This is a necklace that I completed recently for a custom order There are several different shades of reds used here, some are translucent. Each bead is a single colour. It’s amazing how many different shades of red glass are available.
For the second time around I have been experimenting with making glass leaves on wire, effectively a glass head pin. (A head pin is often used in beaded jewellery; it is a metal wire with something on one end that prevents the beads from falling off.) My first attempt at Read more…
I have been working on a new line of jewellery: wire-wrapped rings featuring my lampwork beads. I’ve also been experimenting with my photos, trying to find a slightly reflective background.
Okay, it’s time to push myself out there again. I’ve booked some gallery space and sent out the invitations. We’re gonna have a party! Here is the invitation. It’s a bit hard to read here, so click on it to view a bigger version. You can also download the PDF Read more…
This lovely necklace was made by Kate from CatsEye using my purple honeycomb lampwork beads. Great design, Kate! And thanks for the photo.
Trying to psyche myself up for the next round of marketing/promotion/PR. Ugh. Okay. Don’t dwell on the ugh-ness of it. Just think about ways and means. Besides the newsletter that I still haven’t gotten around to writing, I’ve been looking into ESellerAds. As far as I can figure out, ESellerAds Read more…
I was getting a bit fed up with apologising for my website because it hadn’t been updated in eons. Part of the problem was that my photo organisation was out of control. So I finally sat down and did something about it. I purchased Adobe Lightroom 2 a few months Read more…
Actually although I make it sound like stud earrings are the next logical progression from the lapel pin, I have been working on these stud earrings for a much longer time. It has taken me a long while to come up with some good designs as these are so much Read more…
If you have been following this blog then you may have noticed that I have been obsessing about drawing pins for quite a while. In which case you may be pleased to know that I have been working on the follow-up to the glass drawing pin. Ta dah! Lampwork lapel Read more…
Well, much as I secretly suspected, having splurged out and bought several Lindstrom pliers, the Rolls-Royce brand among pliers, I have become obsessed by making chain maille again. I could wax lyrical about my Lindstrom pliers, but that would look a little nerdy, so I won’t. But, I must say Read more…