5 hyggelig fairs for stress-free Christmas shopping!
On the count down to Christmas designer-makers are preparing for fairs and markets (including me!) Feeling "hyggelig" is not generally...

3 top tips for clinching the deal
Following last week's Jewellery Boat Blog on the topic of getting ready for craft fairs, we're back with chapter two: That will do...

Are you a"chucker"or a"bequeather"?
Letting go of things (and by things I mean "stuff") is not always easy. Dozens of books have been written on "How to declutter" to "Live...

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...

Time waits for no man or woman....
What time is it? A question frequently heard throughout each day. Are we ahead of ourselves or chasing to catch up, or perhaps even "on...

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....

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...

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...

Fatal attraction to dichroic colour!
For those of you who have not worked with fused glass you have yet to encounter the glories of dichroic glass! The word dichroic in its...