- Nov 27, 2017
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...
- Oct 22, 2017
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...
- Aug 23, 2017
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...
- May 9, 2017
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...
- May 2, 2017
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...
- Mar 28, 2017
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....
- Feb 25, 2017
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...
- Feb 19, 2017
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...
- Feb 18, 2017
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...
- Jan 11, 2017
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...
