On Tuesday as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme I visited Ellingham Village Hall and taught a fabulous group how to create metal embossed coasters. Everyone took well to learning the techniques, with lots of experimentation going on. They all made beautiful coasters, scroll through the carousel above to see what everyone got up to. Amazing…
Sunday saw me at Amble Parish Hall teaching metal embossing to a lovely group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Everyone took well to learning the techniques, with lots of experimentation going on, as well as people working on their own designs, which I always love! They all made beautiful coasters, scroll through the carousel above…
I had a lovely day at Woodland Village Hall on Saturday, teaching metal embossing to a great group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Everyone took well to learning the techniques and they all made beautiful coasters, with some even working on their own designs, which I always love to see! Scroll through the carousel above to…
During the past two weeks in my community art group, we experimented with drypoint printmaking using a Sizzix machine as the printing press. A Sizzix machine is a piece of craft equipment mainly used for die-cutting cardboard shapes, or embossing designs on to cardstock. However, due to the pressure it can exert, it’s also great…
I had a fabulous day at The Community Hall at Grizebeck on Saturday, teaching metal embossing to an enthusiastic group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Everyone really took to learning the techniques and they all made beautiful coasters, with some even working on their own designs, I love it when that happens! Scroll through the carousel…
I had a great day at Wark Town Hall and Mechanics Institute on Tuesday, teaching metal embossing to an enthusiastic group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Everyone really embraced the techniques and they all made beautiful coasters, with some even working on their own designs, which I love! Scroll through the carousel above…
Yesterday I had a fantastic day at Armathwaite Old School Hall as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme, teaching metal embossing to a lovely, enthusiastic group. This workshop is suitable for beginners to metal embossing, and I took everyone through transferring a design to the metal, to embossing techniques and then how to add an aging…
I had a really fun afternoon with my weekly community workshop, where we worked on these metal embossed hearts, which are based on tradition ‘corazones mexicanos’. As this was a two hour workshop, I drew out an initial template for everyone to work with, and showed everyone how to use this to create the basic…
On Sunday I had a fantastic day at the Arnside Educational Institute teaching chine collé lino printing to a wonderfully enthusiastic group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Chine collé is a fun lino printing technique, combining collage with lino printing and produces some really spectacular results, even with simple lino printed motifs. This…
This spring I am really excited to be working with Highlights Rural Touring Scheme to deliver workshops around Cumbria, Northumberland and County Durham. (I will also be holding workshops in my own studio as usual, which will be announced soon.) Working with Highlights Rural Touring Scheme is very close to my heart, as they bring events such…
I had a great afternoon with two lovely ladies who came on my copper embossed house number workshop today. Neither had done metal embossing before, but just look at these beautiful house numbers that they made! Aren’t they wonderful? We went through the process from the beginning, going through all the tools and materials and…
I had a one-to-one session with a lovely lady today who had been on a previous metal embossing workshop of mine. This time we were making a key hanger. She has seen my ivy themed Celtic knotwork before and had an idea of wrapping this style of knotwork around a heart. We worked on her…
