Year: 2023

Today’s job! Sawing all the copper enamel tubes! Then they will be ready to enamel so I can use them for the necklaces I am making for my @salafestival exhibition.

Such a dark luscious purple from this Hendricks Midsummer Solstice Gin bottle.

It all started with Green Depression glass, about 14 years ago, I started experimenting with making beads from recycled glass. It’s been a lovely adventure and Green Depression Glass is still a firm favourite!

A mix of @banrockstationwines recycled glass earrings heading to @tartscollective soon. Long, short, sparkly, dangly, purple, pink, red … something for everyone!

I have called my @salafestival exhibition “Reflections in Glass” as the jewellery will feature all of my favourite glass beads. I was so inspired by my Musings from the Past competition, I couldn’t wait to make some of those long forgotten beads again. Can’t wait to put it all together. Not long now!

Excited to be part of the @salafestival exhibitions being held in the Adelaide Arcade during August. I will have the glass display cabinet near @haighschocolates and can’t wait to fill it with all sorts of handmade glass bead necklaces, bracelets and earrings.

At the end of a project there is usually some glass leftover and when I tidy my work space I pack it into these tubs and think that I will get around to using them “at some stage.” Well, the time has finally come and I am using all sorts of colours in my next @salafestival exhibition. I will tell you more about it soon. It all kicks off in August and I am starting to get a little bit excited.

Change One Thing. The final necklace in the series. A simple change to the wine bottle beads by adding some coloured frit to the beads…a completely different necklace.

What can you change to have an impact on climate change? Can you use reusable containers like drink bottles or take away coffee cups?

Change One Thing. Change the shape of the bead for a completely different necklace. Beads made from a Banrock Station wine bottle.

There are lots of simple changes you can make to have an impact on climate change. You can’t do everything, but you can change one thing. Can you buy some things second hand? I am going op-shopping tomorrow morning, hoping to find a pair of jeans. Hoping to save clothes from landfill and save money too. Wins all round.

Change One Thing. A single change of beads, another completely different necklace. This time swapping the mixture of beer and wine bottle beads to just wine bottle beads with the same shape.

What one thing can you change to have an impact on climate change? Can Meatless Monday be your thing? Can you swap plastic wrap for a more sustainable option?