Since late last year I’ve been collaborating with Tom Lundsten, a brilliant and inspiring Enameller from Denmark. We are currently working on a collection of Jewellery based upon my sketches of pebbles. We discovered that we shared a love of the sea and both really love to walk on the beaches. This partnership has […]
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GDPR and other stories
Ok the ‘other stories’ bit isn’t there and I only getting to grips with this after a bit of a tussle with myself and the nagging thing that has been sitting on my shoulder telling me that I need to make sure that I complying with the new regulations has won! Overview In order for […]
Collaboration
I’m really thrilled to be working in collaboration with the Danish enameller Tom Lundsten. We have design, etched and constructed a series of pieces of silver jewellery based on some of my sketches of pebbles. Tom has engraved texture into some of the and we have both worked on enamelling them. This is a completely […]
Enamelling at Ravstedhus
I have been really lucky to spend a week enamelling at Ravstedhus in Denmark. This was organised by the Guild of Enamellers, mainly by Tom Lundsten and coordinated at the UK end by Jill Leventon. The workshop facilities are absolutely amazing. There is every tool I could dream of and some that I’ve no idea […]
New studio
I am very excited that I’m having a new, purpose designed studio built, here in Hunmanby, near Filey on the Yorkshire coast. It’s going to be perfect with plenty of room for jewellery making and enamelling. It’s had the first fix of electrics and all the insulation has been done except along the front wall […]
Introduction To Art Clay Silver
Today I’ve really enjoyed teaching Jude and Rosie something about making jewellery using Art Clay Silver. It was the first time they had used it and they made some beautiful pieces. We began by using a leaf and rolling it over the clay. Art Clay takes on very fine detail so Rosie and Jude used […]
Wedding rings
I’ve had a lovely day helping Lisa and Stuart make a replacement wedding ring. They made each other a wedding ring early last year, in my old studio but Stuart has somehow mislaid his – he takes it off for safety when he’s woodworking or playing sport. It didn’t take quite as long this time […]
A new studio
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A new studio
I have had a very exciting few weeks. It has involved moving house and studio. Moving house was relatively simple but packing and unpacking my studio felt like a major undertaking. I am happy to say everything is now in its new place and i have begun work on a few new ideas. I will […]
Photopolymer plates
I regularly use photopolymer sheet to make my own textures for using with metal clay. it is available in a number of thicknesses and also with either a plastic or metal backing. I have a slight preference for the metal backed version although it is easy to cut the plastic backed version yourself with scissors and […]
