Student Showcase: six week metal embossing course, week six
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I had a lovely day at Woodland Village Hall on Saturday, teaching metal embossing to a great group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Everyone took well to learning the techniques and they all made beautiful coasters, with some even working on their own designs, which I always love to see! Scroll through the carousel above to…
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…
On Tuesday I had a lovely afternoon at the wonderful Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert, teaching mandala drawing. I call this workshop ‘mindful messy mandalas’, as it’s all about enjoying the creative process, rather than creating precise mandalas. We started off by creating a loose background using acrylic paints, and then we let the colours…
Week two of a six week lino printing course for a wellbeing centre in Witton Gilbert saw everyone working on an oak leaves and acorns design. I introduced a new carving blade, the V-blade, to get some fine detail into the carvings. We also had a play with mixing colours and creating gradients whilst printing….
Today was week five of my six week Celtic knotwork drawing course at Breathing Space at Witton Gilbert, and my students surpassed themselves with their work! Drawing Celtic knots in a circle can be a tough challenge, yet everyone got stuck right in and created wonderful knots. I’m so proud of everyone! Next week is…
I had a lovely couple book a bespoke workshop with me today to celebrate their copper wedding anniversary. We work in copper to create these metal embossed plaques, so it was perfect for them! Obviously they did not need two house numbers, so one created the house number and the other created a plaque featuring…