I’m so excited that a kind Dottie Crafter has nominated my Studio for an award!! The Dottie Crafter Studio in Wheathampstead has been nominated in the BEST ART SPACE category in the Muddy Stilettos Awards 2022 (Herts & Beds). I would love it if you could please vote for me by May 20th. The top …
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The Village Pop-Up Shop
Tuesday, 11 May to Sunday, 23 May 2021Wheathampstead, AL4 8BBWelcome to the first Village Pop-Up Shop! Together with lots of other lovely local artists, and curated by the wonderful Robyn, we have opened a pop-up shop on the Wheathampstead High Street this week! My cards and artworks are available to buy along with lots of …
Dottie Commissions
I’ve been really lucky to have been asked by several people to create bespoke works of art for them recently. This has given me a chance to get creative and explore my own art in the Dottie Studio while my lessons are on hold. My most recent commission was for a three-panel canvas. Here are …
Autumn term
We had a lot of fun in our reduced-sized workshops in the Dottie Studio over half term. My Dottie Tweens took part in tonal drawing, pop art celebrity portraits and acrylic painting. We also had fun in my day time adult classes playing with my new technique of lino printing…. and starting to think about …
Fun with lino printing
I’ve been missing my classes and my lovely Dottie family enormously. To keep me busy during lockdown, I’ve been making some handmade lino printed cards (blank inside) with various designs; florals, bees, birds, doggies and Wheathampstead village scenes. Do you need any cards for special occasions? They are £2.50 each or £10 for five. They …
Spring Market (29th March)
I’m really excited to announce that I’ll be running Easter wreath-making workshops at the Wheathampstead Spring Market ! The market is being held on Sunday 29th March from 10am to 4pm in the Wheathampstead Memorial Hall (AL4 8AY) and The Reading Rooms, High Street (AL4 8AA). Booking for the 10.30 am workshop is essential – …
* Christmas 2019 *
A big thank you to everyone who supported me during my first Christmas at the Dottie Crafter. It was lovely to meet lots of new crafters and to help even more people to discover the joys of being creative! It was a crazy few weeks making three different types of festive wreaths. We made rattan …
Summer 2019 at the Dottie Crafter Studio
Wow – what a great summer holiday we had! The Dottie Studio was buzzing all summer with different creative activities, workshops and parties.Creating graffiti-inspired canvases was one of the most popular activities with loads of children taking home their own fabulous artwork for the bedroom walls! Here is some of the amazing work in progress: …
First Dottie evening classes
We recently started our first adult evening classes in the Dottie Studio. At our first session we sketched and painted some gorgeous flowery designs: I had great fun getting ready for the second week – a batik workshop – the ladies had to ’embrace the splotches’…! ..and they really did – look at their beautiful …
Easter 2019 – Cushion making workshops
It’s been a busy Easter holiday at The Dottie Crafter. A fantastic group of kids spent two days with me last week learning how to design and make their own cushions. We learnt the basics of using a sewing machine, graffiti stenciling, tie-dye, appliqué and hand embroidery. I had lots of fun with the studio …
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