New Creative Workshops

I've consulted my diary and found a little gap next April [while the lovely Ellis is on Netball tour] to plan a wondrous weekend of devore. I know devore inside out and upside down - I can tell you it's much more than just a bit a balding velvet!
So if you want your devore turned the wrong way round come join my workshop: Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th April 2011.

If your traveling a distance - the studio is a quick walk from the station, I can suggest a range of accommodation and additional attractions to enhance your visit.

New Collagraphic plates

It's been an afternoon of cutting and sticking to create textural drawings to print from in a few days time.  It's important to try and ignore the surface decoration of the materials used and focus instead on their textural qualities - it's these that will hold on to the ink and give the most reliable results when they eventually go through the press. If you'd like to learn more about Collagraphic Prinitng there are various workshops over the coming months.

Must get more organised...

...and write this blog more often. Glad to say I've been far too busy to while away the hours in front of this screen!
I've been in Middlebrough helping Artists and Designers move their businesses forward - it's really rewarding to see how they all progress is such a short space of time. Mentoring programmes in Doncaster have recently come to a close & I'm privileged to have been able to work with some inspiring creatives there too.
Workshops are busy and buzzing. In this 'financial downturn' everybody is keen to learn new skills and they really appreciate the value of making.



NEW GROUNDS continues on it's tour - It's moved on from Bankfield and opens on Saturday 27th March at Ropewalk Gallery, Barton on Humber. Sales during the exhibition have been fabulous, it's encouraging to know people enjoy my work enough to part with their hard earned cash! Best still that so many other Artists are buying my work: Hilary Bower bought a piece recently.



The print workshop supporting the exhibition is now full, but I do have a 2 day version at Radiant Works in May - take a look at my site if you're interested.