I’m really pleased to announce that booking for my online Celtic knotwork drawing classes are now live! I have a selection of classes available from beginners to more advanced, a few samples of which are above. As I want to … Read More
If you are in the area of Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear, then come along to a fun packed four hours of taster craft workshops being held at Strathmore Road Methodist Church on 30 March 2019 between 10am and 2pm. … Read More
The lovely Louise Lewis asked me to be a guest blogger this month, and I was absolutely thrilled to be asked! My blog is all about how I prepare for my workshops, so if you’re thinking of putting on your … Read More
Yesterday I spent a lovely morning teaching the members of the Chester le Street Friendly Art Group how to lino print. It was a really welcoming group that meet at Chester le Street Community Centre on a Wednesday morning. We … Read More
I was really pleased to be asked to conduct an introduction to lino printing class at Lanchester Monday Art Group last week. There were 20 people in the class and I took everyone through the basics of lino cutting and … Read More
As part of the Colour Your Life social prescribing programme, I will be teaching two different courses on Wednesday afternoons from the end of September up until just before Christmas. For the first six weeks, from 27th September until 1st … Read More
I’m really pleased to announce a new workshop with I’m delivering along with the lovely Rachel Cochrane. It’s taking place on 13th May 2017 in the beautiful Garden Cottage at Gibside National Trust. It will be a relaxed an informal … Read More
This week and last week I showed my students how to create hand-marbled papers and then how to make them into hand-bound books. A few students had some paper beads left over from an earlier class too, and added those … Read More
We’ve been having fun making jewellery from hand made paper beads during my Colour Your Life classes recently! This is a really cheap and creative way of making beads for jewellery and produces some absolutely fabulous results, as you can … Read More
The printmaking workshops I’ve been running with Colour Your Life this month (and next) are going really well, and everyone is producing such beautiful work, I just had to share it with you! These first pieces are collagraph prints, where … Read More