Bug and Jewellery making workshop with Tinkan Designs

What was the title of the activity

• Bug and jewelry making workshops

What art form did you try?

• Jewellery making and small metal sculpture from recycled materials.

Why did you take this workshop?

• Because I was interested in working with metal.

Who taught the event, and what did you learn about the teacher?

• Annabel Neilson taught the event, she has studied fine art-painting, and more recently blacksmithing and metalwork, and is a self-taught jewellery-maker.

Did you create any artwork? Describe it and the processes you undertook when you created it:

• I made a bracelet out of metal it was made of 3 pieces of thick metal wire and a curved piece of metal to connect the metal wire to but before I attached them I had to hammer the ends of the metal wire so that we could get a rivet through it to connect it to the metal plate.
• I also made a strange bug like creature from recycled materials.

List some new skills or ideas you learnt:

• I learnt how to make jewellery and I now better understand how to work with metal.

Did you enjoy the activity? Why?

• I really enjoyed this workshop because I learnt so many new skills.

Where did you share this review?

• On Voice and on YouTube, including photos and a short film.

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