Julie Frahm - Glass Jewellery

Spent a lovely morning playing with paints, textas, pencils and collage with @reneegouldingart ! It was great to have a go at something creative that is honestly way outside my comfort zone. Renee gave us so many tips and techniques to try and I am looking forward to filling my sketchbook with colourful flower pictures. It also gave me a chance to reconnect with the idea of playing with new ideas, so I am hoping some of this creativity will flow through to my beads and jewellery. Always good to try new things.

Had a lovely morning rearranging the whole shop at @tartscollective today. My display has moved into the main gallery space and we have two new artists joining our collective @norigami.origami and @nomadfarms. Their work is beautiful and a great addition to the gallery. Check them out next time you visit!

I am working on some new earrings and bracelets that will be part of a special one-off release on Etsy, hopefully in the next couple of weeks. Newsletter subscribers will be the first to know when they are ready. There will be a mix of Italian and Recycled glass earrings. And mixed bead bracelets. Stay tuned or subscribe to my newsletter.

Yes! It happened! First, second and third at the Murray Bridge Show!

Three very different necklaces heading off to the Murray Bridge Show. Which one would you give first prize to? I can’t wait to go on Saturday and see if they won any prizes!

My third entry for the Murray Bridge Show. Recognise any of the beads from the ones I took apart the other day? I actually managed to use quite a lot of them in this necklace.

Always lovely to spend the day in the shop at @tartscollective helping people find the perfect present (a pair of my recycled glass earrings this morning) and seeing what else has been popular this month.

 

Necklace 2 ready for judging at the Murray Bridge Show. I really like how all the colours came together in this flower necklace.

The Murray Bridge show is in a couple of weeks and I am getting my show entries ready! I love entering my local country show. It’s fun to visit and see the range of arts and crafts and produce. I have two more pieces to make so I better get back to it!

I have been looking at that big pile of beads and haven’t really known where to start! So I have started with simply sorting the beads into colour schemes. Colour is a big part of what I do, so this made the most sense to me. Next I will start looking at bead styles. I am not in a rush to get this done, and I want to appreciate and document the process so I can look back on it some day.