I spend a lot of time in the planning, design and testing phase of an exhibition. In fact this is where the longest amount of time is spent, with the least amount of anything actually being made. I have just put together another small test batch of beads, to see if the ideas in my head and on paper will work as beads and jewellery. I am still contemplating this design and it will be interesting to see what makes it into this exhibition which will be held at @tartscollective in June.
Gin and Tonic earrings. Bombay Sapphire and Hendrick’s Gin paired with Fever Tree tonic bottles.
Thanks for all the beautiful love you have shown for my “leftover” bead bracelets. I sent the newsletter with details out on Thursday, and this is all that I have left. If you would still like to purchase one, the link is here. Discount offer ends Monday evening.
Available for sale today! 16 one of a kind bracelets made from leftover handmade glass beads. Check the link here!
How do you like your red? With a little black and white, maybe some blue, or perhaps some purple? These bracelets will be available for sale tomorrow at some stage. Sign up to my newsletter if you want to have the first chance to buy them online.
Three more “leftover” bead bracelets ready to go! Wait until you see the collection, it has been so much fun to put together. All of the bracelets are one-off and never to be made again, they feature beads leftover from various projects and there will be 16 in total! Newsletter heading out Thursday night. Subscribe if you want to be the first to see them.
Two more bracelets made from “leftover” beads ready to go in my next newsletter, going out at some stage next week! They will feature beads that I have made from Italian glass and leftover from all sorts of projects.
I was going through all of my “leftover” Italian glass beads the other day, and started thinking “why do I have so many beads?” I know the answer is for a few different reasons (leftover from getting the matching pair for earrings, leftover from exhibitions, leftover from necklaces I have taken apart). There are all sorts of reasons they are piling up, but then I thought it was getting a bit ridiculous, so I am making a whole bunch of bracelets for my next newsletter that will have an assortment beads in them. That newsletter is due out next week. all bracelets will be one-of-a-kind, so if you think you might like to see them, please subscribe so you can be amongst the first to do so.
My favourite painting, inspiring me again! Kandinsky “Squares with Concentric Circles” a colour study painting that will stay with me forever after seeing it in New York many many years ago now.
One of the best things about doing markets is meeting so many lovely people. I met Wendy many years ago now, and we have bumped into each other at various markets around Adelaide ever since. @wendys_wearable_art makes beautiful jewellery from sterling silver, and these “bubbles” earrings are my favourites. They remind me of the earrings I make from champagne bottles. Happy bubbles 🍾
