Parchment Craft Guild Area Coordinators

The Parchment Craft Guild Area Coordinators
Kathleen Shield Area Coordinator for the North East kathleen.shield@googlemail.com
Bonnie Kramrisch Area Coordinator for the North West bonniekramrisch@tiscali.co.uk	Bonnie has been working in parchment craft ever since qualifying as a Pergamano tutor 15 years ago. She teaches a number of classes each month and always welcomes new people. Bonnie joined the Guild, of which she is now a Graduate, and tries to attend exhibitions and events in order to keep in touch with new ideas. She is always willing to help anyone who contacts her.
Rosie Buik Area Coordinator for Scotland rosiebuik@btinternet.com	Rosie has been been doing parchment craft for 12 years and works in two craft shops, one in Letham, Angus and the other in Perth. She enjoys being a tutor and the varied travelling to parchment craft event meetings with the many friends throughout the world. Rosie is married with two children and her husband gives her a lot of support and travels with her to most events. She is looking forward to doing more work to promote the craft in Scotland.
Sharon Canning Area Coordinator for the South sharoncanning@btinternet.com	Sharon is a registered Pergamano tutor and, alongside teaching in a local shop and at home, runs a parchment club which meets on the first Saturday of every month in Bridgemary Methodist Church, Gosport. Members get together from midday onwards to share news and views, and to use a new project each month to explore the creative possibilities of the craft and put their individual stamps on their work. This more expressive and experimental aspect is not always possible in formal classes. Sharon is always interested in learning more of what others are doing with the craft and welcomes any news. She is also prepared to share her experiences. She has found that the parchment community is a marvellous way of building up friendships and would like to see the networks for exchanging ideas and inspiration extended. Sharon looks forward to hearing from you
Purnima (Penny) Panchal Area Coordinator for the Midlands ppanchal@fsmail.net
Jo Whight PR Secretary and Area Coordinator for the South East jowhight@hotmail.com	Jo lives near Ipswich in rural Suffolk with her husband and 14 year-old daughter and works as a nurse in general practice. She is studying for a degree in her spare time and also teaches parchment craft classes, one to one, and some by correspondence. Jo is heavily involved in one of the online parchment groups, which she is very passionate about as it aims to promote not only parchment but friendship, tolerance and understanding across geographical and cultural boundaries. Jo joined the Guild in 2001/2002 after her husband took her to a Guild exhibition in Birmingham. This was the first time she had seen really good parchment work and learned so much in a couple of hours of just walking around watching and looking at the work of some of the Fellows of the Guild. Their work has always inspired her, specially painting on parchment, which Jo still finds the most relaxing aspect of parchment. Jo left the exhibition with her first set of exam papers under her arm. In 2005 Jo became a registered tutor with Pergamano. She passed her Guild Fellow exam in 2009.
Celia Preston Area Coordinator for the South West c.preston08@btinternet.com	Celia served as an instructor and commissioned officer with the TA (army cadets) for 24 years and a SW region officer for the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme. In 1997 she became a Pergamano teacher and a ParchCraft Australia (PCA) tutor in 2002. She passed her Affiliate Guild paper in 2004 and is now slowly working towards the Associate level. Celia runs three small classes (fortnightly) at her home in Taunton and a workshop/teaching one Saturday a month. She also organises coaches to large parchment exhibitions.
Marcia Wood-Krentz Area Coordinator for South Wales marcia@parchmentcraftguild.co.uk	Marcia lives in Swansea with her husband and has been parchmenting since 2003. She obtained her PCA tutors diploma in 2008 and became a registered Pergamano tutor in 2009. She passed her Graduate exam in 2010. Marcia teaches weekly classes.