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…
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…
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…
Shown above are 13 fabulous double sided Christmas ornaments that were made on the first of my Christmas workshops for Highlights Rural Touring! These were all made by a lovely group at Gleaston Village Hall in south Cumbria yesterday, and as you can see, everyone took so well to the process and made the ornaments…
Four fabulous metal embossed Japanese stab bound sketchbooks were made on my workshop in the studio yesterday. We started off creating a practice piece of metal embossing to get used to the tools and materials and how best to use them. Three students designed their own motifs and one decided to go with one of…
Shown above are two beautiful journals made by a couple on a private workshop in my studio yesterday. The workshop was booked as a birthday celebration. We started off the day by going over the basics of lino printing and then they went to carve out their designs for both the cover of the sketchbook…
Once again I’m over the moon to be working with Highlights Rural Touring for their autumn / winter season. I will be teaching two different workshops for Highlights Rural Touring – a metal embossed Christmas ornament and chine collé lino printed Christmas cards. I will be at: Gleaston, Cumbria, 5th October – metal embossed Christmas ornament…
Recently I’ve really been enjoying making these metal embossed sketchbooks. Those with my Celtic designs on I made as sample pieces for my workshop with Birtley craft group, you can see all their amazing sketchbooks here. I recently spent a fantastic long weekend away with a group of amazing ladies, for each of whom I…
I was back at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert today for the second of my summer workshops with them. I always love teaching at Breathing Space, it’s such a wonderful venue. There were quite a few familiar faces today, who had been on previous workshops with me, both here and further afield, as well as…
I had a fabulous day with a craft group up in Birtley, Northumberland, yesterday, showing everyone how to make a Japanese stab bound sketchbook with a metal embossed cover. In the morning I showed everyone how to make the cover, taking everyone through the tools and materials first, creating a sample piece, and then moving…
Over the past two weeks I’ve had a great time with Angela Reed of Creative Calligraphy and her two groups that meet regularly on Thursdays and Fridays. This is part of Angela’s larger Calligraphy and Creative Wellbeing project, that you can read all about on her blog. In the first week I took everyone through…
Over the past couple of years I’ve been really lucky to work with Breathing Space in a fabulous health and wellbeing community project in Witton Gilbert. I always love teaching at Breathing Space, it is such a beautiful and relaxed venue and everyone is always so enthusiastic and friendly. Coming up over the summer I…
