A lovely evening spent with members of Langley Park WI yesterday, showing them how to create a simple lino print. We had plenty of fun playing with colour, and some even had a go at gradient printing too. Fabulous prints by everyone!
I had a fantastic day at Soulby Village Hall yesterday, teaching a lovely group chine collé lino printing, for my second trip to this lovely village as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Everyone took to the method so well, and the time just flew by. A couple even had a go at printing up with…
A quick lino print that I created to demonstrate the beauty of ‘chatter’ – all those expressive lines that occur as part of the carving process. Some printmakers don’t like them, but I love them and I make a feature of them – see my artwork for more examples! Come and join me on a…
This week I started teaching a six week lino printing course for beginners for a community wellbeing project in Durham. We started off by learning all about the tools and materials that we use, and then worked on carving a simple floral lino print. We then printed this up, again, I gave plenty of hints…
I had a great afternoon last Friday with three ladies who came to celebrate a special birthday by learning how to emboss metal. They all took so well to the craft and made these beautiful coasters. Wonderful work, everyone! As it was a special birthday, I asked my other half to make his celebration cake…
I had a lovely afternoon teaching how to make these metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at Whittingham Memorial Institute yesterday as part of Highlights Rural Touring. Everyone really took to the craft and some even designed their own ornaments, which I love! As you can see, everyone will have a lovely new decoration to hang on…
More fabulous metal embossed baubles! These were all made yesterday afternoon at the wonderful Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert. We had lots of repeat students from last year’s embossing workshop and last week’s lino printing workshop, as well as some new faces too. Brilliant work, everyone!
