Liz Wellby - Artist, Teacher & Maker

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The Slipper Studio
Carsington
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 4BY

Liz Wellby - Artist, Teacher & Maker

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Liz Wellby - Artist, Teacher & Maker's Courses

Create beautiful paper sculpture in Derbyshire

Create beautiful paper sculpture in Derbyshire

Join Liz Wellby at her beautiful studio on the edge of the Peak District, for a creative and relaxing day learning how to create a range of paper sculptures. Starting with simpler techniques and creating smaller pieces, you will gradually increase the complexity and scale, enabling you to take home a range of completed outcomes. This creative workshop is suitable for all abilities and those with a range of creative experiences. The Slipper Studio is beautifully presented with handcrafted workbenches, a wood burner and views down into the village. About...

Create fabulous & festive wire birds in Derbyshire

Create fabulous & festive wire birds in Derbyshire

Apologies in advance for mentioning anything that is even vaguely festive, but makers do need to plan ahead and create lovely festive opportunities for you. To get your festive to do list firmly on track, join Liz Wellby at her Derbyshire studio in November and learn how to make beautiful birds using vintage papers and wire to decorate your home this Christmas. If you can part with them, they will make lovely gifts. There’s every chance that your little flock of birds might keep you company throughout the winter months,...

Create hand printed tea towels and tote bags in Derbyshire.

Create hand printed tea towels and tote bags in Derbyshire.

Join artist, teacher and maker Liz Wellby at The Slipper Studio, for a creative and relaxing day. If you have ever considered designing and creating something to use in your home or thought about making personalised gifts for your family and friends, this is the workshop for you. Simply bring along your design ideas or images, patterns and shapes and learn how to translate these into a design, before cutting a stamp using Essdee Master Cut and printing your design. We will initially create paper and card based products, such...

Create with a gel printing plate in Derbyshire

Create with a gel printing plate in Derbyshire

Derbyshire - Next course on 14th March 2020

Gel printing plates are a lively and instant product to create monoprints, with the advantage that they don’t require the use of a printing press. Each print is unique and this highly adaptable process invites experimentation. Gel printing plates look and feel like gelatin, but are durable, reusable and store at room temperature; they come in a range of sizes and shapes, are easy to clean with mild soap and water or baby wipes and are always ready for printing. They are used in conjunction with acrylic paints and need...

Experimental printmaking in Derbyshire inspired by mid century design

Experimental printmaking in Derbyshire inspired by mid century design

Derbyshire - Next course on 7th March 2020

Taking our inspiration from a number of design sources, including mid-century design and the work of contemporary printmakers Jenni Douglas and Jane Ormes, we will explore pattern through mark making, drawing and collage, with a mixed media approach. Composition will be developed as we create our own printing blocks and stamps, before we refine our ideas and create a series of lino cuts. This workshop will suit folks who are new to printmaking or those with some experience who wish to try something of a more experimental nature. Liz Wellby...

New - Kitchenalia - exploring the ordinary with line and wire in Derbyshire

New - Kitchenalia - exploring the ordinary with line and wire in Derbyshire

Derbyshire - Next course on 26th April 2020

If you are a keen cook, you are sure to have a fine collection of kitchenalia in your home, with pots and drawers rammed full of whisks, fish slices and ladles. We value them for their practical use to help use create our favourite dishes, but I feel we should also look at the satisfying range of shapes and forms in their design. Who can resist a set of 1960’s utensils with their lovely painted handles? Join me at The Slipper Studio on Sunday 26th April to explore the shapes...

New - Birds on Wire - creating small sculptures in Derbyshire

New - Birds on Wire - creating small sculptures in Derbyshire

Derbyshire - Next course on 8th February 2020

Post Christmas and New Year, February can be a challenging time of the year and so is the perfect time to book a workshop and learn some new skills. Join me at The Slipper Studio on the edge of the Peak District for a relaxing and creative day. Fine and flexible wire is a lovely material to work with, enabling you to create characterful objects, with a drawn-like quality to them and all without causing harm to your hands. You will learn how to create a range of small and...

New - Inspired by Tiles - lino cutting and printing in Derbyshire

New - Inspired by Tiles - lino cutting and printing in Derbyshire

Derbyshire - Next course on 25th April 2020

A visit to the Birmingham City Art Gallery in the winter of 2018, started me thinking about developing a lino cutting and printing workshop inspired by the fine collection of Arts and Crafts ceramics we saw; the colours, patterns and designs of the William de Morgan tiles were particularly impressive and hugely inspirational. Join me at The Slipper Studio and create your own lino cuts Inspired by Tiles. With a huge range of imagery to choose from, it might make decision making tricky; will it be ornate insects, a mythical...

The First Cut - lino cutting for beginners & rusty printmakers

The First Cut - lino cutting for beginners & rusty printmakers

Derbyshire - Next course on 15th February 2020

Join artist, teacher and maker Liz Wellby for a creative and relaxing day at The Slipper Studio. Lino cutting and printing is a very enjoyable process that can be explored at our kitchen tables and requires the minimum of specialist equipment. Many of us may remember creating our first lino cut during our Art lessons at secondary school. If you are looking to learn a new creative skill, but need a process that can be “picked up and put down” and fitted around a busy life, this may well be...