2016 – Page 7 – Julie Frahm

Posted on July 16, 2016 by admin

SALA open studio

I have some exciting news. I will be at the Cats in the Loft gallery on Saturday August 13 from 11am until 2pm. Well, that’s not the exciting news, the best part is that I’ll have all of my beads, and a stack of key-chains, and some wire, and some pliers there too, and together we can have some fun making beaded key-chains! Click this link for more details.

No need to book in. And whatever you make is yours to keep. All I am asking for all this fun is a gold coin donation. 100% of all money donated will go to the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME).

“AIME is a dynamic educational program that is proven to support Indigenous students through high school and into university, employment or further education at the same rate as all Australian students. AIME gives Indigenous students the skills, opportunities, belief and confidence to grow and succeed.”

Here are a couple of key-chains that I made.

Posted on July 14, 2016 by admin

Colour Play

This series of Colour Play posts has been inspired by my front garden! Every time I am working in my studio I get very distracted by what is happening there. I was so pleased when I wandered around one day to find that we had a grevillea bush. I don’t know what it is about grevillea’s, but I think they are stunning!

I chose an olive green as the base of all of the new pieces, because I liked the contrast of the green with the dark pink/red of the flower. So, the first necklaces you are about to see were supposed to look more like that, but something happened to the glass in the kiln (I think it was in there for too long), and they came out more dark coral. That’s OK, I still like the result, it’s just not quite what I had in mind!

Posted on July 12, 2016 by admin

View from my studio

I am really happy that it is school holiday time over here. My husband is a school teacher (in case you didn’t know), so school holidays can mean that I get lots of extra torch time (if I’m really lucky).

I have a lot of beads on my “to make” list at the moment, so I am trying to get as much extra time on the torch as possible. What with SALA and some orders coming through….it’s fairly busy.

Today was a bit difficult and frustrating though, as the power was out from about 10am until about 3pm. Oh boy, that was tricky! Still I managed to get on the torch for a couple of hours, and I hope that the power is back on track for tomorrow. Hope you are having a great day…wherever you are!

Posted on July 7, 2016 by admin

Prototypes

I am working on some new work as part of the SALA exhibition at Kuoni Creative. I have in mind what I would like to make, I have drawn some designs on paper….and now I have a prototype.

I’ll spend some time pondering if this is the right direction for this work before I make any more. I’ll probably try a few different things with these beads before I’ll know for sure. I’ll be photographing along the way so I can go back to my first ideas. I need to commit soon…the deadline for delivery is very soon.

Posted on July 7, 2016May 31, 2016 by admin

Colour Play

And finally we arrive at blue! It’s funny, you kind of have to be careful about the blues that you put together too. Not because the glass might be temperamental like the green glass, but because not all blues look amazing together. I think this combination works nicely. Not too bright, not too pale.

Posted on July 6, 2016July 6, 2016 by admin

View from my studio

A late afternoon photo from my studio. I had so many beads to make today! I haven’t quite finished them all, but I will finish them tomorrow at some stage (hopefully). The kiln is very, very full, so I had to stop working, and start thinking about other things.

Did you get my latest newsletter? I hope so, there was a lot of really interesting news in there!

Posted on June 30, 2016May 31, 2016 by admin

Colour Play

I guess you already know that I am going to say that I love this colour combination….a lot! It works with so many of my outfits: from my black and white clothes, through to my red tops. This is a perfect match for me! I particularly like how stark the contrast is in the black and white beads. So perfect for winter and summer too.

Posted on June 29, 2016 by admin

Something new…

I’m working on a new range of jewellery for Kirra Galleries Flame on 2016. The exhibition will run from September 8 until October 8 at the gallery in Federation Square, Melbourne.

This work has been inspired by the plight of the Great Barrier Reef. I’ll tell you more about it closer to the date, but for now, here is a necklace made from a wine bottle, where I have “added” colour to the clear glass.

Posted on June 28, 2016 by admin

View from my studio

Even I can admit to loving winter days like this! Crisp morning, blue skies, no wind. It’s beautiful.

Thanks to everyone who visited the special Flinders Street Market on Saturday! I had a lot of fun talking to everyone.

I am in the middle of a lot of different things at the moment, and when I have lots of different things on the go, I can find concentrating on anything quite tricky! Today I am slowing down, and focusing on one of the projects that I have to finish. I am making lists (and checking them twice), of all of the things I have to get done. Lists help me focus.

I hope you are having a great day wherever you are and whatever you are doing.