A New Year? Are you re-emerging?
A very Happy New Year to you all! As January 2018 beckons perhaps we're feeling a bit "what was that all about?" with the frenzy of...
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"...
Celebrating the worldwide glass community!
One of the great things about social media is the way we can connect with people across the world, finding new communities doing the same...
Unzip your creative potential!
As a teacher and creative artist I firmly believe in the creative potential of every human being. Some would say creativity belongs only...
Finding an oasis in the city
Finding an oasis of calm is challenging in a busy city where the pressure to do, achieve, meet deadlines, and be seen to be highly...
Frank-ly inspiring fabrics at the Fashion and Textile Museum
A gloriously colourful brand of modernism is currently on display at the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey, London. The working...
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...
Subconscious connections make collections
Creativity is a strange gift! Here at the Jewellery Boat, I can struggle to come up with ideas of how to develop my collection all day...
Right on the button....a social history of 20th Century Women as told through their clothing.
How many of us have an old button box or tin stashed away in the sewing cupboard, perhaps inherited from our mother, grandmother (or...
Emerging through the morning mists...
I am continuing to develop my new jewellery collection on the theme of "Gather- river - breath" and these are my latest pair of earrings,...
