It’s always a pleasure to teach at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert, and yesterday’s class was no exception.
Above are a selection of the beautiful lino printed Christmas cards made on the workshop. It was another lovely group, all happy to experiment and play with the medium.
Beautiful work, everyone, thanks for coming along!
I had the pleasure of the company of two lovely ladies on my Introduction to Celtic Knotwork workshop this morning. We started from building the basics of a Celtic knot and then went on to learning how to use break lines to make more intricate designs. We then also had a quick look at creating…
After a great session creating metal embossed Christmas tree decorations at Gleaston Village Hall a couple of weeks ago (see that blog post here), I was asked back to show everyone how to create lino printed Christmas cards using the chine colle collage method. It was a fabulous afternoon and as you can see, everyone…
I had a lovely couple on my Celtic Knotwork for Beginners workshop today. We went through how to create the basic knot, and then moved on to how to start creating more intricate patterns. There was time to play and experiment and have a go at creating their own patterns too. As you can see,…
Not just screen printed bags, although that was the main focus of this workshop! We also painted and added a few lino printed motifs to our bags too. Lots of fun was had, with plenty of ‘ooohs’ and ‘ahhhhs’ as screens were lifted off and textile paints blended together in unexpected, yet attractive ways. Sun…
I had a really lovely morning at Great Whittington Village Hall on Sunday, teaching a small but very enthusiastic group the method of chine colle lino printing, which is lino printing with collage. This was as part of Highlights Rural Touring. As you can see from the photos, they all created fabulous Christmas cards and…
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…
