ADVERTISEMENT Craft talent abounds at Bert Sutcliffe Creative residents at Bert Suteliffe Retirement Village are enjoying the chance to expand their craft horizons with a new purpose-built studio within the vililage. The new space was officially opened by Ryman Healthcare Chief Executive Gordon Macleod at a celebratory event in October last year, much to the residents delight. Jean Raw, a former clothes designer who has lived at the village for over three years, said having a dedicated space was fantastic. "It's open for anyone who has an idea, we can use it for whatever we want! "It's a well-lit space, there's lots of storage, we can move the desks and push them together if we are working with big pieces of fabric and it's just so versatile really. We're very happy!" Ryman villages have long featured a workshop on site. Residents Kate Pollard, Maxine Harkins, Val Jamieson and Joan Raw with Ryman Healthoare Chief Executive Gordon MacLood which is typically popular who officially opened the village's brand new Studio. with the retired and handymen living within. makes it more social. We can resident with an impressive Now with Bert Suteliffe all sit here together doing our list of crafting skills including having a craft room as well, various projects and chat at patchwork, quilting and it widened the scope for the the same time. It's wonderful sewing, said: "This room is creative arts even more and really. had since become a staple feature of Ryman's newer for that!" villages. Lorna Tomes, who lists regularly painting. fabric painting. beautiful items for various flooding in for other ways to quilting, mochila erochet local charities, was working use the room. and applique amongst her on binding blankets and many interests, regularly had a collection of face wine-tasting evenings which teaches painting classes at masks, napkin holders, and were really well attended and the Birkenhead Community microwave dish holders to were just fantastic, and just House and said now it would finish off too. be easier to offer that at the village too. "It wasn't possible to do the market and give the proceeds down well too. paints in the dining room but to our charity of the moment. now I can come down here "Having this shared space for the space too. We can with the most extraordinary workshops on make-up for and there's no need to worry is a great way to exchange revamp clothes or do repairs knowledge about all manner older ladies and how to tie about getting paint on the ideas and lean how other on various items, just like of things." carpet," she said. "The other great thing is it carpenters purposefully built and it's "We have to thank Ryman down to us to organise it ourselves. Jeannie Kennedy, who contributes "We feel incredibly lucky!" an said ideas had been "We've already had two recently a flower arranging origami able to reciprocate and do and other ideas included or sell them at our village demonstration which went alterations on any clothing making ceramic flowers, table settings, and fabrie "And there's other uses There's women in here dying and seminars and "Weeither donate the items workshop and items. scarves in many different people do things," she added. the guys do in the workshop Priscilla Lowry, another with the tools. We will be used as a Mah Jong venue The studio was also being ways. Apartments are now available. RYMAN PIONEERS A new way of living Call Leanne for more details. BERT SUTCLIFFE RETIREMENT VILLAGE 2 Rangatira Road, Birkenhead 09 483 2226 rymanhealthcare.co.nz RYMÄN HEALTRCARE ADVERTISEMENT Craft talent abounds at Bert Sutcliffe Creative residents at Bert Suteliffe Retirement Village are enjoying the chance to expand their craft horizons with a new purpose-built studio within the vililage. The new space was officially opened by Ryman Healthcare Chief Executive Gordon Macleod at a celebratory event in October last year, much to the residents delight. Jean Raw, a former clothes designer who has lived at the village for over three years, said having a dedicated space was fantastic. "It's open for anyone who has an idea, we can use it for whatever we want! "It's a well-lit space, there's lots of storage, we can move the desks and push them together if we are working with big pieces of fabric and it's just so versatile really. We're very happy!" Ryman villages have long featured a workshop on site. Residents Kate Pollard, Maxine Harkins, Val Jamieson and Joan Raw with Ryman Healthoare Chief Executive Gordon MacLood which is typically popular who officially opened the village's brand new Studio. with the retired and handymen living within. makes it more social. We can resident with an impressive Now with Bert Suteliffe all sit here together doing our list of crafting skills including having a craft room as well, various projects and chat at patchwork, quilting and it widened the scope for the the same time. It's wonderful sewing, said: "This room is creative arts even more and really. had since become a staple feature of Ryman's newer for that!" villages. Lorna Tomes, who lists regularly painting. fabric painting. beautiful items for various flooding in for other ways to quilting, mochila erochet local charities, was working use the room. and applique amongst her on binding blankets and many interests, regularly had a collection of face wine-tasting evenings which teaches painting classes at masks, napkin holders, and were really well attended and the Birkenhead Community microwave dish holders to were just fantastic, and just House and said now it would finish off too. be easier to offer that at the village too. "It wasn't possible to do the market and give the proceeds down well too. paints in the dining room but to our charity of the moment. now I can come down here "Having this shared space for the space too. We can with the most extraordinary workshops on make-up for and there's no need to worry is a great way to exchange revamp clothes or do repairs knowledge about all manner older ladies and how to tie about getting paint on the ideas and lean how other on various items, just like of things." carpet," she said. "The other great thing is it carpenters purposefully built and it's "We have to thank Ryman down to us to organise it ourselves. Jeannie Kennedy, who contributes "We feel incredibly lucky!" an said ideas had been "We've already had two recently a flower arranging origami able to reciprocate and do and other ideas included or sell them at our village demonstration which went alterations on any clothing making ceramic flowers, table settings, and fabrie "And there's other uses There's women in here dying and seminars and "Weeither donate the items workshop and items. scarves in many different people do things," she added. the guys do in the workshop Priscilla Lowry, another with the tools. We will be used as a Mah Jong venue The studio was also being ways. Apartments are now available. RYMAN PIONEERS A new way of living Call Leanne for more details. BERT SUTCLIFFE RETIREMENT VILLAGE 2 Rangatira Road, Birkenhead 09 483 2226 rymanhealthcare.co.nz RYMÄN HEALTRCARE