Studio blog: Hand made metal embossed journal with Japanese stab binding
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Studio blog: Hand made metal embossed journal with Japanese stab binding

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…

Student showcase: metal embossed coasters – Ellingham Village Hall
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Student showcase: metal embossed coasters – Ellingham Village Hall

On Tuesday as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme I visited Ellingham Village Hall and taught a fabulous group how to create metal embossed coasters. Everyone took well to learning the techniques, with lots of experimentation going on. They all made beautiful coasters, scroll through the carousel above to see what everyone got up to. Amazing…

Student showcase: Metal embossed coasters workshop – Amble
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Student showcase: Metal embossed coasters workshop – Amble

Sunday saw me at Amble Parish Hall teaching metal embossing to a lovely group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Everyone took well to learning the techniques, with lots of experimentation going on, as well as people working on their own designs, which I always love! They all made beautiful coasters, scroll through the carousel above…

Student showcase: Metal embossed coasters workshop – Woodland
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Student showcase: Metal embossed coasters workshop – Woodland

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…

Student showcase: experiments with drypoint printmaking
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Student showcase: experiments with drypoint printmaking

Over the past two weeks in my community art group, we’ve been experimenting with drypoint printmaking using a Sizzix machine. We used a really simple process of etching out our designs from a plastic plate, inking up with water-based blockprinting ink and then printing on to damp paper using a Sizzix machine. We all had…

Student showcase: Metal embossed coaster workshop – Grizebeck
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Student showcase: Metal embossed coaster workshop – Grizebeck

I had a fabulous day at The Community Hall at Grizebeck on Saturday, teaching metal embossing to an enthusiastic group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Everyone really took to learning the techniques and they all made beautiful coasters, with some even working on their own designs, I love it when that happens! Scroll through the carousel…

Student showcase: metal embossed coasters – Wark
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Student showcase: metal embossed coasters – Wark

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…

Student showcase: metal embossed coasters – Armathwaite
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Student showcase: metal embossed coasters – Armathwaite

Yesterday I had a fantastic day at Armathwaite Old School Hall as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme, teaching metal embossing to a lovely, enthusiastic group. This workshop is suitable for beginners to metal embossing, and I took everyone through transferring a design to the metal, to embossing techniques and then how to add an aging…

Student showcase: metal embossed hearts
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Student showcase: metal embossed hearts

I had a really fun afternoon with my weekly community workshop, where we worked on these metal embossed hearts, which are based on tradition ‘corazones mexicanos’. As this was a two hour workshop, I drew out an initial template for everyone to work with, and showed everyone how to use this to create the basic…

Student showcase: Floral chine collé lino prints – Arnside
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Student showcase: Floral chine collé lino prints – Arnside

On Sunday I had a fantastic day at the Arnside Educational Institute teaching chine collé lino printing to a wonderfully enthusiastic group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Chine collé is a fun lino printing technique, combining collage with lino printing and produces some really spectacular results, even with simple lino printed motifs. This…