Guest blog by Nancy Shafee We have taken a brief initial look at selling on line, but what about ways of putting your craft in front of the public in person? A while ago charity fairs were a rarity and craft shows even more so. Now they are ten-a-penny and …
Guest blog by Nancy Shafee. This month I am going to share something with you from The Professional Crafters Guild and ask you the question they asked: do you agree with the seller or the buyer? This is the reply I left: When you pay a lawyer, you pay for …
My thoughts and pics after attending this information-packed wood engraving workshop with Anne Desmet (RA) at Ochre Print Studio, Guildford. As a printmaker, I am very lucky to have a fully equipped printmaking studio just 10 minutes away from where I live in Woking. Ochre Print Studio is set in …
Guest blog by Nancy Shafee If you want to sell your craft, it is almost obligatory to have an online presence. I’ve recently been caught up in a discussion on the Professional Crafters Guild FB page about selling on the internet – basically, having your own website vs. using a …
Screenprinting is one of the most common forms of printing and involves passing ink through a ‘screen’ which has been stretched using a frame and a stencil. Screen printing was first introduced in China nearly 2000 years ago when they used human hair which was stretched across a wooden frame. …
What do you do when you don’t know what to do? By guest blogger Nancy Shafee Have you run out of inspiration? Or have you run out motivation? In other words – are you just procrastinating? Most of us put things off sometimes, especially when we’ve just been creating manically, …
Are you looking to undertake a creative project or give someone a unique, handmade gift? With linocut printing, a form of relief printing, the possibilities are endless and there are some great tools and techniques that you can use to transform plain items into something creative and appealing. Many of …
One Day Printmaking Workshop – Saturday 21st March 2015, 11am-4pm This workshop will provide a complete introduction to wood engraving. Wood engraving involves carving into the end-grain of a piece of wood (such as boxwood) using very fine, specialist-engraving tools. It is a form of relief printing but done on …
All About Printmaking (A Summary!) Printmaking is an exciting art form which enables you the artist to take an image or idea and, through a number of skilled printmaking techniques, to produce both striking and unique prints. The printmaking lesson plans that we teach combine both methodical precision with expansive …
