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Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at Land of Oak and Iron

ByCrafts for Wellbeing 2 December 2025

Thanks to everyone who came along to my metal embossed Christmas ornament workshop at the Land of Oak and Iron on Sunday.

As you can see from the photos, everyone took really well to the craft and made beautiful ornaments. There will be a lot of well dressed Christmas trees in the north east of England this year! Have a scroll through the photos to see all of the beautiful work created by everyone.

A big thank you too to Megan and Mika at the Heritage Centre for all of your help on the day.

Fabulous work everyone!

Student Showcase | Workshops

Student showcase: metal embossed hangers at Breathing Space
ByCrafts for Wellbeing 7 November 2025

Another lovely afternoon spent at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert yesterday. This time I showed everyone how to make metal embossed hangers. Some people decided to make their pieces in to plaques instead, which was great too! Everyone did really well and made beautiful pieces, as you can see from the photos. Fantastic work, everyone!

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Student Showcase: bargello embroidered Christmas tree ornaments
ByCrafts for Wellbeing 3 December 202311 December 2023

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…

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Student showcase: copper and metal embossed clock workshop
ByCrafts for Wellbeing 22 November 202525 November 2025

Two stunning metal embossed clocks were made on a private workshop in my studio today. Both students had been on a private metal embossing workshop before, and made dog lead hangers, so one co-ordinated hers with that and made her clock in aluminium, and the other chose copper. They learned lots of new techniques on…

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Artwork | Studio blog

Finished artwork: copper embossed clock
ByCrafts for Wellbeing 1 August 202514 August 2025

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…

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Student Showcase: six week lino printing course for beginners – week 3
ByCrafts for Wellbeing 17 October 202224 October 2022

Today was week 3 of a six week lino printing course for beginners for a community wellbeing project in Durham. This week I gave everyone my sketch of a tree, and we worked on carving out our backgrounds and paying attention to the direction in which the backgrounds were carved out. As you can see…

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Student showcase: Metal embossed coasters workshop – Amble
ByCrafts for Wellbeing 11 March 202417 March 2024

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…

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