Exploring Monotype

Exploring Monotype

Changed places, instead of being the teacher I have become the student. Taking a series of workshop with my good friend, painter and printmaker  Kate Downie in her beautiful garden studio in Fife. I have been experimenting with monotype. It is always very challenging...
A summer experimenting in the studio

A summer experimenting in the studio

Re purposing materials for my art. Taking a break form teaching over the summer to experiment with some new ideas. I have always found beauty in left over and discarded materials. There is beauty in the ordinary. Brown packing paper, the wire spiral from notebooks,...
Introduction to tapestry weaving.  2nd- 3rd September 2023 

Introduction to tapestry weaving. 2nd- 3rd September 2023 

Introduction to tapestry weaving. About your course This weekend workshop will introduce you to the basic skills involved in creating a woven tapestry, from warping up a simple frame loom to exploring flat woven techniques, creating shapes, lines and playing with...
A Splash of Colour. 18th -19th November 2023

A Splash of Colour. 18th -19th November 2023

About your course This workshop will introduce you to the joy of working with colour in tapestry weaving. Yarn blending produces deep, rich, shimmering colours and when cleverly used can create the illusion of transparency. The course will cover basic colour theory:...
Tapestry Texture.  10th – 11th February 2024  

Tapestry Texture. 10th – 11th February 2024  

Tapestry Texture About your course Explore a range of techniques that can create surface and texture in tapestry weaving. Whether it is in the subtle surfaces created by varying the warp setting and weft thickness, or the richness of tufting, knotting, whipping. You...