Create Tiny Wire & Paper Birds Wild and domestic birds have such personalities and characteristics and are a lovely thing to capture. Join me at The Slipper Studio and you will be guided through a number of stages, enabling you to create a range of small scale wire and paper sculptures. Your initial ideas will…

Explore 1 or 2 Colour Lino Cutting and Printing 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 to learn…

Create with a Gel Plate – mono printing without a Press Gel printing plates are a lively and instant method for creating mono prints, with the advantage that you don’t require a printing press. Each print is unique and this highly adaptable process invites experimentation. Gel plates look and feel like gelatin, but are durable…

Summer Rose Gardens at Hopton Hall, Hopton, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, DE4 4DF. Saturday 1st July – Day of Art Enjoy the opening day of the season and meet a number of artists working plein air, as they respond to the gardens. 10.30 – 4pm, adults £5 and children £2.50, plus light refreshments available. For further details…

It’s only Natural Not everyone has a full day available for a workshop and using public transport can be a bit tricky if coming to The Slipper Studio, so here’s something that might be of interest to you. Join me at the lovely studio of By Heather May in Ripley on Saturday 24th June, for…

Explore 1 or 2 Colour Lino Cutting and Printing 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 to learn…

Block Printing on Fabric If you have ever considered designing and creating something to use in your home or thought about personalised gifts, Block Printing on Fabric is the workshop for you. Bring along your ideas and learn how to translate them into a design and create your own stamps. We will initially work on…

Inspired by Bloomsbury – still life with flowers and pots A mixed bunch of flowers in a favourite vase or jug is a simple pleasure and one that cheers; add a favourite ornament or two and you have a beautiful still life. Numerous artists, such as Emma Dunbar, Debbie George, Emily Maudey and Jo Aylward,…

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 the minimum of specialist equipment. Many of us may remember creating our first lino cut during our Art lessons at secondary school. If you are looking to…