Incinerator Gallery workshops

The workshops these summer holidays focussed on Geoffrey Riccardo's current exhibition. Such an amazing and versatile artist, it was difficult to choose a medium from his prolific portfolio from which to base the workshop. I went for printing as I was amazed by Geoffrey's large-scale intaglio prints - so luminous and with great depth.
So I prepared some lino cuts before hand to stimulate the kids' imaginations and we discussed some layering techniques and other printing options before they started. As always, they produced some amazing pieces:

Box Craft

A sweet little project to display all those light-ish trinkets.
Simply assemble a few empty boxes in a random pattern, back with some cute and colourful fabric, staple together at the sides and bind with a ribbon or shredded length of fabric. Let me know if you would like more specific instructions and I'll email them through to you. Happy Crafting!

Happy New Year!!

I'm so excited about this year - new jobs, new schools and a new way of living with a lot more home time and far less commuting to and from work. I have bought myself a bicycle and plan to ride it everywhere, packing my essentials into the front basket - manuscripts, trinkets for the shop, bread and milk and maybe even a few beers for a sunny day in the park. Plus, I have a few new plans for the shop and the crafting including some tutorials on YouTube. Watch this space . . .

Here are some snaps of our traditional New Year's Eve feast with our camping crew. Who new camping could inspire such gourmet fare! Plus, the after dinner cartoon screening - very raw and very much like your traditional drive-in without the cars!
Cheers!