This is a recreation of a Thomas Bewick wood engraving, but recreated as a wood cut, and of course at a much larger scale! This was one of the demo blocks I took to Beamish Museum a couple of years ago to demonstrate printmaking during Georgian times, and also to demonstrate the works of Thomas…
After taking the pastel on monotype workshop at PrintFest the other weekend (see that blog post), I’ve been experimenting with the technique some more. The inspiration is the crab apple tree in our garden, that is always a delight with it’s pink buds turning to white blossom at this time of year. It’s such an…
I had an enjoyable afternoon at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert on Tuesday, teaching a lovely group how to make junk journals. All of these fabulous journals are made out of things that would normally find their way into the recycling – discarded print outs, odd bits of decorative paper and wrapping paper and scraps…
Last Friday I had two lovely people come for a private workshop to make metal embossed hearts. They took to the method really well and made these beautiful hearts. It was such a great afternoon with them both, and I loved what they created. If you would like to learn how to make these, then…
I had a fantastic day at PrintFest in Ulverston on Saturday, where I attended two workshops taught by Alex Jakob-Whitworth. The afternoon workshop was pastel on monotype, a really interesting process and apparently following in the footsteps of Degas who used a similar process. I can see so many possibilities with this technique, so I’m definitely going to…
I had a fantastic day at PrintFest in Ulverston on Saturday, where I attended two workshops taught by Alex Jakob-Whitworth. The morning workshop was a drypoint workshop where I worked on a scene local to Ulverston, a view looking towards Hoad Hill from Canal Foot. I have done drypoint before, but I joined the workshop…
Over the weekend I had four people come to my studio and learn metal embossing with me, and in the process they made a double-sided Easter egg ornament each. It was two lovely days, with plenty of creativity going on, and people making the designs I’d supplied their own, or working on their own designs….
Shown above are a selection of the beautiful chine collé lino prints that were made on my workshop on Saturday at Gleaston Village Hall. Ten out of the twelve participants hadn’t done any lino carving or printing before and just look at what fabulous pieces they created! Have a scroll through the gallery carousel to…
On Monday I taught a lovely art group who meet just around the corner from me in Annfield Plain. I showed everyone how to do simple white line lino carving and then how to print out their carvings using both plain and gradient colours. As you can see from the photos, they all took to…
A quick lino print that I created to demonstrate the beauty of ‘chatter’ – all those expressive lines that occur as part of the carving process. Some printmakers don’t like them, but I love them and I make a feature of them – see my artwork for more examples! Come and join me on a…
A fabulous selection of metal embossed hearts were made on my workshop at Land of Oak and Iron Heritage Centre yesterday! I took everyone through the tools and materials first of all and then we created a test piece to get used to using everything. Next I took everyone through designing their own hearts and…
During January my community art group were lucky enough to participate in two projects that were displayed as part of The Illuminated Trail at The Story in Durham, which took place from 21st to 23rd February. My group all worked together to research, design and create artworks celebrating County Durham which was projected on to the frontage…
