
Heads up fusers! New dates for courses!
Several of you as kindly subscribers to my blog have previously attended my fused glass jewellery courses working on a very small scale...

And our Star Glass Bakers are...
You now know who won the "Great British Bake-off", but we've been running our own competition at The Jewellery Boat with our "baked"...

3 low tech ways to "cold work" your fused glass jewellery
Making fused glass jewellery is a pleasure in many ways, but it also requires care, effort and elbow grease to finish our pieces well....

Finding your own voice, a journey of creative discovery
Being able to copy is one of the ways we learn in life, being original is another challenge altogether for the artist. Hasn't it all been...

Engaging with colour
One of my pleasures in jewellery making is finding different ways of adding colour. Today I am featuring kiln enamel, the process of...

"Off the shelf" or "of yourself"?
"Off the shelf" or "of yourself"? So what am I talking about? Today I am thinking about glass making materials. There are so many types...

Beetle wings are beautiful things
During a recent fascinating visit to the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill, I encountered within their mahogany-framed display cases rows of...

Jewellery puzzles and problem solving...
So what happens when you've drawn a design and decided on the materials you want to use? That's when the hard work really begins in...

Inspiration is everywhere! Push your glass making skills to find your personal style!
I love to take photos, any time, anywhere and anything that catches my eye. It might be the colour, or pattern or texture or just the...

Travelling back in time with enamelling!
What does the word "enamel" mean to you? Perhaps it reminds you of your Grandma's blue and white plates, or chipped antique baths, or...