Year: 2014

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Market Weekend – starts next Friday October 3

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I will be hosting a market night on my website, starting next Friday October 3.  It will run until Sunday afternoon, or until sold out.

There will be 9 items available to purchase.  They will be a mix of items that I would normally have taken to market – some new pieces, some older things.

They will be one-off, meaning only 1 person can buy the item!  Just like at a market.

If you want to make sure you don’t miss out on the details, please subscribe to my mailing list.  http://www.aussiejules.com/subscribe

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MAGE Award

I found out yesterday that the necklaces that I submitted for the MAGE award have been selected as finalists!

“Now approaching its fourth year, the Mansfield Art Glass Exposition (MAGE) conducted by the Arts Council of Mansfield in Victoria, is one of the largest most exciting contemporary art glass events in Australia.”

This was the first year that Contemporary Glass Jewellery was added as a category!

Winners will be announced on 24th October.

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Detail of the Coopers Ale necklace
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The beads in this necklace were made from a Coopers Sparkling Ale bottle, with assorted embellishments.
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Close up of the Moet Champagne bottle necklace.
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The beads in this necklace were made from a Moet Champagne bottle.
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Bead Orders

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I have had a lot of lovely bead orders come in recently.  It’s been fun, because some of the orders have been for beads that I haven’t made for a long time!  I have enjoyed making them again, and sometimes I wonder why I ever stopped making them!  Anyway, these beads are for someone who has some great plans for them.  I hope to show you when she has had a chance to make them.

If you have ever thought about ordering some beads from me, for your own jewellery project, simply email me at jules.frahm@gmail.com and ask me about it.  I am really happy to accept custom orders.

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Bad days on the torch

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I would say that most of the days that I spend on the torch are “good” days.  But the other day things just weren’t working out, this particular bead was loose on the mandrel, and there was no saving it…so I dunked it in the water that I have nearby, and this is the result!  Felt strangely satisfying….

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Ethikl

Ethikl.com.au is a great place to shop for all sorts of products.  I have just updated all of my recycled glass jewellery on there.  Free shipping globally.

Marketplace for Eco Friendly, Natural and Fair Trade products by independent producers and suppliers

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Melbourne Trip – part 3

OK, I promise this will be the final instalment of the trip to Melbourne!  We had a really wonderful weekend away, and I saw some amazing art while my husband took the kids to the zoo (and yes, he has received the husband of the year medal).

The other contemporary jewellery galleries I visited were: Pieces of Eight and e.g. etal.  It was awesome to see the work of people I have read about or seen in books or on websites in the flesh!

And then there was Craft.  What a great place for celebrating all things related to craft!  There were 4 exhibitions on while I was there.  These pictures are from my favourite one by Ben Taranto.  He has used glass to create these sculptures.  Glass he has found.  I thought it was really cool, similar but very different to what I do with glass!

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Melbourne Trip – part 2

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Our trip to Melbourne on the weekend coincided with the LAST day of the Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary jewellery exhibition.  This was at the beautiful Gallery Funaki.

To say that I was pretty happy to see this gallery and exhibition would be an understatement!  I was thrilled.  The gallery is so beautiful.  So Melbourne!  Tucked away in a little laneway, it’s quite a small gallery, but perfect for what it has to display.

The exhibition was incredible.  Thought provoking for me.  It was great to see such quality items and even be able to touch some of them!

I spent a lot of time looking at the exhibition, and also looking at the bookshop.  They had books that you cannot buy in bookshops.  Books you cannot even buy from the book depository!  I had a great time flicking through all of the books, and choosing a few of my favourites to take home with me!

I’ll share some more photos tomorrow.