easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in costume, crafty things, jewellery on Jan 11th, 2012
Oh dear, I’m doing it again. Blogging all enthusiastically, then disappearing for a week. In my defence I’m still working on the costumes for Neverwhere which, as well as doing the odd day or two of overtime at work, is taking up every spare minute of my time and then some. These are three raven [...]
Posted in jewellery on Nov 8th, 2011
Still busy… and getting busier, as I’ve been offered the opportunity to attend an unexpected training session on Thursday. So this is just a quick little picture to show you what I made in last night’s silver jewellery class. It’s a pair of earrings made from reticulated sterling silver. You can’t really see the scale from [...]
Well, it will be once I’ve soldered the bezel to the ring and set the stone! Last August I did a short silver jewellery course as part of a week of courses at my local high school. They also run silver jewellery classes during term-time, but they’re so popular that they’re always over-subscribed. I asked [...]
Posted in crafty things, jewellery on May 5th, 2011
The main reason I bought that TM Lewin shirt was because it fastened with cufflinks. It’s quite rare to find women’s shirts with double cuffs (unless you want to splash out more than I can currently afford), so I was really pleased to have spotted it. In the shop the cuffs are fastened with little [...]
Posted in jewellery on Sep 23rd, 2010
I was going to write a tutorial for this, but I honestly can’t imagine how anybody could need one. Take a piece of lace that fits around your neck. Take a piece of ribbon three times as long as the lace, and narrow enough to fit through the holes. Thread ribbon through holes in lace. [...]
Posted in crafty things, design, jewellery on Aug 16th, 2010
These two little pendants are made from Precious Metal Clay. I’ve had the clay for almost a year, but was a bit afraid to make anything with it in case I ruined it. Janet (the silversmithing tutor) said that if I wanted to make something at home and bring it in, she’d show me how [...]
Posted in crafty things, design, inspiration, jewellery on Aug 15th, 2010
The final two days of my Art Week were spent at a silversmithing course. I’ve been meaning to get around to going on a silversmithing course for more than ten years, and now I’m really cross with myself that I didn’t do it sooner. Silversmithing is brilliant! On the first day we made silver rings [...]
Posted in jewellery, Outfit of the Day, sewing on Mar 1st, 2010
Yesterday’s lesson turned out to be “Always Make A Toile”. The waistcoat didn’t fit. Not even slightly. So, this morning I went on a mammoth wardrobe clear-out, and took out everything that doesn’t fit me any more. I then sorted the remaining clothes into “suitable for work” and “not suitable for work”. This led to [...]
Posted in jewellery on Feb 23rd, 2010
This is another of my experiments with polymer clay and tumbled stones. The pendant is made by simply wrapping the edges of a tumbled stone with polymer clay. The large bead at the top of the pendant has a third hole in the bottom, and this was pushed right into the polymer clay before it’s [...]
Posted in jewellery on Feb 7th, 2010
My friend Sarah saw the stamped Fimo pendants I made a few weeks ago, and asked whether I could make one for her Mum. The brief was simply “pale yellow, with an angel”, and this is what I made. The pendant is just less than two inches long, and made from pale yellow Fimo. The [...]