Karen Jinks Design
Studio 3, Stapleford Granary, Bury Road, Stapleford, Cambridge, CB22 5BP
With over 20 years’ experience working with indie start-ups and creatives as a graphic designer, as well as facilitating community workshops, collaborating with other organisations to create exhibitions and opportunities for fellow artists alongside her day job, artist and designer Karen Jinks now brings all her skills together in one beautiful space to bring joy and colour to others.
Tucked away in the beautiful setting of Stapleford Granary, Karen’s studio is a relaxing, creative space that not only allows her to work on her own vibrant, expressive paintings, but to also share her processes with anyone looking to pursue their own creative dreams.
These are more than ‘just’ painting classes, they are also masterclasses in how to break the spiral of negativity. Karen provides the space and the tools to help her students recognise and unlock what’s already inside them, to immerse themselves in the process of making art, just as she does herself.
Karen’s classes attract a real mix: complete beginners, people who used to paint but stopped because life got in the way, artists stuck in a creative block. Whatever their level of experience, everyone starts in the same place. Karen spends time with each person, getting to know them, what they can and can’t do, why they’re there, and coaches them to explore and develop their own voice and their own creative path. She gives them all the materials they need and permission to experiment. It starts with a mark on a piece of paper – getting some colour down, having fun – simply trying things out.
Karen welcomes visitors to the studio to see the space for themselves and how the classes work, or you can explore the different classes and workshops available on her website.