Studio blog: Gold Students’ Choice Award

ByCrafts for Wellbeing 12 June 202316 June 2023

A huge thank you to everyone who has left a review on one of my workshops on CraftCourses.com, I received the Gold Students’ Choice Award from them yesterday! I am absolutely over the moon and really appreciate everyone who has taken the time to leave a review.

I absolutely love passing on my joy for getting creative on to others, and strive to create a friendly and relaxed environment for everyone to learn in. I’m so thankful that this is being felt by those who come on my classes.

Thanks again, everyone! 🙏 💕

Studio blog: Durham Lumiere 2023

ByCrafts for Wellbeing 20 November 2023

During October and November I was thrilled to work with Artichoke Trust as one of their community artists delivering community workshops to create the Flowers and Chandeliers pieces for Durham Lumiere this year. I had a fantastic time meeting people around County Durham and helping them to create the components for these pieces out of…

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Finished Craft Project: Metal Embossed Key Holder

ByCrafts for Wellbeing 29 January 202331 January 2023

We’ve long needed a key holder in our hallway, so with the new year I decided it was time to create one! As I’ve been working a lot with my Celtic knotwork and metal embossing recently, I thought it would be good to combine the two again and create a metal embossed key holder. This…

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Studio blog: copper embossed clock

ByCrafts for Wellbeing 9 November 202324 November 2023

I’ve just put the finishing touches to this copper embossed clock and I’m really pleased with how it turned out. The Celtic design is an old one of mine that was part of my symbol mandala series, which is in my first book. It originally had a sun design in the centre, but I took…

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Studio blog: Robin reduction lino print

ByCrafts for Wellbeing 26 September 20231 October 2023

Here’s another three colour reduction lino print, which I completed this afternoon. Reduction lino printing is a way of creating a multicolour lino print, by carving and printing each layer of colour out of the same block of lino. There are only 8 of these in the edition, so these will be going out to…

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Finished Craft Project: Metal Embossed Keepsake Box

ByCrafts for Wellbeing 26 January 2023

Last week I finished a metal embossed keepsake box project, and now that it has been received by the intended recipient, I can show it to you. I used a balsa wood box for the base, which I painted in chalk paint, mixed with a little acrylic paint to get the shade I wanted. The…

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Studio blog: January 2023 round up video

ByCrafts for Wellbeing 31 January 2023

This year I aim to bring out a monthly video blog to round up what I’ve been up to in the studio. I do need to remember to document my work in video form though, rather than photographs, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it in the end! For now, here’s my ten minute…

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