Trysull & Seisdon WI get creative at Jackfield Tile Museum

Several members visited the museum in the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, where we were warmly greeted by Jennifer Kelleher who is the education manager.

Jennifer showed us into the tile decorating workshop where we were going to try our hand at painting our own tile. There were various folders filled with designs for us to choose from. Once we'd settled on one, we transferred it onto the tile using carbon paper. Next we tubelined the design with clay slip, making a raised line to stop the different colours from running into each other. It was a bit like icing a cake and was quite difficult to get the line smooth and continuous.