Workshops and Courses
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Vintage Christmas Decorations Workshop in Newquay!
My next workshop is Vintage Christmas Decorations at Newquay Adult Education, Saturday 7th December. It has limited availability so book now to avoid disappointment! We’ll be using vintage and retro Christmas card images to decorate wooden tags and bauble shapes for your tree, as gifts or as special gift tags for that extra special present! Learn how to use simple image transfer techniques as well as easy decoupage tips to make your own tags with a vintage feel! There’s no need for any previous experience – this will be a fun and relaxing workshop, just choose your images and wooden shapes and go! Full tuition and project sheets are included,…
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Spring Jewellery Making Workshops & Courses!
Hello! I have some jewellery making workshops and courses coming up at Falmouth Adult Education Centre, based on Tregenver Road! The cost includes tuition, project sheets and materials. Please bring your own lunch, but I will be bringing along tea, coffee etc! Jewel Enamels for Jewellery Workshop Saturday 21 April 2018 10am – 3.30pm – Cost of £35 Course Code: F709153 Jewel Enamels are special ultra-thick embossing powders which are mainly used in the card-making industry – but they are excellent for making jewellery too! We’ll discover how to melt the jewel enamels and pour into moulds, use stamps to imprint a design and layer different colours onto MDF pendants! …
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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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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…
