Simply Seashells Class

 

We spent a lovely afternoon last week with shells, seaglass and sea pottery, creating wonderful works of art.

After discussing papers, glues and the best accessories to use, everyone had a practice with the sea treasures on gift cards, which is a good way to practice handling the glue.

Circular and heart templates were used in this class

As always cake was served, today was banana and walnut loaf cake

There were some seaglass identification books out and a selection of my previous work for inspiration

One of our ladies had some very old family shells in the loft from Kenya which she thought would be much better on the wall in a box frame than in the loft.

Here are the finished works of art, not fully framed as the glue needs to stick a bit more!

It's such a lovely and relaxing class, our next one is on Friday 7 June in the morning 10am - 12:30pm, £40.  Bookings will be open soon on the website HERE 

Simply Seashells Class

We had a lovely start to the week with 7 in for a Simply Seashells Class.

Some ladies had bought their own shells with them to personalise their artwork.

After a practice session making gift cards and getting used to the glue and shells, it was time to choose a circle or square template.

Using a really good quality thick paper everyone started to create their patterns or abstract pictures.

Gingerbread, tea and coffee was served.

This was my speediest group to date!  They made excellent pictures,

We finished with some festive creations, I have ALOT of green seaglass!

We will be back for more Simply Seashells creations for Valentines in February.

Thursday 8 February

10am - 12:30pm

£40

Book Here - the date will be on the website soon

Simply Seashells Class

During our August Pop Up Pop In Week we held our first Simply Seashells class.

It was a really fun and relaxing way to spend a few hours.

Using shells, seaglass and sea pottery collected from Cornwall, we learnt about glues, papers and the best way to apply the treasures.  Some people bought their own beach combed treasures with them to use in their picture, which is a lovely way to make it more personal.

Starting with some greeting cards to get used to the glue and pressure needed, we then moved on to our main picture, where we chose shapes, mount and colour of frame.  So many decisions!

Fuelled by cake, tea and coffee, there were some amazing pictures created as you can see below.

Bambi and her 2 little ones were in the garden too which was lovely to see, you can just see one of them on the grass in the photo below!

We have two more Shell Classes coming up at Treetops in the Autumn Term 

12 October or 4 December

10am - 12:30pm

£40 

(to include all materials, box frame and refreshments)

Book HERE

"I really enjoyed the class, the company, beautiful setting and delicious cake was great, I am totally inspired to create some more shell pictures" - K

Simply Seashells is run by Emily and she will be at the October Renartgades Market in Newbury at The Waterside Centre from 10am - 4pm, selling a selection of pictures and cards.

Simply Seashells can make commissions especially for you, either using some of your collected beach treasure, this is a great idea for a special picture to remember a lovely holiday or honeymoon, or her own shells and seaglass collected from Cornwall and Devon.

The above photo is a finished picture created for a bathroom using shells collected over the years in Portugal, such gorgeous colours.  The finished artworks are all natural, no varnishes or colours are used.

Click on the link above to the Simply Seashells website to contact Emily.