Once again I have had a busy few weeks in my craft workshop, the most popular class at the moment seems to be silver clay – which is fab as I get to make pieces along with my students and so have had the opportunity to build my skills and try out new things – mainly inspired by the new Sue Heaser book on charms, which is on offer at the Works at the moment. I love Sue Heaser books, she is my silver clay inspiration! I have also run several enamelling classes and even a combination of the two at FSC Flatford Mill, which is always a fabulous weekend combining crafts, cake and lovely Constable landscapes – it was even Constables birthday so we had a brass band accompaniment! Anyway enough chat for now I will add some photos of work done in classes and later this week I will post up the summer school dates which are booking fast! Happy Crafting in the sunshine today. #Craftclasseswith Toni #Learnsomethingnew #Learnmagicalsilverclay #Creatingenamelledjewellery
Just preparing for this week’s needlefelting class when I happened to glance at the calendar. I have 7 confirmed classes this month, including every one of the different classes I teach – Enamelling, Feltmaking, Flamework, Encaustic Art and Silver Clay, I am so chuffed with this. Speaking of which, I must get back to the workshop I have a whole https://laparkan.com/buy-accutane/ pile of Merino wool tops lying in a pile and they won’t sort themselves. If you are interested in any of my classes 
I have lots of class information available on my website 
I’ve been a bit quiet of late, having been on a week’s intensive teaching level 3 course in Shrewsbury and now desperately trying to get the assessments in by 15th December. What it means for you is that I have 
joined me today to try out making flamework beads – glass beads made using a hot head torch. We went through various stages, from making a basic donut shaped bead, to pulling stringer, shaping and even trying out the bead presses. Gayle took to the techniques straight away, I can’t wait to see her beads once they come out of the kiln.
Sue and Sheila joined me on Wednesday for their first enamelling class, a great way to spend a day, particularly in light of that http://laparkan.com/buy-tadalafil/ day’s politics. We tried out various techniques including swirling. I think the ladies did a great job of fusing glass to metal, don’t you? 
I was lucky enough to meet the Crafty Sew and Sews of Writtle in May when I first introduced them to Encaustic art, they had so much fun that they invited me back… this time I introduced a Christmassy theme. Encaustic art is so quick http://laparkan.com/buy-sildenafil/ that it is perfect for painting Christmas cards, as you can get a lot done in a relatively short amount of time, plus the cards are always eyecatching! Thanks for another lovely evening ladies…shame about the tea though! 😉