New work, new student

December 15, 2009

I have had a lovely couple of days teaching an introduction to art clay silver to an enthusiastic student.  Margaret has produced some beautiful work.  The top leaf shaped piece is her first and is oxidised.  For her second project she chose to make these beautiful earrings which she then enhanced using the keum boo […]

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Crafts at the Castle

December 1, 2009

I have been down to Warwick this weekend for the annual ‘Crafts at the Castle’ craft fair. This year the stands were all inside the beautiful rooms of the castle, so it had a great atmosphere. Here is a photo of the Great Hall taken at a quiet moment. My sister Ceri helped me, so […]

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Memento for the plant collector’s wife

November 22, 2009

I have at last got a photograph of this big necklace ‘Memento for the Plant Collector’s wife’. It is one of my pieces for my residency at Whitby museum and is inspired by the collections of herbaria. The herbaria are very beautiful and fragile collections of Victorian pressed plants and flowers. Earlier in the year […]

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Equipment

November 17, 2009

Today I have gone completely mad and ordered a new torch for glass bead making. I have emptied and cleaned the silver smithing hearth and extended it to make room for my new bead making place and am really looking forward to all the new equipment arriving. I did carry on and make a few […]

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Spring returns necklace

November 12, 2009

Here is the necklace which was part of the set of accessories submitted to the contest in Japan showing the front and the reverse. This was inspired by a Japanese printed book in Whitby Museum and at the time I designed and made it I had a small Japanese cherry blossom in flower in my […]

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Exhibited in Japan

November 12, 2009

Today I received a small package of work returned from exhibition in Japan. The two pieces of jewellery were entered for the Silver Accessories Contest 2009 and although didn’t win anything there were selected for exhibition and included in the exhibition catalogue. This was very exciting for me as this was the first time I […]

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Autumn

November 5, 2009

I have spent quite a long time today sorting out glass beaded jewellery ready to send off for an exhibition. I have also been thinking about a new website, although difficult to decided whether to just stick with the very simple thing I have and keep on with the blog alongside it. I have also […]

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Beadwork

November 3, 2009

Today I have been in to the museum and had a lovely discussion with one of the volunteers on the curatorial team about this beautiful beaded purse. Inside was a small handwritten label saying that is is North American Indian Eastern Woodlands Culture. It is made of what seems to be a felt like black […]

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Inspired by heritage

November 2, 2009

I have finished off one of my pieces for my Inspired by heritage residency project today. This bracelet is inspired by a number of objects from the museum collection of Whitby Museum. The patterns on both sides of the pieces are made using photo polymer plates. I have made the plates from photographs of objects […]

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Holiday time

November 2, 2009

I have just had a brilliant holiday in Rome which has to be one of my favourite places. My partner and I worked out that it was the sixth time we had visited Rome and it is really great to be able to find your way around. One of the things I love is that […]

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