Student Showcase: six week metal embossing course, week six
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Today was week 2 of a six week lino printing course for beginners for a community wellbeing project that I am teaching in Durham. Last week we just used a U-blade to create our carvings. This week, we moved on to using both a U-blade and a V-blade to create finer detail. I also showed…
On Friday I was back for a second week with a small local community support group who did simple metal embossed hearts. Some had a go at doing the embossing, others preferred just to add some details and decorate. They all got really creative with their pieces, as you can see! It was another lovely…
Last Saturday I held a I held a metal embossed hearts workshop as part of this year’s Prudhoe Art Trail. These were the fabulous pieces created on the workshop. It was a lovely afternoon in the Community Hub, thank you so much to everyone who came along and supported the event!
What a great three weeks I’ve had lino printing with the community art group at The Lodge at Blackhill and Consett park! We have been working with one of my rose sketches, and from this, created reduction lino prints, gradient prints, two colour lino prints using using one block and masking, as well as plain…
I’ve spent a wonderful morning with South Pelaw Community Hub, showing everyone how to make these metal embossed hearts. Everyone created their own designs and, as you can see from the photos, they embossed them in to the most beautiful hearts. Gorgeous work, everyone! My next two embossed heart workshops at Breathing Space Witton Gilbert…
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…