Birds on a Wire – create tiny wire sculptures, with a Festive twist 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…

    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…

    Explore Blind Embossing – printing without ink   Blind embossing is an interesting creative technique. It uses the skills and materials associated with lino cutting, but without all of the mess generated when inking up a plate. Once you have cut a design, the block is rolled through a press with lots of…

          Art in the Barn Creative Arts Week   Join me in the beautiful Meon Valley, Hampshire from 16th to 21st October 2025 and choose from 6 creative workshops. A light and spacious thatched barn will be the venue for the Arts week, plus there’s accommodation available on the farm, with…

Create Beautiful Paper Sculpture   Join me for a relaxing day of making, exploring the theme of afternoon tea. Using a deceptively simple process we will create beautiful paper sculpture from vintage books. You will learn how to create your own templates and a cornucopia of hanging and freestanding paper sculptures, including hearts and fruits,…

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…

  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…

      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…

  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…

      Drawing for Absolute Beginners (and folks told that they aren’t good at Art ).     As a creative tutor, it’s not unusual for me to hear the comments “ I can’t draw” or “I’m rubbish at drawing”. Most people tend to be quite negative about their own ability and it’s pretty…