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New Jewellery Making workshops and courses in Falmouth!
Next month I’m starting new jewellery making workshops and courses with Falmouth Adult Education! If you’re looking for something new to learn in a fun environment, these courses might just be for you! Jewellery making is great fun and is very rewarding! I will be teaching many techniques in mixed media, polymer clay, pearl stringing, wire-wrapping to name a few! My first workshop is Saturday 14th October 10am – 3.3opm, called Paper Jewellery. Not s0mething you would naturally think can be used for jewellery – but when used special varnishes it can me a durable and lasting item of jewellery! We’ll explore three different ways to use paper in…
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My first You Tube Tutorial Video – Shrink Plastic!
Hello! I’ve just uploaded (finally due to very bad internet speed in deepest Cornwall!) my very first Tutorial video onto my You Tube channel! The first is a 6 minute video on how to shrink down shrink plastic using a craft heat gun! Check out my video now:
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Right Angle Weave tutorial – how to create a beaded bead!
Here is one of the best ways to start to learn a new stitch like Right Angle Weave – make a beaded bead! It’s also great to use this learn the three dimensional cubic right angle weave, as it helps you to understand the fundamental parts of the stitch! I created this PDF project as my Micro-teach for my City and Guilds PTLLS (Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector) and it’s so fun, I thought I would share it with you all! You can use any sort of bead, from seed beads right up to large 8mm faceted beads which I used for the tutorial pages itself! I…
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Exciting upcoming workshops at Falmouth Adult Education
Hello! Well, I’m busy editing videos of me demonstrating how to heat shrink plastic and how to use stamps for texture onto shrink plastic! At the moment, I’m trying to find the best video editing software for this, so stay tuned! Next month you can try your hand at shrink plastic jewellery for real, as on the 25th March at Falmouth Adult Education Centre, you can learn how to create really fun jewellery and accessories using stamps, permanent markers, coloured pencils and of course SHRINK PLASTIC! If you want to book online, go to their website here. The course code for this workshop is: F609157, so if you want to…
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My New Workshop dates for Cornwall Adult Education!
I’ve just had confirmation of the workshops and courses I’ll be teaching for Falmouth Adult Education at their Tregenver Road Centre. Below are the Subjects and links to the Adult Education Website to enrol and find the cost etc. Or if you’re having trouble enrolling online, please phone: 0300 1231 117! All workshops include materials to make several pieces (as many as we can make in the 5 hours!) And the 5 week courses include materials to start you off and should be enough to make at least one set of jewellery! 24th September 10am – 3.30pm – Shrink Plastic Jewellery Workshop This fun workshop shows you how fun it is…
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My new website!
Hello! Here’s the start of something big! My new website! Please be patient as this is definitely a work in progress! Hopefully I’ll be adding more posts as I get to grips with WordPress (my old blog was on Blogger!) Cheers, Amanda
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