Explore Tetra Pak Intaglio Printmaking      Tetra Pak Printing is an intaglio method of printing where marks are made into a plate (a Tetra Pak) with an etching needle or small sections of the card are physically cut with a craft knife and removed. Your plate will be inked using intaglio etching inks…

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 clear that many…

  It’s only Natural – create beautiful decorative wire work     Fine, flexible wire is a lovely material to work with, enabling you to create characterful objects with a drawn-like quality. Explore joining techniques, wrapping, shaping and sculpting wire, whilst creating a number of decorative outcomes, including a posy or button hole of tiny…

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…

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…

  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…

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…

  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…