About My Workshops

I do not yet run my own site, I post workshops wherever I am asked or invited to. Currently I run workshops at Willowing & Friends, Deb & Company and Shabby Cottage Studios. If you would like me to do a workshop for your site, please contact me.

My workshops don’t have a closing date, you can sign up anytime you like and work at your own pace. I keep an eye on all my workshops daily, so if you need to ask for help, critiques or just want a chat, I’m always around.* Click here to read some of the student comments I’ve received so far.

Most of my workshops are available to purchase through Artfire, where you can pay with Paypal or a credit without creating an account and in your own currency.

Struggle with streaming or downloading videos?

If you live somewhere that video streaming is restricted, I can send the workshop in basic DVD format for you to transfer to your computer, just ask. Likewise, if you have a really poor internet connection and find that you cannot download the files, I can send them on DVD. Please note that this is only a data DVD with the class files on, it is not a professionally produced DVD created as a saleable product.

*Please note that I am UK based and my timezone is GMT. Although I’m a bit of a night owl I may not be available immediately during the majority of USA evening and replies to Australian/NZ queries may take up to 15 hours.

Bookbinding 2: The Art of Measuring & Stitching (Self-Paced) – $45

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This is the second in a series of three Workshops.

Suitable for absolute beginners of all ages – younger children should be supervised when using sharp tools and blades

Have you ever wanted to learn how to bind books but it looks too complicated and expensive?

Then you need this series of workshops – ‘Bookbinding 1-2-3′

• Bookbinding 1: Tools, Materials & Techniques
• Bookbinding 2: The Art of Measuring & Stitching
• Bookbinding 3: Getting Creative & Doing Your Own Thing

In this follow up workshop to the popular ‘Bookbinding 1′ we’ll be concentrating on sewing and measuring techniques that you’ll be able to take forward into much more difficult classes later on. Building basic techniques now will help you keep your work neat, tidy and professional and allow you to concentrate on learning more complicated styles more easily.

For a minimum of expense and with no experience you can make a simple, multi-signature book with a pretty hand sewn binding and a great, collaged, mixed-media cover that can be adapted for any occasion.The book in the title bar above is the actual one we will be making in class.

Once you see how easy it is to put a good quality book together you’ll wonder why you haven’t tried it before!

Course includes:-

• 8 online videos (135 minutes in total)
• 5 page instructional pdf with templates
• access to online group with discussion forum and gallery
• one-to-one online tutor assistance when required

all available from day 1.

Bookbinding 1: Tools, Materials & Techniques (Self-paced) – $45

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This is the first in a series of three Workshops.

Suitable for absolute beginners of all ages – younger children should be supervised when using sharp tools and blades

Have you ever wanted to learn how to bind books but it looks too complicated and expensive?

Then you need this series of workshops – ‘Bookbinding 1-2-3′

• Bookbinding 1: Tools, Materials & Techniques
• Bookbinding 2: The Art of Measuring & Stitching
• Bookbinding 3: Getting Creative & Doing Your Own Thing

In the first workshop we’ll learn the techniques involved in creating simple, glue bound and hand sewn bindings, with a minimum of expense and no experience. We’ll be recycling materials we already have around our homes to create beautiful books and re-purposing tools from other projects. Professional tools and materials can come later when you decide you love bookbinding and want to take it even further. For now, we’ll just keep it simple and work with what we have to hand to the best of our abilities.

Think of it like a challenge to exercise both the left and the right side of your brain – all you need is a little imagination and someone to show you how. The title bar above shows the 3 books we will make in this class (plus 1 additional variation not shown).

Course includes:-

• 6 online videos (100 minutes in total)
• 10 page instructional pdf with templates
• access to online group with discussion forum and gallery
• one-to-one online tutor assistance when required

all available from day 1.

Art Journal Workshop: Eve to Eve (Self-Paced) – $65

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Eve to Eve Materials List (Right Click and ‘Save As’ to Download)

There’s a little magic in all of us and it’s time we let it out! Some of us know instinctively how to tend a plant or a sick child, others can befriend any animal, still others know colour magic and can create a beautiful ensemble whether it’s in the lounge or out of the wardrobe. Maybe you can work magic in the kitchen, always getting the bread to rise just so or you can weave beautiful works from thread, paint or words.

Course includes:-

• 21 downloadable videos (729 minutes in total)
• 30 page instructional pdf
• access to online group with discussion forum and gallery
• one-to-one online tutor assistance when required

all available from day 1.

Bookbinding Workshop: Cryptic Coptic (Self-Paced) – $25

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Cryptic Coptic Materials List (right click and ‘save as’ to download)

This is a coptic binding workshop in which we will be demistifying the sewn journal technique. Using simple and cheap tools we will create a coptic bound journal with optional covered spine. Coptic binding is not easy to understand from diagrams, but it’s not actually that difficult to do.

This course will be a ‘study at your own pace’ course and I will be on hand to answer any queries or offer assistance.

Course includes:-

• 5 downloadable videos (197 mins total)
• 9 page instructional pdf
• access to online group with discussion forum and gallery
• one-to-one online tutor assistance when required

all available from day 1.

Click here to view samples of the kind of books you can create from this workshop.

Art Journal Workshop: Use Your Words (Self-Paced) – $65

What?! Art journals are supposed to be fun, creatively free places to spill out and do whatever you like without fear of making mistakes . All you need to write in your journal is some techniques to help you put that little voice back in its box and put your journalling onto your page.

In this ‘study at your own pace’ workshop you’ll learn 10 different ways to put writing of all sorts onto your page. Interesting ways to write about your day, your dreams, healing themes, your family & friends and much more. Plus, each week we’ll look at a practical way to incorporate writing onto your art, rather than just slapping it on as an afterthought because you feel you ‘ought to’. That’s 15 different techniques in all!

Course includes:-

• 15 downloadable videos (330 minutes in total)
• 25 page instructional pdf
• access to online group with discussion forum and gallery
• one-to-one online tutor assistance when required

all available from day 1.