I hosted a lovely couple in the studio for a private workshop yesterday. They each made a metal embossed clock using my Celtic knotwork designs. One will be displayed in their house and the other will be a gift.
One student was completely new to the craft and the other had been on one of my introductory metal embossing workshops before. It was a lovely day with lots of great conversation.
Beautiful pieces, both of you!
What an incredible array of copper house numbers were made on my workshop at Land of Oak and Iron Heritage Centre yesterday! As you can see from the photos above, everyone really let their creativity shine, and made house numbers that really show off their individuality. The majority of attendees were absolute beginners to metal…
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 fabulous selection of metal embossed illuminated monograms were made on my workshop at Land of Oak and Iron Heritage Centre on Sunday. I took everyone through the tools and materials first of all and then we created a test piece to get used to using everything. Next I took everyone through designing their own monograms and…
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…
Some ‘in action’ shots of some of the fantastic mandalas that were drawn on my workshops for Angela Reed of Creative Calligraphy yesterday and today. I always enjoy delivering workshops for Angela’s groups and it was lovely to be back and see everyone again. I was at South Shields both yesterday and today to deliver this…
Over the past two weeks I’ve had a great time with Angela Reed of Creative Calligraphy and her two groups that meet regularly on Thursdays and Fridays. This is part of Angela’s larger Calligraphy and Creative Wellbeing project, that you can read all about on her blog. In the first week I took everyone through…
