Good news! You can now book an in-person workshop with me in my newly built home studio and gallery space in the leafy surroundings of South Staffordshire.
New purpose built studio!
Since moving back home to work during the pandemic, our double garage became my studio, which I boarded out and appropriated for my own artistic purposes - it brushed up quite nicely! But in time it suffered from a leak from a nearby pipe and general dampness, and spiders, so it was time to knock down the old sectional structure and build what will hopefully be my forever studio!
The new studio is nice and bright and fully insulated so that workshops can continue to run through the winter months. There is lots of wall space allowing plenty opportunity for me to display artwork which will hopefully offer lots of inspiration during your visit. I have also purloined the neighbouring dining room for further display space and room to seat a few more people if required, and most importantly I have installed a new loo for your convenience! If you don't fancy a workshop, but just want a nose around you are most welcome to book an appointment to visit and view the artwork, just let me know when you want to come and I will put the kettle on! Now I've sold it to you, let me tell you a bit more about the workshops that are currently available.
An Oldie But Goodie...Creature Collage Workshop
First we have an old favourite - the "Creature Collage Workshop" - from my collaging exploits, in which you can immortalise a pet or a more exotic creature using paint, glue and pieces of paper. Or you may want to go off piste and instead capture your home, shop, pub or place of historical interest to create your mixed media masterpiece (top tip - it's fun to insert photos of family members or pets to personalise your picture). This workshop is easily accessible and people of all ages will get a good result. I'm not sure how much longer I will be running this workshop, however, as Posh Paper Mache is taking over, so book soon so you are not disappointed.
Photographs from previous collage workshops:
Gorgeous Garden Bird Sculpture Workshop
If you would like to learn how to make Posh Paper Mache sculpture like mine, I have recently added a new workshop during which you can make one of my little birds - the Gorgeous Garden Bird Sculpture Workshop! Making mixed media sculpture is rather more complex than creating a collage and unfortunately is not suitable for under 14's, but this workshop is possible to complete in one day and speedy workers will be able to make more than one bird. The workshop incorporates a lunch break to give me time to dry out your creations ready for decoration in the afternoon session. Our local village, Kinver, and surrounds offer a large selection of lovely places to eat and you can find my recommendations with the full listing for this workshop. I plan to add further sculpture workshops in time to allow you to make different designs, so keep an eye on the website for more information or make sure you are on my mailing list for updates.
Photographs from previous Gorgeous Garden Bird Workshops:
Can't make it to me?
If you are stuck at home for any reason but don't want to miss out, I have also added four fun freebies to my blog page giving you some easy mini projects that you can make at home and are great to entertain the kids. In addition, I am slowly adding videos showing how I make my sculpture and some downloadable patterns with instructions that you can purchase to allow you to make some more ambitious sculptures from my range of designs that you can build at your own pace in your own space.
Keep in touch with what's on offer by joining my mailing list or following my on Instagram, Facebook, You Tube or Pinterest. All the ways you can find me are available on the Contact page of my website.
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