I made this copper embossed clock recently as a birthday present for my partner and I’m pleased to say it has gone down very well! Apparently it’s ‘the best birthday present ever’ š The design is by my partner, it’s the monogram he uses on his artwork, and he will be using the clock in…
Last month I mostly concentrated on creating Celtic knotwork, but I’ve also worked on some outdoor sketches, accordion book making, drypoint plate creating, knitting and pottery. I’ll write a longer piece on the Celtic knotwork soon, but in the meantime, here’s a very short video to show what I’ve been up to.
This video below shows a selection of the art that I’ve been creating during May 2025. There’s woodcut printmaking, drypoint printmaking, pastels on monotypes, sketching from photographs and en plein air. I’ve always enjoyed exploring and learning about all manner of new things, and this month has certainly been no exception! I think my favourite…
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 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 Iām 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…
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…
Over the weekend I’ve been working on some new 12 pointed Celtic mandala drawings, which will be used in a future metal embossed clock workshop. Above you can see the sketches I made, which I then outlined in fineliner so I could scan them in ready to use for the workshop. The mandalas are great…
A huge thank you to everyone who has come along to one of my classes this year. It’s been an amazing year and I’ve loved every minute of it and meeting so many wonderful people. If you would like to see what people have been creating on my workshops this year, then I have plenty…
Here’s a very quick recap video of all the sketches that I created for Inktober this year. Each sketch is just 6cm square, and was drawn in 15 minutes or under. Each sketch was drawn from life and is a glimpse of my day – either home life, workshop preparation or venues, and places I…
Yesterday saw the end of the Inktober challenge (read more about my initial thoughts on the challenge here). I thoroughly enjoyed creating these 6cm square sketches of glimpses of each day. I will be reflecting a bit more on the challenge and what I learned from it over the next week or so, but for…
