Heirloom Angels & Flying Cats and Dogs – decorative Wire and Foil Work   Join me at The Slipper Studio for a relaxing day of making, that will get your festive to do list firmly on track. Fine and flexible wire is a lovely material to work with, enabling you to create characterful objects, with…

  Create a Trio of Christmas Decorations – explore Metal Foil Embossing Join me at Hopton Hall Gallery, in the centre of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, for a relaxing afternoon of making, that will get your festive to do list firmly on track. Metal foils are a great material to explore, enabling you to cut and emboss…

Birds on a Wire – create tiny sculpture   Fine and flexible wire is a lovely material to work with, enabling you to create characterful objects, with a drawn-like quality to them. Come along to The Slipper Studio and learn how to create a range of small and decorative pieces of sculpture, which will take…

Lino Cutting and Printing for Beginners & Rusty Printmakers      Lino cutting and printing is a very enjoyable process that can be explored at our kitchen tables and requires a minimum of specialist equipment. Many of us may remember creating our first linocut during our Art lessons at secondary school. If you are looking…

The Month of Art just gets bigger and better! Make time to visit the beautiful Rose Garden at Hopton Hall, Hopton, Derbyshire this July. The gardens will be open each Thursday through to Sunday, with plenty of time to enjoy a walk through the grounds and visit the onsite cafe. I’ll be visiting the gardens…

Birds on a Wire – create tiny sculpture   Fine and flexible wire is a lovely material to work with, enabling you to create characterful objects, with a drawn-like quality to them. Come along to The Slipper Studio and learn how to create a range of small and decorative pieces of sculpture, which will take…

Art in the Barn Creative Arts Week   Join me in the beautiful Meon Valley, Hampshire from Thursday 8th to Tuesday 13th October 2026 and choose from 6 creative workshops; . Explore Tetra Pak Intaglio Printing  . Beautiful Batik – Sunflowers and Seedheads. . Create small wire animal sculptures. . Explore Fashion Illustration and Design…

The Big Drawing TableOpen a larger version of the following image in a popup: Join us at Hopton Hall Gallery at our big drawing table, to roll up your sleeves and draw. You may have a few minutes to spare or half an hour, or you just might find yourself staying longer than you’d anticipated,…

New – Fashion Illustration and Design – mixed media and wire If your childhood desire to be a fashion illustrator or designer was firmly suppressed, now’s the time to let it out of the box and join me for a fun and creative day exploring mark making, pattern, collage and wire; your inner teenager will…

New – Create small wire animal sculptures   Come along to The Slipper Studio and learn how to create your own tiny wire animal sculptures. Your initial ideas will be sketched, before you explore fine and flexible heat treated wire. It’s an expressive material and surprisingly easy to handle, cut and manipulate with basic hand…