Where am I?

Curly-Girly Crafts is based in Colchester, Essex.

Forthcoming Craft Events
I will be selling enamelled jewellery, craft kits, encaustic artwork and encaustic supplies at the following events.
 

Guild of Essex Craftsmen Events

8th and 9th March

Hylands House, Chelmsford

10 - 5pm

25th/26th May

Thames Chase Forest Centre

Upminster

10 - 5pm

24th/25th August

Cressing Temple Barns, Braintree

10.30 - 5.30pm

8th/9th November

Hylands House, Chelmsford

11 - 5pm

STOP PRESS

Belstead House

My encaustic cards and enamelled jewellery are now available for purchase at Belstead House, Ipswich.

I will be teaching Enamelling and Encaustic Art at Belstead House in 2008.

2008 Dates are as follows:

5th April - Encaustic Art

14th June - Enamelling

12th July - Enamelling

22nd November - Encaustic Art

Dates for 2009!

Saturday 10^th January - Enamelling for Beginners

Saturday 14^th February - Encaustic Art for Beginners

Saturday 2^nd May - Enamelling for Beginners - Further Techniques

Saturday 4^th July - Exploring Card Making Ideas

All classes are suitable for beginners and can be booked directly via Belstead House.

I will also be running an Encaustic Art weekend course at Urchfont Manor, Devizes from 5-7th December 2008.  Book from the Urchfont Manor college directly.

Encaustic Work

I first discovered encaustic art (the art of painting with molten wax, using amongst other things a specially designed iron!) at the NEC in Birmingham and went straight home and ordered myself a kit (via my husband) for Christmas.  At first I tinkered with my iron using the Michael Bossom's encaustic books as my guide, then I discovered the Encaustic Art Trainer's Network.  I have now been an encaustic trainer since October 2003, after successfully completing  the T1 Basic Techniques course.  Since then I have run many two-hour beginner's courses, covering such topics as abstracts, building landscapes and exploring encaustic techniques.  To find out more about the encaustic lessons I provide click here. 

My Gallery

Above (left to right):  Art Nouveau collage (size approx A6).  Castle in the Sky - hotplate work (A3).  Spooky Castle - using scribing tool to pull out details (A6).  Dragon's Homeland - using rubber stamps to add focus (A6).

Above (left to right):  Don't go out in that - air blown skies, hotplate and stylus work (A4).  By the lake - iron and stylus work (A6).  Abstract Flowers - hotplate and air blown (A3).