Events + Venue Workshops
KEEP IN THE KNOW
NEWSLETTER
I send a monthly newsletter with news, a bit about what I am getting up to, where I have been, or going to, places I recommend to visit and a little giveaway each month to my loyal subscribers. In return you get to read a rambling newsletter, hopefully of interest and a chance to win tickets to events and a ROCWORX giveaway.
September's subscriber giveaway is a £25.00 gift card to spend on anything in my shop, on kits or on a workshop. The giveway entry ends on 30 September and is only available to UK subscribers. A code will be sent with an e-gift card, emailed to the recipient.
Subscribe below, look for KEEP IN THE KNOW, an email will be sent asking you to confirm you want to sign up so check your spam/junk folders. Then please request the latest newsletter and I'll send it over. To enter the giveaway, follow the instructions in the newsletter. GOOD LUCK!
STUDIO WORKSHOPS.
More information and bookings for studio workshops can be found here
UPCOMING EXTERNAL VENUE WORKSHOPS
MAKE Southwest - A Green Maker Initiative workshop
3 October 2025
10.30 - 16.00
£80
Marble a bauble and Christmas wrapping workshop.
More information and to book here [LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE]
UPCOMING EVENTS.
Festival of Crafts, Farnham Maltings
11-12 October 2025
Displaying the diversity of marbling on paper, textiles and wood.
Workshop Sunday 12 October 2025
Suminagashi ink marbling on paper and card and make a traditional stab-bound stitched Japanese book workshop.
Link to book your workshop here [LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE]
JOY! Christmas Festive Shop, New Brewery Arts, Cirencester
25 October 2025 - 3 January 2026
Exhibiting marbling on textiles and paper for the home.
CRUX, Rattery
28 - 30 November 2025
WONDERWORKS, Chagford
6-7 December 2025
PAST NEWS / EVENTS / WORKSHOPS
BBC Devon Spotlight
24 September 2025
During Devon Open Studios, Devon Artist Network, coordinated a day's filming in my studio with TV presenter and journalist Emma Ruminski from BBC Spotlight.
We spent the day talking about endangered heritage crafts, the history of marbling, my sustainable approach to my materials and the help I have received from a number of organisations since turning professional in 2021 and launching my brand ROCWORX in 2022.
Loved that I could demonstrate how I deconstruct a ballet slipper which are kindly donated by The Royal Ballet and Opera. Proceeds from sales go to Trussell Trust food bank charity. I also demonstrated some basic marbling patterns on to some leather. Emma even made her own Suminagashi ink marbled pattern on paper to take home.
Devon Open Studios
9-21 September 2025
Devon Artist Network's annual open studios. A chance to meet the maker or artist and buy directly from their studio. Demonstrations and workshops for both Suminagashi ink marbling, European heritage pattern marbling and bookbinding.
Craft Festival, Wales
5-7 September 2025
Demonstrations held in beautiful Cardigan Castle, showcasing the diversity of marbling on paper, textiles and wood.
Workshop to ink marble and create a Japanese stab bound book.
The Creative Dimensions Trust Charity, Cockpits Arts, Deptford
13-15 August 2025
Tutoring a group of 14-19 year olds from underprivileged backgrounds, living in London. Heritage crafts of ink and acrylic marbling and simple bookbinding, lantern making and marbled cork key fob making.
Oxford Summer School of Art
7-9 August 2025
Suminagashi, Turkish Ebru and European marbling, creating books and a marbled silk scarf
Craft Festival, Bovey Tracey
Demonstration of Endangered Heritage Craft of Suminagashi Ink Marbling and Ink Marbling Paper and Leatherwork Workshops.
Delamore Arts, Cornworthy
Artizan Gallery Makers Takeover The Stables at Delamore
9-11 May 2025
MAKE Southwest Workshop
02 May 2025
Ink marbling paper and textiles workshop. Create a marbled silk scarf
Native Makers, Plymouth,
Craft Festival, Cheltenham
Demonstration of Endangered Heritage Craft of Suminagashi Ink Marbling
SBS WINNER EVENT
Theo Paphitis Small Business Sunday Awards Ceremony, ICC Birmingham
West Dean College, Chichester
Green Maker Initiative Seconds Sale
West Dean College, Chichester
WONDERWORKS Contemporary Craft Fair, Chagford, Devon
CRUX, Rattery, Devon
22 - 24 November 202410am - 4pmGMI Sustainability Tutors in Schools, SDCC, Ashburton, Devon
YOUNG GMI EXHIBITION MAKE Southwest 12-23 November 2024Green Maker Initiative members worked with local students to create sustainable art. Students created Japanese stitch bound books using sustainable tea bag paper.
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Created Festival, Appledore, N Devon
New event for South West for Contemporary and Heritage Craft Makers.
Chowa Suminagashi Double Overlay Ink Marbled Silk Kimono & Obi. John Ruskin Studio, Brantwood Museum. Summer 2024
Artist Residency: Endangered Heritage Craft Hero, Weald & Downland Living Museum
Craftworks, Shoreditch Town Hall, London Craft Week
13 January 2024
Craftfestival workshops for leather making, a chunky key ring, or a simple, envelope style leather clutch.
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Blue Patch Sustainable Artists Exhibition for Dulwich Open Studios
MAKE Southwest
Under the Tree
25 November 2022 - 28 January 2023
South Hams Arts Forum
Arts Trail, Venue 2
15 - 30 October 2022
SHPOP!
Studio Nine, Totnes
17-22 October 2022
A not-for-profit artist collective of 14 local South Hams artists, making art accessible on the high street, offering a mix of hand craft, jewellery, clothing and art.
South Hams Arts Forum
Contemporary Passions
5 - 17 July 2022
Craftfestival, Bovey Tracey
16th - 19th June 2022
Melville Building, Royal William Yard
7th May 2022
ONWARD
14 April - 30 June 2022
Studio 9 Pop Up, Totnes
Sigrid Verschraeghen
18th - 30th April 2022
Just a Card + Handmade Hour
Visibility Fair
23rd- 27th March 2022
The Great Charity Pottery and Print Fair
5-6 March 2022
A collaborative partnership between Manchester Art Gallery and Blue Patch, a national social enterprise, which enabled British sustainable small brands to sell products through the gallery's Happy Planet Eco-Store.
Modbury Spring Fair
22 - 23 May 2021
