Celebrating a 400 year old bridge’s anniversary in Berwick-upon-Tweed
My flight returning from Limoges landed in Leeds/Bradford international and so I used the opportunity to head up to stay with Sandra in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Actually she technically lives in Tweedmouth – but it is still England! It happened to be the 400th anniversary of Berwick Bridge and there all sorts of celebrations. Including a brass band (English) and a highland band (Scottish) as Berwick has changed hands numerous times.
I signed up first for a drawing workshop using brick dust. My efforts aren’t even valiant. They are just plain rubbish! But I went onto a paper making workshop and I loved this. I have used various buttons from a yarn shop on Bridge Street (very nearby the paper shop) to decorate the paper. I have given them to Ollie, Breenies, Harry, Toby, Betsy, Lucy, Tracy, Lev, Michael, Sarah & Lizzy, and Catherine.
Paper making in Jaffa
I had an afternoon in Jaffa paper making with Galina. I had SUCH fun.
Next I am going to explore imprinting paw prints and baby foot prints. Actually I did try and it didn’t work
The process to make handmade paper and the finished, still wet, hand made papers
Before the varnish. The green lime peel didn’t work at all for me so it was cannibalised to strengthen the large piece with bougainvillea flowers.
This time I put in lots of natural products including popcorn, orange peel, rice, sesame seeds, leaves and flowers. I think helped seal some of these papers with Modge Podge clear varnish – gloss. This has made the papers quite heavy.
