Day 243
I did some calculations the other day and it turns out that Day 243 of a 365 day project is about two-thirds of the way through the project (or 66.65%…
Heart challenge
There was so much to love about the artist demonstration at Pepper Street on Saturday. I loved the conversations about glass. And I loved that one visitor brought in some…
My most essential tool…
Is this pair of long tweezers! These tweezers are used every single time I have to make a bead from recycled glass. You see, I have to warm the glass…
What is frit?
I get asked “what is frit” quite a lot. It’s really just smashed up glass that I can use in small amounts to add colour to some of the beads…
Dreaming of blue skies and swimming pools
Winter is nearly over! Hooray! I’m starting to dream about days when it’s warm enough to go to the swimming pool again. We have blue skies here today, it is…
My year of recycled glass jewellery
Some of you might know that last year I spent the year drawing a pair of earrings every day. It was a nice project that got me hooked on being…
Pepper Street Arts Centre – Artist on site
Yesterday I was the artist on site at Pepper Street Arts Centre. I wasn’t able to take my torch to do live demonstrations, but I did have a video for…
Pretty recycled glass flower pendant necklace
I have been making all sorts of jewellery with these flower beads lately. Some necklaces with five beads on them, some earrings. Today I thought I would see how a…
Long glowing gold earrings
I’m slightly obsessed with long earrings at the moment. They are so much fun to wear and depending on your face and hairstyle they can be a real hit! These…
Party earrings!
I was out with my family today and I couldn’t stop thinking about making a really long pair of earrings. I love the swing of long earrings, and with the…
Pretty…
I just wanted to tweak my square/diamond shaped earrings a little bit, so I made these as a more “square” pair of earrings. Of course, square is not the correct…
Time to play…
Today I had a bit of extra time to sit with my beads and try to work on something “new”. I wasn’t sure what it was going to be. A…