Last night was opening night at the Open Exhibition at Bishop Auckland Town Hall.
I was over the moon to have three of my Celtic knotwork pieces selected for the exhibition.
The exhibition is on until 17th February, so if you’re in the area do go along and see it. There are so many fantastic artworks from artists from around County Durham.
Thanks to all at B.A.T.H. for a wonderful evening and exhibition.
This month’s vlog mainly concentrates on drawing mandalas – I’ve drawn lots of them this month! Mentioned in the video: My Mindful Messy Mandala workshop:https://craftsforwellbeing.co.uk/mindful-messy-mandalas-workshop/ My three session, four skills journal making course:https://craftsforwellbeing.co.uk/three-week-journal-making-course/ #100daysofcolorenergymandalas by Louise Gale:https://www.youtube.com/@louisegale Barbarella tote bag kit by Bargello-A-GoGo:https://www.youtube.com/@bargello-a-gogo Come and learn Celtic knotwork with me:https://craftsforwellbeing.co.uk/introduction-to-drawing-celtic-knots/
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me this year, it has been an amazing year, delivering 107 workshops both in my studio and to organisations around north east England. As well as my studio workshops, I have also delivered workshops for Durham County Council‘s Thrive programme, Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert, Creative…
Last month I wrote about completing this three colour reduction lino print of a sycamore leaf, and mentioned that I had videoed the whole process (see the blog here). I’ve now had chance to edit the video, and the full tutorial is now posted below. This tutorial is suitable for those who have been carving…
Back in November last year I finished my first metal embossed clock prototype, created in copper, which you can read about in this blog post. The clock shown here has been created in aluminium and has a few improvements on the first one. The photos above show the process from my initial drawing of the…
I was thrilled when the lovely Angela Reed of Creative Calligraphy invited me to teach her regular calligraphy groups how to draw simple Celtic knots as part of their Inspired by Lindisfarne project. I showed the groups how a basic Celtic knot was formed, and they practiced simple 2×3 and 3×3 knots, before moving on…
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…
