ancient art. She has worked as part of the education teams at Butser Ancient Farm, Fishbourne Roman Palace and the Novium museum…