Such a beautiful set of metal embossed monograms made in my studio workshop on Saturday. Everyone got really creative with their monogram designs and the embossed pieces they created are absolutely fantastic.
It was a lovely afternoon, with lots of creativity going on and knowledge being shared. I absolutely love each and every piece, fabulous work, everyone.
I had a fun morning showing two lovely ladies how to recycle papers, cardboard packaging, wrapping paper and fabric from around their homes in to hand bound journals that are unique to them. All three of us turned out to be keen knitters and crocheters too, so we had lots of good yarn chat, as…
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’ve just put the finishing touches to this copper embossed clock and I’m really pleased with how it turned out. The Celtic design is an old one of mine that was part of my symbol mandala series, which is in my first book. It originally had a sun design in the centre, but I took…
I’ve had a fantastic day teaching chine collé lino printing to a lovely group at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert. I always love teaching at Breathing Space, it’s such an amazing place filled with the best people! These are just a small selection of the Christmas cards that were produced today. As you can see,…
A beautiful journal made in my studio yesterday afternoon, from recycled items from around the student’s house. We had a lovely afternoon creating and chatting about all sorts of topics. She was so pleased with her journal, which I understand she is now going to use for her urban sketching. Beautiful work!
Over the past three weeks my community group have been making their own gel-printed and metal embossed accordion books. The first week everyone printed up their book cover papers using various gel-printing techniques. In week two the papers had dried, and everyone made up their books using A2 sized papers, which we folded up to…
