I had a lovely time with a student yesterday who came on a private introductory workshop to drawing Celtic knots. She took to the method really quickly and created some fantastic knots, including designing a more complicated grid and drawing out the knot. Absolutely fantastic work, and I hope she will create many more knots in the future!
I can’t believe how quickly the weeks are going by, we’re already in week four of my Celtic knotwork drawing course at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert! This week we worked on adding even more details to Celtic crosses and borders, and also had an opportunity to play as well. As you can see, lots…
Yesterday I had a great afternoon as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme when I visited Crosby Ravensworth Village Hall and taught an enthusiastic group how to create metal embossed coasters. Everyone took to learning the techniques really well, and they all made beautiful coasters, with a bit of experimentation going on too, which I always love to see!…
A lovely evening spent with members of Langley Park WI yesterday, showing them how to create a simple lino print. We had plenty of fun playing with colour, and some even had a go at gradient printing too. Fabulous prints by everyone!
Two lovely greetings cards made by the students on my Celtic knot flow workshop yesterday. I taught a more flowing and less technical technique of creating interlaced knotwork, which included chains, triquetras and unicursal curves. I also taught a traditional space filling technique used in medieval manuscripts in order to create the backgrounds. Both are…
I’m always happy when I can combine my different artistic loves, so this metal embossed hanger commission with a Celtic knotwork design was a perfect project! The photos above take you through the process of making the hanger. I drafted out my design on to tracing paper first. The tracing paper helped me to get…
A fabulous array of hand painted ceramic baubles, made at Breathing Space yesterday. It was a couple of hours of painting and drawing and getting messy! Everyone made fantastic baubles during a couple of hours of creativity. Thanks to everyone who came along, they will look fantastic on your Christmas trees!
