Four decorative coasters / tiles made on today’s private metal embossing workshop in my studio. It was a great workshop with a mum and daughter. We went through a few basic techniques first of all, working on a practice piece, and then moved on to creating the coasters, learning a few more techniques along the…
Two stunning metal embossed clocks were made on a private workshop in my studio today. Both students had been on a private metal embossing workshop before, and made dog lead hangers, so one co-ordinated hers with that and made her clock in aluminium, and the other chose copper. They learned lots of new techniques on…
Come along to the first ever Open Art Studio exhibition at The Lodge in Blackhill and Consett Park on Wednesday 3rd December, from 1pm to 3pm. My community art group, who meet weekly, have been preparing artwork over the last year to exhibit to the public. Work includes: Please come along and support the event…
Shown above are two fabulous house numbers made on yesterday’s copper embossed house number workshop. This was a surprise birthday present for one of the participants, who didn’t know what she was coming along to until they both arrived! They were both complete beginners to metal embossing, and wow, they certainly took to it, as…
Another lovely afternoon spent at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert yesterday. This time I showed everyone how to make metal embossed hangers. Some people decided to make their pieces in to plaques instead, which was great too! Everyone did really well and made beautiful pieces, as you can see from the photos. Fantastic work, everyone!
This year I took part in the annual Inktober challenge, where participants are encouraged to create a sketch using ink every day during October. There are ‘official’ prompts given out by the organisers if you are stuck for ideas, but, as usual, I decided to go my own way and concentrated on what I would like…
I had a great morning on Friday with two lovely ladies who came along to the studio for a private metal embossed Christmas tree ornament workshop. As you can see, they both took so well to the craft and created two beautiful ornaments, ready for their trees this year. I really like how that although…
The final 10 days of Inktober, and it was a mix of workshop prep, workshop teaching and relaxing at home. I’ll write another blog soon with a full recap and my thoughts on this year’s project. You can read more about this year’s project here.
Two beautiful junk journals created on yesterday’s private workshop. The journals were made from scratch and hand bound. They were then decorated with stencils, rubber stamps and collage to create two unique memory books. I had a lovely afternoon with both ladies and they made such beautiful junk journals, as you can see. Fabulous work,…
It’s been a quieter week, this week, with a lot more sketches drawn at home and just one trip out after dropping off workshop materials. You can read more about this year’s project here.
Week two of Inktober 2025. You can read more about the project in my earlier blog post. This week’s sketches include the views after three workshops, plus views around the house and garden and whilst out visiting.
Last Thursday I was back at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert to run a ‘sketch and stroll’ workshop. The workshop was designed specifically for beginners and for those who say they ‘can’t draw’! Thankfully, although it was a bit breezy, the weather did behave itself and we even had some sunshine. We started off with a few…
