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Last night I went to a Creative Calderdale’s first birthday party which was absolutely brilliant!  I am so impressed with my local council for supporting all the creative people in the Halifax and surrounding areas and this event was another great example.  I was one of a number of people who had stands to promote their work which gave me a great opportunity to talk non-stop about my favourite topic - glass.  Everyone there was interested in creativity which meant I had a ready made audience of people who wanted to know more about all the different courses that I run.  I am so used to being at craft fairs and the like which can be really long and tedious, but this event was the complete opposite.  We weren’t given a chair to sit on and we didn’t need them - the time just flew by because I was having so much fun talking to so many different people about glass.  And I bumped into so many people that I already know - my accountant, a student who has booked in for a stained glass course on Saturday, a friend from running and then lots of familiar looking faces.  A great networking event and lots of fun as well - well done Calderdale!

The last few weeks have flown by so quickly and as usual I am juggling, juggling, juggling!  I ran my first set of evening classes in June in fused glass which were great fun.  I had 1 student who has done quite a bit of fused glass before and came on my 2 day course in May, and the other student was totally new to glass.  I was a little apprehensive for my class, worrying about how to teach 2 people different things at the same time, but once we got started it was great.  They each had different techniques to learn each week, but were really interested in each other’s work and fed of eachother’s ideas.  I quickly realised that I didn’t need to be quite so worried about having formal instruction each week and we all finished each lesson in high spirits and feeling highly motivated and inspired.  By the last lesson they were desparate for more classes so now I’ve decided to go with “pay as you go” evening classes.  This means that I can fit lessons in around my personal commitments without having to worry about necessarily having 4 consecutive weeks and my students can fit in lessons around their own commitments and not have to fork out if they are on holiday or just want 1 or 2 lessons per month.  It will also mean that over time, they will get to have lessons with different students, which should make things more fun and interesting for everyone.

Should you be interested in attending one of my courses please don’t hesitate to get in touch

The highlight of the last month was being accepted for Art in the Pen again this year.  For some reason I was convinced that I would be turned down, so when I got the acceptance letter, I was quite stunned by my own reaction - lots of screaming, singing and dancing around the dining room!  I think we can all deduce that I was pleased!  So, make sure you all come and say hello to me in Skipton on 13th & 14th August  - http://www.artinthepen.org.uk/HOME.html 

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