Last year I was lucky enough to be asked to do a kid's guide book for the World Heritage Site of the lovely city of Durham. I kinda fell in love with the place...hopefully the pics below give an idea why...
Even luckier, they keep asking me back! The most recent trip was a couple of weekends back, when I was asked to muck in with the WHS Visitor Centre team for a weekend of family workshops. I worked with the kids (and parents and staff!) making illuminated letters, mythical beasts and most popular of all ....BADGES!
I bought a badgemaking machine, which turned out to be a very shrewd investment ... people could do their own designs, get me to draw something for them or do their initials in swanky medieval calligraphy (all with optional gold detailing as I had gold leaf too...). As you can imagine that was me pretty much taken care of for the weekend! Look at the photo above...not even P Diddy can boast of gold dandruff.
As you can see, in addition to drawing I also got to indulge my twin passions for looking gormless and wearing tudor hats..below you will see me just about managing to make said hat levitate..
Also, much to my amazement people starting asking me to sign their guidebooks....finally my moment in the sun!! I would like to say a massive thankyou to all at Durham World Heritage Site Visitor Centre (staff and visitors) for a cracking weekend, and for making me feel so welcome...again!
