Create Tiny Wire 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 sculptures. Your initial ideas will be sketched and then…

Create beautiful Wire Decorations & Posies – Fully booked 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 wire flowers and…

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 learn a new creative skill, but need a process…

Peak District Artisans are running a series of pop up selling events at Haddon Hall, throughout July and August. I will be taking part between Monday 8th and Sunday 14th August, so please pop in if you are passing. Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1LA.

My promoted workshops are fewer in number in August than most months of the year, as many people enjoy holidays and time outdoors, so there’s just one opportunity to join me at The Slipper Studio:   A day of Drawing with Line & Wire “I sometimes think that there is nothing so delightful as drawing”,…

A great opportunity to join Peak District Artisans for their annual flagship event. Devonshire Dome, 1 Devonshire Road, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6RY.

Here’s a lovely opportunity to view 20+ gardens in the beautiful Derbyshire village of Stanton in Peak, a couple of miles off the A6 between Rowsley and Bakewell. I will be exhibiting my work at Home Farm on Sunday 3rd July, from 1 – 5pm, as part of the Art Trail. Perhaps it’s best to…

Create beautiful paper Sculpture If you are in need of a creative pick up, come along to The Slipper Studio and learn how to create beautiful paper sculpture. Using a deceptively simple process, you will learn how to make your own templates and create a cornucopia of hanging and free standing paper sculptures, including hearts…

Explore Blind Embossing – lino printing without ink   Join me on Wednesday 29th June at The Art Room, Barlow, where I will be running this workshop for FieldBreaks. 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…

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…