Student Showcase: six week metal embossing course – week five
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I had a lovely day at Woodland Village Hall on Saturday, teaching metal embossing to a great group, as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme. Everyone took well to learning the techniques and they all made beautiful coasters, with some even working on their own designs, which I always love to see! Scroll through the carousel above to…
More beautiful metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments 🎄 These were all made at Allendale Village Hall on Sunday as part of Highlights Rural Touring. It was a really lovely group, and as you can see they all took so well to the craft and made beautiful ornaments. Brilliant work, everyone! Thanks to Janet at Allendale Village…
This week we moved on to creating simple Celtic crosses and borders. We were a bit shorter on participants due to various reasons that couldn’t be avoided, but as you can see, there were still plenty of fabulous knots created! There was time for a bit of experimenting too, for those who wanted to try…
I’ve had a really enjoyable two Mondays with the members of the Lanchester Monday Art Group, showing them how to create a reduction lino print. Everyone was so enthusiastic, and really took to lino carving and printing. Some members followed along with my sycamore leaf project, and others worked on their own designs. As you…
Shown above are two fabulous house numbers made on yesterday’s copper embossed house number workshop. This was a surprise birthday present for one of the participants, who didn’t know what she was coming along to until they both arrived! They were both complete beginners to metal embossing, and wow, they certainly took to it, as…
I had a great day back at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert yesterday, showing everyone how to make lino printed tote bags. Everyone carved out their own lino block and then we got printing with fabric inks. Using sponges to apply the inks to the lino blocks rather than a brayer, meant that variegated, autumnal…