Two beautiful junk journals created on yesterday’s private workshop. The journals were made from scratch and hand bound. They were then decorated with stencils, rubber stamps and collage to create two unique memory books.
I had a lovely afternoon with both ladies and they made such beautiful junk journals, as you can see. Fabulous work, both of you!
I had a fantastic evening with St Mary’s Belles WI at St Mary Park yesterday. We had a large group of over 20 and I showed them all how to make their own individual metal embossed heart decoration. There was lots of experimentation and playing going on and everyone made beautiful hearts as you can…
Tearing and cutting and gluing pieces of paper is so therapeutic, and my students certainly found this to be so in yesterday’s Collaged Landscapes workshops. I just love the variety of styles and themes that everyone chose, and the wonderful way in which they executed their ideas. Wonderful work, everyone! If you would like to…
I had a lovely afternoon teaching how to make these metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at Whittingham Memorial Institute yesterday as part of Highlights Rural Touring. Everyone really took to the craft and some even designed their own ornaments, which I love! As you can see, everyone will have a lovely new decoration to hang on…
I had a fabulous day with a craft group up in Birtley, Northumberland, yesterday, showing everyone how to make a Japanese stab bound sketchbook with a metal embossed cover. In the morning I showed everyone how to make the cover, taking everyone through the tools and materials first, creating a sample piece, and then moving…
It was sad to finish this six week lino printing course this afternoon, as I’ve really enjoyed teaching all the participants at a wellbeing centre in Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert. Today we had fun lino printing on fabric, which uses different printing inks and also I like to use a different method of inking…
Some more beautiful metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments all made at Shilbottle Community Centre today, as part of Highlights Rural Touring. It was great to see two familiar faces from a previous workshop and wonderful to meet four new people. As you can see, everyone really took to the techniques and created beautiful ornaments. Thanks…
