Crafts at the Castle Museum York

I have had a lovely couple of days at the Castle Museum York, along with other talented crafts people doing demonstrations of workshops that will be running at the museum later in the year.  You can see more about this on the Castle Museum blog here
http://www.ymtblog.org.uk/category/castle/

Just as as reminder I will be running a workshop making 1960s inspired plastic rings on the 1st October, booking through the Castle Museum 

 You can see more about this on my website

There is information about metal clay and art clay silver on my new blog here

Working but not posting

I have been busy in the studio, working on enamel test samples ready for the Art Clay UK Guild conference in York.  I will be teaching a class next Saturday together with my good friend Joy Funnell so have been spending days testing enamels, making notes, preparing handouts, making lists of tools and equipment to take.

The conference starts on Thursday and I am looking forward to meeting old friends and making new ones, learning new techniques and sharing ideas.

Tomorrow I will hopefully finish enamelling a couple of pieces for the themed competitions, not like me to be working on this right up to the deadline though!

preparation for a Wild Wednesday

I am preparing for a Wild Wednesday tomorrow in Museum Gardens, York.  


This is a free and fun event for all the family in the Museum Gardens, with lots of hands-on and exciting archaeology and science activities to take part in. Activities will include making jewellery, casting fossils, making mosaics, hunting mini-beasts, making a stone trough, panning for gold, Chinese writing, birdwatching, firing rockets and exploring Tudor cures and potions.

18 August, 11am - 3.30pm

Just hoping the weather stays fine!