Student Showcase: six week metal embossing course – week five
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On Tuesday I was back at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert to run a ‘sketch and stroll’ workshop. The workshop was designed specifically for beginners and for those who say they ‘can’t draw’! We started off with a few simple drawing exercises in the church, and then made our way outside to sit in the…
I’ve spent a wonderful morning with South Pelaw Community Hub, showing everyone how to make these metal embossed hearts. Everyone created their own designs and, as you can see from the photos, they embossed them in to the most beautiful hearts. Gorgeous work, everyone! My next two embossed heart workshops at Breathing Space Witton Gilbert…
A couple of weeks ago I finished this prototype for an upcoming full day workshop. This is a bespoke workshop for a craft group and on it everyone will learn how to create this Japanese stab bound journal and then metal emboss the front cover. There’s a quick video below showing you the book ‘in…
Today was week 3 of a six week lino printing course for beginners for a community wellbeing project in Durham. This week I gave everyone my sketch of a tree, and we worked on carving out our backgrounds and paying attention to the direction in which the backgrounds were carved out. As you can see…
Thanks to everyone at Armathwaite Old School Hall for such a lovely morning teaching how to make metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments. There will be lots of special pieces adorning local Christmas trees this year! Above are photos of both sides of everyone’s ornaments and they all made beautiful pieces as you can see. Thanks…
Today saw the last session of my three week journal making course, and what a lovely course it was! In week 1 I taught basic lino carving and printing and we printed up the fabric for the spines of the books. In week 2 I taught gelli printing and a fun acrylic paint technique and…