Two free sessions for Fruit Factory Guild members (or £10 for others) with artist Bijan Amini-Alavijeh, one on drawing and one on sculpture.
Bijan Amini-Alavijeh is running a two-part workshop at Humber Street Gallery this autumn, one session on drawing and another on sculpture. The first runs from 6pm to 8pm on Thursday 29 October; the second follows on Thursday 12 November, 6pm to 8.30pm. One ticket covers both, and you don't need any prior drawing or making experience to take part.
The sessions work from Amini-Alavijeh's own way of seeing: he builds a sense of discovery from encounters with nature, abstracting fragments of what he observes. Light and shadow are explored through forms limited to a single shape, sensitive to weight, volume and space; repeated forms cluster and layer to suggest movement resembling harsh winds or refracted light. At the centre of his work is the Mandorla, derived from sacred geometry used in medieval art and architecture: an arch, a frame, an opening and the overlapping of two circles. He works spontaneously and intuitively, developing from drawing into sculpture.
It's a good chance to see how that process actually works. Amini-Alavijeh's recent exhibitions include Something Soft Suspends at GLOAM Gallery in Sheffield (2026), Sharp Edges at Threshold Gallery in Leeds (2025) and a glimmer at The Art House in Wakefield (2024). He was a YSI Sculpture Network artist in 2022 and a member of the PANIC! Steering Group at The Tetley from 2021 to 2022. The workshop follows his own path, moving from drawing into sculpture over the two evenings.
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Both sessions are at Humber Street Gallery in Hull. It's free for Fruit Factory Guild members and £10 for everyone else, with one ticket covering both dates. The drawing session is Thursday 29 October, 6-8pm; the sculpture session is Thursday 12 November, 6-8.30pm.
