Student Showcase: Found Poetry Play Session
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This morning was my final session with a local community support group, where we put together everything we’d learned over the past two weeks to make accordion note books. The covers were decorated with acrylic paints, then everyone carved a simple lino carved stamp to add extra details to the covers. Some decided to add…
Today saw the last session of my three week journal making course, and what a lovely course it was! In week 1 I taught basic lino carving and printing and we printed up the fabric for the spines of the books. In week 2 I taught gelli printing and a fun acrylic paint technique and…
I had a great afternoon with two lovely ladies showing them how to make these bargello embroidered Christmas tree ornaments. They also received the materials to make another ornament at home. At the beginning of the class we started a little bargello Christmas tree motif, just to get used to creating the stitches, which they…
Shown above are two beautiful journals made by a couple on a private workshop in my studio yesterday. The workshop was booked as a birthday celebration. We started off the day by going over the basics of lino printing and then they went to carve out their designs for both the cover of the sketchbook…
Shown above are the two beautiful ‘junk journals’ made by the lovely ladies on my workshop this morning. We used keepsakes, scrap paper, wrapping paper, cardboard packaging and more to make a hand bound journal. These journals can now be used as memory books and more keepsakes can be added. On the workshop we were…
10 fabulous copper house numbers and name plaques made over the last two Thursdays by carers, organised by Newcastle Carers. Everyone was a complete beginner to metal embossing last week and just look at the fabulous work they created! Last week I took everyone through the tools and materials and we worked on a small…