The final 10 days of Inktober, and it was a mix of workshop prep, workshop teaching and relaxing at home. I’ll write another blog soon with a full recap and my thoughts on this year’s project.
You can read more about this year’s project here.
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…
After taking the pastel on monotype workshop at PrintFest the other weekend (see that blog post), I’ve been experimenting with the technique some more. The inspiration is the crab apple tree in our garden, that is always a delight with it’s pink buds turning to white blossom at this time of year. It’s such an…
Last October I taught Celtic knotwork to two groups of calligraphers, who attend weekly workshops hosted by Angela Reed of Creative Calligraphy. Angela’s groups are currently exhibiting at the Customs House, South Shields, in an exhibition called ‘Inspired by Lindisfarne’, where they have combined calligraphy, Celtic knotwork and book making to put together a wonderful…
What’s a reduction lino print? It’s an exciting method of creating a multi-colour lino print. Each colour layer of a reduction lino print is carved and printed from the same lino block, resulting in the lino block being destroyed during the carving process. Starting with the lightest colour, areas are cut away from the carving…
Yesterday I taught my last workshop of the year – 78 of them in total!Time for me to take a break for a couple of weeks – as well as having a rest, I’ll also be spending time developing new workshops ready for the new year. I’ll be back teaching from 9 January 2023.A huge…
I’m always happy when I can combine my different artistic loves, so this metal embossed hanger commission with a Celtic knotwork design was a perfect project! The photos above take you through the process of making the hanger. I drafted out my design on to tracing paper first. The tracing paper helped me to get…
