Student Showcase: six week metal embossing course, week six
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I had a one-to-one session with a lovely lady today who had been on a previous metal embossing workshop of mine. This time we were making a key hanger. She has seen my ivy themed Celtic knotwork before and had an idea of wrapping this style of knotwork around a heart. We worked on her…
I had the pleasure of the company of two lovely ladies on my Introduction to Celtic Knotwork workshop this morning. We started from building the basics of a Celtic knot and then went on to learning how to use break lines to make more intricate designs. We then also had a quick look at creating…
Yesterday I taught a workshop on how to create these metal embossed heart ornaments, and had a lovely afternoon with the mum and son who came along. The hearts are inspired by the Mexican tradition of making ‘milagritos’ and ‘corazones mexicanos’, which you can read a bit more about here. I took them through creating…
I had a wonderful afternoon showing a lovely lady how to make a copper house number plate. She was making it for a friend, who lives in a place with ‘olive’ in the name, hence the olive branch. In keeping with the olive theme, she aged the house number with green paint and added a…
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…
On Tuesday as part of Highlights Rural Touring Scheme I visited Ellingham Village Hall and taught a fabulous group how to create metal embossed coasters. Everyone took well to learning the techniques, with lots of experimentation going on. They all made beautiful coasters, scroll through the carousel above to see what everyone got up to. Amazing…