The Engine Room
WE HAVE MOVED!!!!
To The Engine Room at the HOP POCKET
A space for creative exploration, play and development.
I am now operating aut of a fabulous new studio at The Hop Pocket next to Mi Frame and A & S Studios. All workshops will be taking place there.
Address is ; The Engine Room, The Old Railway Building, the Hop Pocket, Fromes Hill, Worcester WR65BT. Our Studio is located behind the Shopping village, accessed by the 2nd entrance.
“I found I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way - things I had no words for”
Georgia O Keeffe
Day Workshops
Batik - on cotton
Friday 3rd October 2025 10-5pm
Design your own batik artwork, draw from life and translate it into this ancient textile medium. With expert guidance and patience 'M'will guide you through this complex layering process, using melted wax and dyes. This workshop is aimed at beginners and those wanting to improve their skills using the ancient Indonesian art form
£95 including refreshments.
Experimental drawing
Tuesday 16th September 10-4pm 2025
Using natural forms as our focus you will start with a series of fun and fast drawing exercises before experimenting with different mediums and tools such as charcoal, inks and bamboo, working individually and in pairs with more in depth drawing time in the afternoon.
£95 including refreshments.
Drawing with Charcoal
Tuesday 23rd September 2025 10-4pm
Pencil, willow, compressed and powder, this workshop introduces you to all of these different types of charcoal. using natural forms as our starting point, we will work partly figurative and then explore into the abstract. We will work individually and in pairs. At the end of the day we will have time to look at each others work and reflect on our own journey with this versitile medium.
£95 including refreshments
Batik - on cotton
Friday 15th August 10-4pm
FULL -
Abstract Batik, focusing on mark making with hot wax, looking at shapes and colour, this workshop is about experimenting with this fascinating ancient Indonesian artform.
£95 including refreshments.
Tetra pak and Box Printmaking
20th August 2025 10-4pm
FULL
Come and learn how to make a collograph printing plate out of cardboard, sandpaper, string, glue and parcel tape. This workshop links very well with the Tetra Pak printing
£95 including refreshments.
Weekly Art Club - Exploring Drawing Autumn dates available
Starting September 10 / 17 / 24 October 1 / 8 / 15-
Wednesdays 10 - 12
£150 for 6 sessions ( includes paper and some materials)
Explore drawing in a playful expeimental way, using techniques that are designed to free us up. We will work with charcoal, large brushes, pastels and inks, using tools such as feathers, sticks, sponge brushes and our hands. We will work together and individually and aim to challenge and surprise ourselves!
Weekly printmaking evening course
Starting in the Autumn - 6-8pm
Wednesdays - September 10/17/24 Oct 1/8/15
£150 for 6 sessions ( includes most paper and materials)
This 6 week introduction to tetra pak and box printing will give you the time and space to create a number of plates using recycled items. You will learn to ink them up and print them on different papers using the intaglio process.
Summer School August 2025 - Cancelled
Monday 4th August - 8th August 10-5pm - £450
Immerse yourself in art for a whole week. Experiment with new techniques and processes, face your fears and discover your own creative passion!
Based around an evolving still life as a jumping off point, enjoy a playful time with colour and mark making. We will then create collages, learn batik, collograph printing and charcoal drawings , if the sun is out we will do cyanotype too!. All materials included.
Mornings will be tutor lead for the first 4 days, then the last day you will choose the medium you enjoyed the most, and develop it. Limited spaces available - open to all . Lunch and refreshments included.
Portugal Art Holidays 2026 -
all the information you need for these mid May now FULL
but I'm taking bookings for early October - all information found in this link
here!
7 x day art Holiday
'M'has been designing and running art weeks in the same beautiful spot for almost 10 years, dates are now secured for 2026 and they are filling up fast. if you enjoy nature, birds, drawing, sunshine, experimenting with batik and cyanotype, excellent home cooked food and meeting like minded people - this could be the holiday for you!
All the information you need is in this link.
Weekly printmaking evening course
Starting 19th March
Wednesdays 6pm-8-30pm
£150 for 6 sessions ( includes most paper and materials)
Weekly printmaking evening course
About Us
Marie-Thérèse King
Batik artist, printmaker, musician, designer, teacher and all round creative.
She came to Malvern 27 years ago having completed her first large glass commission for Parrys, her bold hand cut sandblasted art nouveau design transformed the shop front of the family run jewellers at the lower end of Church Street.
Marie-Thérèse also has a long history of inspiring and being inspired by children she started Eekbatik in 2004 and has worked with children all over the country for over 14 years creating 100’s giant Eekbatiks for Schools.
She continues to develop her own practise and is a member of both The Batik Guild and Worcestershire Guild of Contemporary Crafts. Marie-Therese loves running workshops and encouraging others to build their own creative confidence. She is running day workshops a weekly expressive drawing class and a printmaking evening class on a Wednesday.
If workshops are fully booked we will let you have more dates.
Mobile - 07843 685028
www.mariethereseking.uk
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