A great couple of hours spent yesterday with members of a local WI group and their friends showing everyone how to make metal embossed coasters. Apart from one student, who has come along to a number of my workshops, everyone was a complete beginner to metal embossing. As you can see from the photos, everyone…
We had rain, hail and thunder during today’s ‘Sketch and Stroll’ at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert, but we still managed to get plenty of sketching done! The workshop was designed for absolute beginners to sketching. We started off by drawing blind contour and continuous line drawings of leaves that I had gathered from round…
It was great to welcome back two students to the workshop today, who come along every few months to learn something new. This time it was lino printing and it was the first time creating them for both students. I absolutely love the prints they both created. Fabulous work, both of you!
A blast from the past for those of you who were part of the old Graphicus days – Stampbord! Stampbord is a clay covered thin board, nowadays mainly sold in larger sheets as an art support and known as ‘claybord’. Back in the day when I used to work for a craft company, Graphicus, it…
I had a great afternoon last Friday with three ladies who came to celebrate a special birthday by learning how to emboss metal. They all took so well to the craft and made these beautiful coasters. Wonderful work, everyone! As it was a special birthday, I asked my other half to make his celebration cake…
I had a wonderful time with a lovely group at the Land of Oak and Iron Heritage Centre in Winlaton Mill yesterday, showing everyone how to make metal embossed hangers. Everyone took so well to the craft, as you can see from the photos. Every piece was beautifully crafted, and it was great to see…
What a lovely group in the studio on Saturday for my ‘Exploring Triquetras’ workshop! Two students had learned Celtic knotwork with me before and the other two students were new to the art form, but completely embraced it. I showed everyone how to create triquetras with a pair of compasses and then freehand, with some…
Some of the lovely chine collé lino prints made on today’s private class in my studio. The great thing about private studio workshops is that we can play and experiment, and as well as chine collé, I was also asked to demonstrate gelli plate printing and metal embossing! One of the ladies also brought some…
I had a wonderful time with Gateshead Art Diamonds last Thursday and yesterday, showing a lovely group how to design and emboss their own monograms. Last week I took them through creating their designs and yesterday I showed them how to metal emboss and complete their pieces. They all created such beautiful pieces, have a…
It was great to be back at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert this week, this time running a ‘Found Poetry’ workshop. Found poetry is the art of taking a piece of text, and searching for a poem or sentiment within. Once this has been found, we then illustrate the poem, using drawing, paints, collage, rubber…
Two beautiful hearts made on yesterday’s workshop in the studio. I had a lovely afternoon with my two students, and they both really took to the concept and ran with it! They both designed their own hearts and added extra details as they were working with the metal. Fantastic work, both of you, I love…
Workshops for February and March are now available to book! I’m waiting for more dates to be confirmed, but for the moment, these are the workshops that are ready to book now. Keep checking back for the others. 7th February – Metal embossed heart workshop – great for Valentine’s Day!12th February – Found poetry workshop28th…
