More fabulous metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments made in the studio this afternoon. A great afternoon spent with lovely people. There are going to be some well dressed Christmas trees around north east England this year!
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…
I had a lovely couple book a bespoke workshop with me today to celebrate their copper wedding anniversary. We work in copper to create these metal embossed plaques, so it was perfect for them! Obviously they did not need two house numbers, so one created the house number and the other created a plaque featuring…
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…
In this week’s workshop I showed everyone how to take a blank, balsa wood box, and turn it in to a faux marquetry decorated box. I call it ‘faux’ marquetry, as the method is very different to traditional marquetry techniques, but I still think it produces a lovely effect. It was definitely a relaxing and…
I made this copper embossed clock recently as a birthday present for my partner and I’m pleased to say it has gone down very well! Apparently it’s ‘the best birthday present ever’ 😄 The design is by my partner, it’s the monogram he uses on his artwork, and he will be using the clock in…
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…
