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Recycled glass necklace | beads made from various glass objects

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…

Recycled glass bracelet | beads made from gin and wine bottles

Splash of red

I thought I would try something a little bit different today. I was originally planning to put the red beads with some green beads, but then I thought…maybe try the…

Recycled glass earrings | beads made from Gin and Tonic bottles

New to the Gin and Tonic range

I made these earrings this morning, they will be part of the Adelaide Remakery SALA exhibition. The earrings feature beads that I have made from a Hendricks Gin and Fever-Tree…

Recycled glass necklace | beads made from a broken window

Made from a broken window

Years ago I made some beads from a broken window, and I had kind of forgotten about that as a source of recycled glass until I was planning my work…

Handmade glass bead necklace

Colour Play – Cool Colours – Blue, Green and Purple

When I started looking at cool colours, I was always finding myself thinking about how nicely they went together. Then I started making the beads and thought – oh, these…

Handmade glass bead necklace - Pink

Colour Play – Cool Colours – Purple

The final colour in the cool colours series is purple!

Handmade glass bead necklace - green

Colour Play – Cool Colours – Green

More cool colours! I love the mix of greens in this necklace. Combined with the clear glass,   it’s really sparkly.

Blue handmade glass bead necklace

Colour Play – Cool Colours – Blue

I have to say that where I live this winter has been extremely cold so far! This month my Colour Play series is inspired by Cool Colours! When I looked…

recycled glass beads

All from a broken cup…

Remember that broken orange cup from last week? I made these earrings and this necklace from the cup. I had also made a bunch of small round beads to test…

Colour Play Recap – June

This month I tried a new technique! I used sterling silver wire to make big rings, then I hand-textured them with a special hammer to get the beautiful finish on…