What's New
The Magic of Cold Porcelain - New Book
The Magic of Cold Porcelain’ by Shirley Willis. Containing step-by-steps for creating many flowers from cold porcelain paste and a gallery of egg art, this 60 page book was produced exclusively for Linda Martin Egg Designs. (Check out our video on
making flowers as well). Price GBP £14.95. The book is available for download purchases only through the online store, but all these items are available as hard copies (postage extra) if you contact
Linda.
Swan Glide Kit
We have a small quantity of kits available for Linda’s latest swan sleigh design ‘Swan Glide’. This goose egg features a figurine which you will adapt from an existing piece and wig and dress to create an elegant lady. Scroll panels with cut-work are edged in Japanese silk and glittered with a band of pinhead crystals. The kit includes a marked egg, the partially altered figurine, all the materials and paints to complete the design.
Order ‘Swan Glide’ kit for just GBP £50 plus postage by emailing Linda.
CHIFFON FLOWER KIT
Following Verity Hogben’s interesting article on making beautiful flowers using crystal chiffon in Art of the Egg Shell Is-sue 38, we’ve put together a pack of various colours of chiffon, wires, florist tape, stamens and flower petal cutters. Order Flower Kit GBP £9.95.
Contact Linda directly to place your order.
New Book & DVD - Inside the Egg
Struggled with linings in the past? Then you need Linda's new book on techniques. With a look at different fabrics and how to use them, step-by-steps and TEN patterns PLUS a linings DVD included, this book will give you plenty of ideas for your egg art. Contact Linda directly to place your order. Postage inclusive prices as follows
UK: GBP £23.50
ROW: GBP: £29.00
US Only: USD: $39.00
The Art of the Egg Shell Magazine
'Issue 49, due out February (2025) features John Drlik-Mead and his egg art, along with his description of using stained glass to create an amazing stand. Patterns include a greetings egg and beautiful jewelled design'
You can find out how to get your copy including postage around the world by contacting Linda at linda-martin@btconnect.com.
Pattern of the Week
Have you signed up for emailed updates/special offers yet?
Linda can send you information including details of her ‘Pattern of the Week’ simply by sending her your email address and asking to be added to her list.
All patterns can be purchased through our Online Store as downloads.
Join our email list by emailing Linda on:
A New Book - Paper Sculpture in Egg Art
Containing detailed descriptions and step-by step photos of the techniques, along with twelve patterns for eggs of varying levels of difficulty using paper sculpture techniques.
Also included is a one hour DVD showing Linda completing an egg from start to finish.
Order BK 7 for GBP £17.50 plus postage. US price USD $30 including shipping. Payment by card or PayPal.
To order contact Linda by email at linda-martin@btconnect.com or phone 01253 702703 (UK).
Ten Year Retrospective
The Art of the Egg Shell magazine has been inspiring egg artists for over then years and Linda has put together a ‘Ten Year Retrospective’ for you to view free of charge to see first hand the kind of publication that her readers look forward to every quarter.
Check out our Egg Art Online Store for magazine downloads of issues 1-35. Paper copies are still available of most issues for those of you who like to hold a magazine in your hand!
Patterns
Looking for patterns but need to see the images first? We have three pattern catalogues now available:
- Linda’s pattern book totalling over 150 different designs GBP £9.95
- Joan Huff pattern book totalling over 220 different designs GBP £9.95
- American Artist’s pattern book - over 65 patterns by Gloria Harrison, Sharon Arnett and Lori Dagan GBP £5.95
Please note that these books are thumbnail images of the patterns available and do not contain instructions. All Joan Huff patterns will have a large percentage of the cost donated to charity as agreed with Joan’s daughter. Email Linda to find out more or to purchase: linda-martin@btconnect.com
‘Quick’n’Easy Gift Ideas with Eggs Volume II
‘Quick’n’Easy Gift Ideas with Eggs Volume II’ . The long awaited second book of projects which can be completed easily (with a couple of more involved ones) includes the popular ‘Crazy Bird’ and the ’Sherwood Gang’. You can also buy kits for the majority of the 22 designs shown in this book by contacting Linda directly for price and availability.
November 2022 - 10th Anniversary Issue
The November 2022 issue of our quarterly magazine is a bumper 40th anniversary issue with even more patterns than usual and masses of inspiration for your egg art.
Everyone who purchases a copy of this special issue by the end of November will be entered into a draw to win one of three hampers of egg art supplies valued at over GBP £150.
The draw will take place on 1st December 2022 and the winners notified by email/phone.
Regular subscribers will be automatically invoiced, sent this issue and entered into the draw. If you are new to the
magazine and want to get this issue, then contact Linda as quickly as possible to pre-order your copy with your name,
address, contact email or phone number and payment information (we can accept card or PayPal). PayPal invoices will be sent out around mid October.
Prices are shown below for both paper copies and e-copies.
UK: GBP £10.00 including p&p
EU: GBP £13.00 including p&p
ROW: GBP £13.25 including p&p
USA: USD $17.00 including p&p
E-copies: GBP £7.50 or USD $12.00
To place your order contact Linda on 01253 7032703 (UK) or by email at linda-martin@btconnect.com.
New Beginners Kit - Serendipity A or B
Looking for a new hobby, but never tried egg art before? Well you’re in luck because Linda has designed a brand new kit for a complete beginner which should appeal to all ages.
This beautiful goose egg jewellery box kit is supplied with all the materials to complete the project. Your kit will include a half round Swiss needle file to cut your egg, a marked goose egg, gold-plated stand, oval base, hinge, lining fabric, braids, ribbons, sniglets, glitter, cold porcelain rose, paints and written instructions.
As if that isn’t tempting enough, we have a choice of colours to pick from. Still not convinced this is something you’d like to try? Then how about we throw in a full length DVD showing how the egg is made from start to finish so you can see just how simple it can be?
And if you can’t decide which colour to choose, you can always get both!! One for you to keep, one to give as a gift! Order ‘Serendipity A’ or ‘Serendipity B’ when selecting your colour. See our new catalogue for more information!
New Patterns
We are now offering more patterns than ever before… Linda now has over 150 patterns available, not counting ten patterns in some of her books. Many more Joan Huff patterns are now available thanks to permission from her daughter and each sale will result in a donation being made to Save our Spaniels charity.
We also offer patterns by three other American artists - Sharon Arnett, Gloria Harrison and Lori Dagan, bringing our pattern offering to almost 500!
You can purchase booklets of thumbnail colour images of all the patterns we sell to help in your choice. These can also be supplied as e-copies.
