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It costs pounds 145 plus materials and there are reductions for the unemployed

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It costs pounds 145 plus materials, and there are reductions for the unemployed.For advice on other sculpture classes, contact the Adult and Further Education department of your local authority.. It's exciting, and it's what life should be like."Where to learnThe 'Sculpture, Materials and Techniques' course is one of several offered by Kensington and Chelsea College in London (0171-573 3600). "People are so afraid of rejection, but whatever you produce Tim will always find the germ of an idea. I do a jewellery- making course, where you have to learn techniques and there is a right and a wrong.

Here you can be creative and do what you really enjoy."I have travelled a great deal - I spent a lot of time in Africa - and have all sorts of ideas in my head. Trying to realise them in sculpture is like going on a journey. No one's going to say: 'You're not good enough for this class.'"Jo Innes, a copper-haired 27-year-old with a model-like figure, is quick to confirm this approach. I won't be any good.' People gradually gain confidence, because this is a safe, non-critical environment to develop and take risks. It may be something like the beauty of snow or the sadness of Christmas.

By the end of the year they will work independently."We start off having fun and trying to break down any fears A common comment is 'I can't draw. Next term they will do a piece of sculpture on a theme they have chosen. At the introductory session students are asked to draw sketches of heads and then begin to mould them with the clay. Next they are taught to carve and reproduce the clay model out of a concrete breeze-block.The tutor, Tim Beswick, said that sculpture courses now attract more women than men - a reversal of the situation 20 years ago "Women approach it in a different way. I try to cover conventional approaches to sculpting, and to introduce contemporary issues."The first term is really about banging, sawing, sticking, cutting, and getting to grips with the sculptor's tools. I think they don't have the same expectations as men and are prepared to experiment more," he added."During the course we will be working with steel, plaster, wire, wood and 'mixed media', which can mean anything from string and brown paper to plastic bottles and teddy bears.

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