Yesterday saw day 2 of my September taster sessions, and four lovely people came along to my studio to make metal embossed keyrings (and a set of pendants!). Everyone had done metal embossing with me before, but not the low relief embossing style that we did today. Everyone made two double sided keyrings and all…
Yesterday afternoon saw the first of my September taster sessions, and this week’s project was creating an accordion book, using some simple gel-plate printing techniques. I love the striking designs that were created on yesterday’s workshop! There are still three more sessions to come in this taster series, see what’s coming up on my scheduled…
I hosted a lovely couple in the studio for a private workshop yesterday. They each made a metal embossed clock using my Celtic knotwork designs. One will be displayed in their house and the other will be a gift. One student was completely new to the craft and the other had been on one of…
Eight sets of fabulous metal embossed coasters made by a lovely group on a private workshop yesterday evening. They all created such beautiful pieces and put their own stamp on the designs. It was a great evening with you all, and thanks to the Beer Drop in Low Fell for hosting us all! Fantastic work,…
I was lucky enough to be gifted a tiny wooden watercolour palettes from a friend, who had filled it with Daniel Smith watercolours. I already had a page in an A5 Seawhite of Brighton sketchbook taped out into sections to do something with, so I decided to do some tiny paintings with the tiny palette!…
On Tuesday I hosted a group of friends who came to celebrate a birthday by creating a metal embossed hanger. I had a great afternoon with this lovely group, and they all took to embossing really well, as you can see from the photos, and were happy to experiment with the embossing and created some…
Such a beautiful set of metal embossed monograms made in my studio workshop on Saturday. Everyone got really creative with their monogram designs and the embossed pieces they created are absolutely fantastic. It was a lovely afternoon, with lots of creativity going on and knowledge being shared. I absolutely love each and every piece, fabulous…
A beautiful journal made in my studio yesterday afternoon, from recycled items from around the student’s house. We had a lovely afternoon creating and chatting about all sorts of topics. She was so pleased with her journal, which I understand she is now going to use for her urban sketching. Beautiful work!
Last Friday I welcomed an aunt and niece to the studio for a private metal embossed monogram workshop. I took them both through creating a sample piece of metal embossing, to get them used to using the tools and materials. I then took them through creating their monogram designs on paper, before transferring them to…
Earlier today I ran a workshop at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert, where I showed everyone how to create these gel-printed and monogrammed accordion books. It was three mini-workshops in one, learning simple gel-printing, simple metal embossing and then how to create an accordion book out of one sheet of A2 paper. It was a…
Yesterday’s private studio workshop was a full house of five people, who all came along to make some decorative coasters. I loved the designs they brought along to recreate in metal, with their pets and other animals making an appearance. They also used some of my nature and Celtic knotwork templates. Everyone put their own…
Two fabulous drypoint prints made from recycled TetraPak cartons, made on my studio workshop yesterday. It was a really lovely afternoon, with lots of creativity going on. Both students brought along an image to work from and added lots of texture and detail to their prints. Fabulous work by both of you! This workshop is…
