A New Departure – Craft Cruises
Off to sea and craft teaching A new departure for me – teaching craft on a cruise ship! I see this as my dream job, I got to combine my love of travel and exploring with my second love of teaching and sharing my skills with enthusiastic people. I had never thought about cruising around […]
A Shop For Creative Gifts
I am constantly making beautiful creative things using the various techniques I teach. You can see some of them above and many more on my Shop pages. I’d be delighted to show you how to make them yourself if you come along to a workshop. For those of you looking for a unique, hand-made item […]
It’s That Time
It’s that time of year again (almost!) As I write this there are very few windows left on the advent calendar and pretty soon Christmas will be upon us. Another week after that and we’re in to the new year, which is traditionally the time for setting new year resolutions. Any ideas what yours will […]
Creative Therapy
In a previous blog post I mentioned that learning art and being creative is a type of therapy – I have benefitted in this way from my own art. Let’s look into some of the benefits and the thinking behind them. Art reduces stress Sometimes it may not seem like art reduces stress. If you […]
Learning Art Is Like Learning To Ride A Bike
Painting – Batik Painting using hot beeswax.
Heart Felt Love
Expressing myself through art has been my saviour during this past year of lockdowns and social distancing. The artist Henri Matisse had the right idea when he said, “Look at life with the eyes of a child”. I am finding this quote to be so helpful, trying not to think too deeply about the troubling […]
Wool In Many Colours
Wool In Many Colours and how to colour and blend fibres to use in feltmaking.
Needle felting a hare using lamb’s wool fibres
Needle felting is fun. Here is a hare, made from fluffy lamb’s wool fibres. Needle felting is finally getting more publicity and instead of being called a craft, it is classed as a valid art form. Needle felting is gaining a reputation as a fun activity for ages over 10 years, who would have guessed […]
Creativity Is Therapy
I find that Creativity is a Therapy to me, especially during lock down and Corvid -19. Keep clam and keep being creative, whichever art form that may be.
Happy New Year 2020
Batik painting is a fun and unique skill. Using hot beeswax and dyes on cotton fabric.