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Blue Recycled Glass Bead Necklace

In between serving customers at @tartscollective today, I am making some new pieces for the shop! I love my day in the shop and love talking to customers about my…

SALA at Naomi Schwartz Jewellery Design

I have been working on a small collection of jewellery featuring ocean inspired beads for @naomischwartzjewellerydesign SALA exhibition. It will run through August and the theme is “Winter Collections” from…

Red beads sorted

1000 glass beads featuring red all sorted! Now to make some jewellery for my @salafestival exhibition!

1000 glass beads

1000 glass beads! All featuring red: Bordello, firecracker, garnet, maroon, pimento, sangre, carrot red, light red, dark red, purple red, transparent red, lipstick opal, mystic red, strawberry, filigrano red. So…

860 beads

Getting close now! I have been busy on the torch this week. Yesterday I added 68 beads to the collection of red beads I am making for my @salafestival exhibition.…

Twistie Beads

Love making these twistie beads! It’s fun twisting hot glass together, always amazes me what you can do with glass!

Nearly halfway there!

Adding some more colourful beads to the red collection this morning. Total is now 472. Nearly halfway there! At times I am not sure why I decided to make 1000…

Trying a new gin bottle

Hoping for the best….but not getting it! Worth a try. You never know, although there are often some tell-tale signs. The glass was kind of scratched on this bottle, and…

Red glass beads

Adding to the collection of red glass beads! Total is now 411 and I am starting to feel like I might actually get this done. Thinking about what to make…

Red semi-precious beads

Finding a nice mix of red semi-precious beads to add to the jewellery I am making for my @salafestival exhibition in August.