It was great to be back at Woodland Village Hall on Friday afternoon to teach a metal embossed Christmas ornament workshop as part of Highlights Rural Touring.
Five of the participants had been on my metal embossed coasters workshop earlier in the year, so it was lovely to see them again.
Fabulous ornaments and a lovely group, thanks to all at Woodland Village Hall for looking after us all so well.
I had a great afternoon with two lovely ladies showing them how to make these bargello embroidered Christmas tree ornaments. They also received the materials to make another ornament at home. At the beginning of the class we started a little bargello Christmas tree motif, just to get used to creating the stitches, which they…
I’ve had a very enjoyable morning with two lovely people who came on my Celtic Knotwork Drawing for Beginners workshop today. We started off by learning how to construct the basic knot, and then played with adding break lines to make more intricate designs. We also worked on a simple corner knot motif. Lots of…
Four fabulous metal embossed Japanese stab bound sketchbooks were made on my workshop in the studio yesterday. We started off creating a practice piece of metal embossing to get used to the tools and materials and how best to use them. Three students designed their own motifs and one decided to go with one of…
Over the last few weeks my community art group have been having fun with paint and stitch. Everyone started off by creating abstract pieces with acrylic paints, stencils and texture paste. Then everyone added stitching and a bit of collage to those backgrounds. These are just a sample of the fantastic pieces everyone created. I…
It was sad to finish this six week lino printing course this afternoon, as I’ve really enjoyed teaching all the participants at a wellbeing centre in Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert. Today we had fun lino printing on fabric, which uses different printing inks and also I like to use a different method of inking…
I had a great day at Wark Town Hall and Mechanics Institute on Tuesday, teaching metal embossing to an enthusiastic group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Everyone really embraced the techniques and they all made beautiful coasters, with some even working on their own designs, which I love! Scroll through the carousel above…
