Fancy a Cuppa? Create decorative wire 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, tea themed pieces of sculpture, which will take…

Experimental Printmaking inspired by Mid Century Design Taking our inspiration from Mid Century Design and contemporary printmakers such as Jane Ormes and Jenny Douglas, we will explore pattern through mark making, drawing and collage. Composition will be developed by creating experimental print blocks and stamps, before we refine our ideas and experiences to develop a…

Birds on a Wire – create tiny wire sculptures 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…

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…