Testimonies

Karen worked with our Year 11 students on a day workshop based on Tetrapak printing and collagraphs. Her presentation was inspirational to the students and her portfolio of work that they saw demonstrated a strong skill and confidence in her style of working.

The workshop was excellently resourced with all the materials provided by Karen - the students really enjoyed getting stuck in with the whole experience. The work the students produced was of a high standard and Karen really pushed them out of their comfort zone and into the experimentation role of exploring and experiencing collagraph techniques alongside the new recycled use of Tetrapak cartons.

An absolutely great, worthwhile workshop that benefitted every individual student. I would highly recommend the workshop to anyone.

Miss K Lea

Head of Art

Newcastle-under-Lyme School

The Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust- of which I am a trustee- has benefited considerably from Karen’s involvement- both in terms of her prints supporting historic building restoration projects though the creation of arresting images and also through her engagement with the public via training classes and by means of exhibitions held in our own historic building during art festivals.

She is a natural communicator putting people to whom she speaks at ease - all ages too.

She is also a natural teacher taking novices through the printing process stage by stage patiently, with explanations and demonstrations and practical help.

All this in her own time and at no cost to my Trust - in fact quite the reverse with her donating much of the sale proceeds from exhibitions to the Trust.

Barry Richard Joyce MBE FSA

Karen delivered printmaking workshops to our Year 10 pupils and off the back of the success of that, I asked her to do a two-day workshop with our Sixth Formers – both were fantastic in terms of Karen’s careful planning and delivery; her extensive teaching experience meant that she engaged quickly with our students and they were genuinely absorbed in what they were doing throughout.

Karen brought her expertise in printmaking and inspired our students with new approaches and practical techniques in collagraph and Tetrapak printing, which they could adapt well to, in short time-frames. The students achieved excellent outcomes, which have become a valuable addition to their coursework projects.

Kate O’Hare BA (Hons)

Head of Art and Photography, Sixth Form Tutor

Trent College and The Elms