The last couple of weeks have been consumed with tennis in my household and a few little bits in between including two sports days at school (at least I’ll only have to do the Mum’s race once next year!)
I’m now tackling the garden before my silver clay students arrive next week and have to fight through the Forbidden Forest to get to the workshop!
Thought I’d share my glass fish beads that I made recently – any thoughts on what to make with them?
This is the 3rd Summer school here at CG Crafts, inspired by a lovely American lady (Annette) who came over to the U.K and asked to do all of my classes, if I could fit her in! The rest is history.
Avoid the summer crowds and have fun learning new crafts with Toni Peers!
Book as many or few classes as you choose. Spaces booking fast!
16th August Encaustic art (molten wax) 10 – 12.30pm £50
17th August Needle felting 10 – 1pm £55
17th August Flamework (Making glass beads) 2 – 5pm £55
18th August Silver Clay 10 – 2.30pm includes 10g of silver clay £75
19th August Enamelling day 10 – 3.30pm £69
If you can’t make these dates then get in touch I do dates and times to suit. Email me
I also teach at other venues in and around Essex so do take a look at those classes too.
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
So another busy week here at Curly Girly Crafts, having made 2 birthday cakes for one of my daughers last week (yes only one of them had a birthday) I am now back to getting some admin done. I have confirmed some new dates with Abberton Reservoir and The Naze (both EWT) so do take a look at new dates, I have also added some CG Crafts dates. Now I working on examples for my fish bead/sculptural animals class. If you are interested in any of my classes, which can be tailored to suit, just email me.
It has been another couple of busy months here at Curly Girly Crafts, which has been fabulous. I love the variety of the crafts that I teach and you’ve all kept me on my toes – I have run a variety of classes from encased Flamework beads to teaching a lovely couple (Lucy and Sam) how to make their own silver wedding rings using PMC3 – I think you’ll agree they http://www.honeytraveler.com/buy-diflucan/ made an excellent job. Enamelling has once again proved very popular, Kim bought her husband along on the weekend and results were brilliant. I look forward to sharing more student work soon. If you are interested in any of these classes please get in touch.
Want to know more about Encaustic art? I’ve made a you tube video which can hopefully be accessed if you click here to go to my youtube channel link. Or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVfKL7gjdVXjpQkQU9P9-Pw
It has been so lovely to get through the cold months by sharing my craft experience with so many students. I was delighted to see the monotones in the teardrop enamelled pieces and some of the textures created on the silver clay were amazing. Speaking of texture, we had great fun making felt at Abberton Reservoir on Saturday – some tea cosies, I pad covers and even little friends were made.
Finally today I had the chance to be a little creative myself, using the fabulous ‘Passing the Flame’ as inspiration I made this little fish bead out of glass. Now back to my creative writing class before school pickup, filming my daughter for the Beano and getting ready for the next classes coming up!
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 email me for dates to suit, they are great value and there’s plenty of tutor time, plus a good deal of putting the world to rights, tea and biscuits too!
Just a little video of me doing some flamework (making glass beads). Pictured here is my hothead torch, which runs off of propane gas. I am making a blended dot bead with clear encasing. As you can probably hear the torch is a bit loud but you get used to it. It is so addictive, just watching this makes me want to get outside and make some more beads. If you fancy a class get in touch £55 for one person and £95 for 2, it’s a 3 hour session which usually gives you time to make around 8 beads each. My studio is based in Colchester.
I have lots of class information available on my website www.curly-girly.co.uk, where you can also book gift vouchers for a friend, or even better get a friend to book for you! You can also email me about this. Vouchers come with a personalised gift letter describing class options and who sent it! I teach Enamelling (see picture), Encaustic art, Feltmaking, Flamework (Making glas beads with a hot head torch) and Silver Clay, all of which make fabulous experiences for those who love crafting.
I also have 2 new venues to teach at in Walton-on-the-Naze in 2017, so if you live in that area do get in touch.
Don’t forget my Etsy shop with handcrafted items available for sale. My work continues to be sold at Thames Chase Forest Centre -until the end of this year. Or if you are local to Colchester, get in touch and you can come and have a look at my handcrafted items here at Curly Girly Crafts HQ.
It just leaves me to say have a fabulous and festive, crafty season.
Many thanks for your support in 2016.
Toni
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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 http://www.health-canada-pharmacy.com additional ideas for classes, resources and how to develop your skills! Plus if I pass I hope to seriously speak to adult education providers about running regular classes. I will keep you posted.
Gayle 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.