Student Showcase: six week metal embossing course, week six
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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…
I had a great afternoon yesterday with three lovely ladies who came to my studio to learn how to make a junk journal. A junk journal is a hand made book, made entirely from recycled items. Everyone brought along papers, cardboard and fabric that they had at home and that otherwise had no use, and…
With the Lindisfarne Gospels coming to the Laing Art Gallery this autumn, interest has been growing in the art of creating Celtic knots. One of my two main art focuses is drawing Celtic knotwork, and I teach this skill to others too. In the class I’ll teach you how to draw a basic Celtic knot….
I was back at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert today for the second of my summer workshops with them. I always love teaching at Breathing Space, it’s such a wonderful venue. There were quite a few familiar faces today, who had been on previous workshops with me, both here and further afield, as well as…
Over the past two weeks I’ve had a great time with Angela Reed of Creative Calligraphy and her two groups that meet regularly on Thursdays and Fridays. This is part of Angela’s larger Calligraphy and Creative Wellbeing project, that you can read all about on her blog. In the first week I took everyone through…
My weekly community art group are taking part in the Prudhoe Art Trail again this year, and shown above is their fabulous display. The Prudhoe Art Trail showcases local artists who are displaying their artwork in businesses and community spaces along Front Street in Prudhoe. My community art group has a display board in the…