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Title: Crafts for Wellbeing – Art and craft workshops in Stanley, Consett, County Durham and north east England

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It was great to be back at Breathing Space in Witton Gilbert this week, this time running a ‘Found Poetry’ workshop.

Found poetry is the art of taking a piece of text, and searching for a poem or sentiment within. Once this has been found, we then illustrate the poem,...


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Last Friday I took some time out for myself and took an online workshop with Colin Woodward on using Derwent Inktense pencils. I use these pencils a lot for precise colour and shading in my Celtic knotwork artwork, but wanted to learn some new techniques with them.

We ...


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Two beautiful hearts made on yesterday’s workshop in the studio. I had a lovely afternoon with my two students, and they both really took to the concept and ran with it! They both designed their own hearts and added extra details as they were working with the metal. Fantastic work, both of you, I love what you both created.


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Above and Below 2026, © 2026 Carrie Dennison, All Rights Reserved

If you’ve been following me for a while, then you’ll know that I always like to take part in the Postcard Art Exhibit each year (formerly known as the Twitter Art Exhibit).. The project was originally set...


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Workshops for February and March are now available to book!

I’m waiting for more dates to be confirmed, but for the moment, these are the workshops that are ready to book now. Keep checking back for the others.

7th February – Metal e...


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