The final session of my September taster workshops was on rubber stamp carving. This is where I started out my lino printing journey over 30 years ago! It was great to introduce a student to this accessible artform and she created two excellent stamps on the workshop, with plenty of fine detail. Fantastic work!
In this month’s studio vlog I take you through some lino printing, Celtic knotwork drawing and show you my first ever drypoint print. If you would like to support me and buy one of the 15 limited edition lino prints of my ‘Moon Dreams’ lino print, shown in the video, then you can buy it…
I had a fun morning today with a local community art group, creating metal embossed coasters using aluminium. Everyone was a complete beginner to metal embossing, but you can see what amazing results they all had! I took in a few different designs that everyone could work from, and some people added little extras to…
Over the past two weeks, I have been showing my community group how to create beautiful prints using TetraPak cartons. It was a great way of getting extra use out of an item that was already on its way to the recycling bin. The community group brought along designs that they wanted to recreate, and…
I hosted a lovely couple in the studio for a private workshop yesterday. They each made a metal embossed clock using my Celtic knotwork designs. One will be displayed in their house and the other will be a gift. One student was completely new to the craft and the other had been on one of…
Shown above are two beautiful journals made by a couple on a private workshop in my studio yesterday. The workshop was booked as a birthday celebration. We started off the day by going over the basics of lino printing and then they went to carve out their designs for both the cover of the sketchbook…
I can’t believe that we’re already 5 weeks into a six week lino printing course at a community centre in Durham. The weeks have just flown by! For the past two weeks, participants have been working on their own designs. Some drew designs themselves, some used my designs, some used clip art. Participants have also…
