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 not too early to think about winter woollies!
It’s a lovely warm, late-summer day as I write this, but autumn is just around the corner. Autumn officially starts on Wednesday 22nd September and with it the weather will change. Time to start thinking about warmer clothes! You probably have a selection of warmer clothes stored away, but if you fancy a change this […]
Learning Art Is Like Learning To Ride A Bike
Painting – Batik Painting using hot beeswax.
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 […]
Happy New Year 2020
Batik painting is a fun and unique skill. Using hot beeswax and dyes on cotton fabric.
Feltmaking & Batik Painting Workshops
My summer so far: Well this week’s heat wave has been a challenge, although a beautiful start to the summer holidays and time to spend in the garden or prepare for the holidays. But I have been working away throughout with doors and windows wide open. I did have to stop at one point as […]
Creativity is Having Fun
In the words of Albert Einstein “Creativity is Intelligence having fun“. And Sir Ken Robinson said “Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it’s produced the most extraordinary results in human culture”. These are my two favourite quotes. Creativity – it’s good for you Finding time to do something new and creative in a […]