The Imperfect Circle
The Imperfect Circle
The hedge, the hand, the page.
Who told you you weren't creative?
They were wrong.
The Imperfect Circle is my small open studio on a farm in Screveton, opposite Caffe Velo Verde and five minutes from Bingham. Anyone can walk in. There's a table, good materials, ink I make from the hedge, and company.
Open Thursday to Sunday, 10 till 4.
Out from the circle, one line at a time. None of them straight.
A short film of the studio, so you can see what it's like before you come.
Three ways in
Just come and look
The door's open. An armchair, a shelf of books, something to doodle on, and the art on the walls. No pressure to buy anything, ever.
A seat at the table
Pull up a stool beside me while I work. The inks, the paper and the pens are yours to use. Nothing has to be finished or shown. Save a seat for a morning or an afternoon, or just turn up.
An hour is £20. Pay on the day.
Workshops
Four of us round one table for a morning. Three to choose from: ink from the hedge, mandalas, or ink from freshly ground coffee. I show you how, and you take home what you made.
People often come in and tell me they know someone who would love this. If that's you, you can do more than tell them about it: give them an hour or a morning at the table, or a seat at a workshop. See the gift cards
The workshops
Three mornings, four seats each. Tree to Ink makes ink from whatever the hedge has that week, then draws with it. The Imperfect Mandala starts with a walk round the farm, then draws circles. Strong Coffee, Slow Lines is a late Sunday start with ink from the grounds. There's cake with all three.
It started with rowan. One berry, and the colour changes with what you stir in. You take a bottle home.
£95 a seat. Full refund up to 7 days before, and you can move your date up to 48 hours before. New dates reach the list two days before they go up anywhere else.
Hear when the next dates go up.
Workshop dates and open seats go to this list two days before they appear anywhere else.
You'll get an email from me straight away, from louise@louiseclark.art, subject "One click and you're on the list". Tap the link in it to confirm.
Check your email to confirm.
It's from louise@louiseclark.art, subject "One click and you're on the list", with one link in it. Tap it and you're on the list.
Not there after a minute? Look in Junk or Promotions.
A letter a month after that, at most. Leave whenever you like. Privacy policy
Coming here
Pod 3, The Eco Centre, Home Farm, Screveton, NG13 8JL. Directly opposite Caffe Velo Verde. Park on the farm, by the café.
Open Thursday to Sunday, 10 till 4. Five minutes from Bingham, a quarter of an hour from Newark, about twenty-five from Nottingham. The café is there for lunch after.
Children are welcome at the table with their parent or guardian, one child each, and a child's seat costs the same as any other. It's a quiet table, so it suits a child who's happy to sit and draw for a while. Around eight and up is usually about right, but you know your child. The same goes for the workshops.
Say hello any time: hello@theimperfectcircle.co.uk. I read everything.
Look for the glass front, opposite the café.
Why I'm doing this
Louise Clark
For a long time I lived by expectations I thought I'd chosen. They were mine, but they came from values I'd inherited and never questioned. As I've got older and life has changed, I have questioned them, and the ones I live by now are different. The energy it takes to live against your own values isn't something I have any more, or something I'm willing to spend. I've always been me. Art is where I learned who that was, and where I learned to trust myself.
Come as you are.
The Imperfect Circle is a trading name of Cassette Creations Ltd.