Workshop frenzy

 I think 'workshop frenzy' is a misnomer for the title of this post but one of the photos I took of last Friday's workshop shows Gill working like a demon so it seemed apt! Thank you to the group that came and raised funds for the charity Hands Up for Uganda. Let's hope we bought a few more bricks to build something much needed. In return they got a notebook to record the process - so they knew I meant business from the off - and all the materials to walk away with both a soft cover and hard cover version of a coptic stitch notebook. Not everyone finished both books but I know they will be completed at home and all of them were wonderful. I also know they will make more and I love a workshop when you know that everyone just 'gets it'. It really was a lovely day in great company despite snow in Shropshire in late April.

 ..... and just because I want to.... I met a lovely girl at a recent workshop I taught and it was mentioned that she made jewellery related to butterflies. So, I asked if she did moths and she said no but she was up for the challenge. This photo does not do justice to the scale and detail of these two moth brooches I am now the lucky owner of. I sent my photos and this is what Martha came up with. The Elephant Hawk Moth now adorns my printmaking apron (an idea I nicked from a friend!) and the Garden Tiger is waiting for its moment in the spotlight. Guaranteed that if I wear certain pairs of earrings people always stop me and ask where I got them from. If I was wearing these two in the street I think I'd be inundated and would need to ask Martha for a set of business cards! Seriously, this girl is talented and if you have a commission contact here her.