We are just over half way into our spring series of evening craft classes at Swallow Studios and I must say I am really enjoying them. Colette teaches feltmaking on Tuesday, I teach tapestry weaving on Wednesday and Louise teaches silk-painting on Thursdays. And that is what has spured me to get blogging about it tonight.
Being a weaver I generally work with ’straight lines’ on the loom which I do love, but oh how participating in the classes is freeing and encouraging my creative juices in other directions. I just love the felting, still working with fibre but it is so different. And tonight I painted in a very loose and free way and that is just a great feeling, . For me doing these classes is about having some fun in what is my daily work environment, and I think the other participants are enjoying it too. And teaching the class in tapestry weaving has re-introduced me to a weaving technique that really lends itself to experimentation, so once again I am enjoying it, the teaching as much as learning!
I must sign off now but next week I am planning to take some pics of what we have been up to here in the evenings at Swallow Studios so watch this space.
Nite nite
Liz
I recently decided to take my LizzyC Sheep Brooches a step further and develop them into a range of greeting cards which I could sell on the internet. So yesterday I sat perched in the sun armed with my watercolours and brushes and set about designing my first card, aptly named “An Irish Woolly Jumper”. Each card has a magical little sheep brooch attached.
So you can take a look on the website and I’d love to hear what you think of it!
Hi, at long last I have got around to getting my new ‘award winning’ collection of handweaves up onto my website today, and you can take a look by clicking on Celtic Tweed Collection.
Designed with the next Autumn Winter season in mind, somehow today seemed like the day to do the work! It is mighty cold and blustery here, and May or not, I will be wrapping up when heading out into it 
To find Swallow Studios on your SAT NAV the GPS co-ordinates are as follows:
N 54* 09. 922′
W 006* 47.800′
