Those of you that have attended Urchfont Manor will know about the possible closure, and others will have read about it here. Wiltshire have apparently recently launched a questionnaire into their provision. This is somewhat late in the day, but if you are interested in reading or completing the form you can do so here.
Anyone recognise this picture?
This is just one of the views that may soon be unavailable to the public. It’s the start of a small series. You can read about that here.
Last Tuesday saw us travelling down to the south coast to the Worthing branch of the Embroiderers Guild. It was their Members Day, and what a lovely day it was! I forgot to take my camera, of course, so no pictures of what everyone was doing, but I can show you what I was demonstrating.
Apologies for the shadow, but you can at least get a flavour of what we were doing. Everyone who wanted to had a go at paper casting. There was only time for a very basic demonstration of the technique. The one I use does not need glue of any description to hold it all together, and I have a sneaky way of adding colour during the process, which is covered in a course rather than a demonstration.
No paintbrushes were used during this exercise! Colour always becomes lighter as it dries, but starting with colour of any sort it sometimes better than white.
You may well recognise the patterns, which are from embossing folders, but these are not needed as I also teach the method using found objects etc.
Colour can be added in a variety of ways, and once you start it can become quite addictive. I use it for making tiles or beads which can be attached in a number of ways. In fact, there are lots of uses, so if you are interested in a course or workshop for your guild or group, just get in touch.
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