One of the many things I love about using Italian glass to make beads is the amazing range of colours that are available. It was hard to narrow it down to these 10 gorgeous colours for the Kandinsky Concentric Circles beads that I am getting stuck into making this week, but fingers crossed this selection will make some colourful beads indeed!
This was very exciting today! I had a lovely drive to the Barossa Valley to set up a display of my recycled glass jewellery in a brand new gallery! Art Innovations Gallery opened over the weekend, and is a beautiful gallery space in Murray Street Tanunda. They have a lovely range of art in the gallery, something for everyone! Check them out next time you are in the Barossa.
I love putting collections of my recycled glass jewellery together! This range of earrings (along with some necklaces and bracelets) is heading to a new gallery tomorrow! I can’t wait to tell you all about it.
Remember the Kandinsky beads I posted recently? I thought I would try making a necklace with the test beads that I made, and I thought I would make it in my favourite style so I could also keep it! Can’t wait to wear this one, lots of gorgeous colour.
So many different shapes and styles of beads and earrings, all made from a Bombay Sapphire Gin bottle. Heading to @tartscollective on Saturday.
Getting ready to do a big restock of recycled glass jewellery at @tartscollective on Saturday when I do my next shift in the gallery.
I love it when people come back to buy my work again, and then take the time to leave a lovely review. Thank you for supporting my small business.
I was planning on keeping the opaque and the clear beads as separate collections, but when I put them together while I was taking photos the other day it made me think….maybe? Anyway, we will see, still playing with ideas.
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.