Student showcase: illuminated metal embossed monograms at South Pelaw
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Student showcase: illuminated metal embossed monograms at South Pelaw

These illuminated metal embossed monograms were made over two evenings at South Pelaw Community Hub. I took everyone through creating their own design and getting started on the embossing on the first evening, and then everyone finished their pieces on the second. It was a great couple of sessions with a really lovely group, and…

Student showcase: lino printed chine colle Christmas cards at Witton Gilbert
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Student showcase: lino printed chine colle Christmas cards at Witton Gilbert

It’s always a pleasure to teach at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert, and yesterday’s class was no exception. Above are a selection of the beautiful lino printed Christmas cards made on the workshop. It was another lovely group, all happy to experiment and play with the medium. Beautiful work, everyone, thanks for coming along!

Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at Woodland
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Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at Woodland

It was great to be back at Woodland Village Hall on Friday afternoon to teach a metal embossed Christmas ornament workshop as part of Highlights Rural Touring. Five of the participants had been on my metal embossed coasters workshop earlier in the year, so it was lovely to see them again. Fabulous ornaments and a…

Student showcase: metal embossed hearts at St Mary Park
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Student showcase: metal embossed hearts at St Mary Park

I had a fantastic evening with St Mary’s Belles WI at St Mary Park yesterday. We had a large group of over 20 and I showed them all how to make their own individual metal embossed heart decoration. There was lots of experimentation and playing going on and everyone made beautiful hearts as you can…

Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at South Pelaw
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Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at South Pelaw

What a great morning I’ve had at Holyoake Community Centre in South Pelaw, showing everyone how to make metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments. Such an enthusiastic and friendly group, I had a great time with you all! With 14 people on the workshop, it got a bit busy, as you can imagine, and so unfortunately…

Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at Armathwaite
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Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at Armathwaite

Thanks to everyone at Armathwaite Old School Hall for such a lovely morning teaching how to make metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments. There will be lots of special pieces adorning local Christmas trees this year! Above are photos of both sides of everyone’s ornaments and they all made beautiful pieces as you can see. Thanks…

Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at Arnside
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Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at Arnside

I had another great morning at Arnside Educational Institute showing people how to make these metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments as part of Highlights Rural Touring. Everyone took to the craft really well and some even designed their own ornaments, which I am always over the moon about! Have a scroll through the photos above and…

Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas ornaments at Whittingham
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Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas ornaments at Whittingham

I had a lovely afternoon teaching how to make these metal embossed Christmas tree ornaments at Whittingham Memorial Institute yesterday as part of Highlights Rural Touring. Everyone really took to the craft and some even designed their own ornaments, which I love! As you can see, everyone will have a lovely new decoration to hang on…

Student showcase: Lino printed chine colle Christmas cards at Great Whittington
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Student showcase: Lino printed chine colle Christmas cards at Great Whittington

I had a really lovely morning at Great Whittington Village Hall on Sunday, teaching a small but very enthusiastic group the method of chine colle lino printing, which is lino printing with collage. This was as part of Highlights Rural Touring. As you can see from the photos, they all created fabulous Christmas cards and…

Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas ornaments at Soulby
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Student showcase: metal embossed Christmas ornaments at Soulby

A Christmas tree full of amazing metal embossed ornaments were made on my workshop at Soulby Village Hall on Saturday as part of Highlights Rural Touring. It was such a lovely morning with an enthusiastic group! Everyone was a complete beginner to metal embossing and just look at the fabulous ornaments they made. Many decided to…

Student showcase: Christmas chine colle lino printing at Gleaston Village Hall
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Student showcase: Christmas chine colle lino printing at Gleaston Village Hall

After a great session creating metal embossed Christmas tree decorations at Gleaston Village Hall a couple of weeks ago (see that blog post here), I was asked back to show everyone how to create lino printed Christmas cards using the chine colle collage method. It was a fabulous afternoon and as you can see, everyone…

Student showcase: paint and stitch
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Student showcase: paint and stitch

Over the last few weeks my community art group have been having fun with paint and stitch. Everyone started off by creating abstract pieces with acrylic paints, stencils and texture paste. Then everyone added stitching and a bit of collage to those backgrounds. These are just a sample of the fantastic pieces everyone created. I…