I think I might have made this bracelet 5 different ways this afternoon! I had all sorts of beads out over my desk, and nothing was quite working for the longest time.
So I stopped for lunch, played with the kids (it’s a public holiday here), and then went back to it after a while. I wish I could say “and voila” but I did end up with this bracelet (and I think it’s rather pretty)!
Beads were made from various wine and gin bottles with assorted embellishments.
These are some of my favourite beads to make, and I love the mix of colours in this necklace. It feels just right for a warm day like it is here.
I have used an assortment of recycled glass to make the beads in this necklace. It has ended up being a longer style necklace, another option that is perfect in this warmer weather.
This is part of a series of posts about colour. This month I am focusing on the colour brown.
Remember last month when I was talking about the colour red? I mentioned that the complimentary colour for red was green. And I might have mentioned that I wasn’t a huge fan of that colour combination because it looked a bit “christmassy”?
Well, the same cannot be said for the colour brown with green. Colours straight out of nature (think trees), but they work so well in jewellery too! What I really like about this combination is that it can be worn with lots of different clothes. All of your browns, greens and even RED will work with this jewellery.
This morning I am feeling grateful:
And a big thanks to you for reading my blog!
Things inspiring me right now:
Hope you are having a great week.
I had to pick my work up from a little shop in Adelaide recently. It was a tough decision, but with so many time constraints upon me, I just had to focus my energy in areas that were working. I hadn’t sold any work in this little shop for many months, and I couldn’t find the energy to make more work in an attempt to increase sales there. There was nothing wrong with the work that was there, it was just time to pack it up.
When it came time to look at the work that had been packed up, I was feeling very nostalgic. It was work from the last few years of exhibitions that I have done. The top photo was from my 2014 SALA exhibition. The middle and bottom photos were from my 2013 Colour Wheel exhibition. I loved putting those exhibitions together. For both exhibitions I tried new things, some of which worked well, some not so well.
Looking at this old work from past exhibitions, reminded me to keep trying new things. That is the point of exhibitions really. It is lovely when the work you do resonates with people and they buy it, of course it is. But more importantly for me is the making of new work. The extra time I can spend dwelling on design, creating a cohesive exhibition of work, is worth it. I love this time of year, a time to ferment and plan and plot out ideas for my next exhibition(s). I can’t wait to see what comes out of my head this year for the 2 SALA exhibitions I am part of.
As you can tell, I loved seeing this old work again! I will be taking it to markets in the near future, but if there is anything here that you like the look of, please send me an email.
This is part of a series of posts about colour. This month I am focusing on the colour purple.
Last week I introduced you to the colour purple. I mentioned that a lot of colours worked really well with purple. I have quite a few favourite colour combinations that I particularly like, but my favourite is purple teamed with some red!
All shades of purple and red (even splashes of bright pink), work beautifully together to create really stunning necklaces.
This is mostly because red and purple are on the same side of the colour wheel, so when you use these colours they work well together in an Analagous Colour Scheme kind of way!
I nearly didn’t go for a walk this morning! We had a big weekend visiting our mum’s for Mother’s Day. I hadn’t slept very well most of the weekend. So I didn’t set my alarm this morning, because I wanted to get as much sleep as possible. When I woke up there was still time for a walk, and I’m glad I made the effort.
I’ve got lots to think about at the moment:
Have a great week.
This is part of a series of posts about colour. This month I am focusing on the colour purple.
Purple is such a calm, soothing colour, and from my experience, purple is one of the colours most bought as a gift for someone else. I think that’s because it is really hard to dislike the colour purple. If you are going to wear purple, it will go with a lot of other colours – red, brown, yellow, blue, black, pink. It looks great on most people, and it’s extremely versatile.
The tricky thing is that there are many, many different shades of purple. If you ask me to make you a purple necklace, there will be dozens of rods of glass that I can choose from. Luckily, they all look great together!
I recently made this purple necklace, with lots of different shades of purple. It attracted a lot of attention when I put it out on display at the Flinders Street Market, and the first person to try it on ended up buying it. A beautiful necklace, with a lot of really interesting beads on it. I enjoyed putting it together.
Next week I’ll start showing you some colours that look great with purple.
It was such a beautiful morning for a walk.
I was thinking about how amazing the Flinders Street Market was on Saturday. It was wonderful re-connecting with some customers that I haven’t seen for a few years. It was really nice to put faces to names of people who I have previously only known online. It was a lovely to meet lots of new people, to show them my work, to get some great feedback on it all. Thanks to everyone who stopped by for a visit.
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