Jan 8, 2018
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...
Mar 11, 2017
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...
Mar 2, 2017
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,...
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...
Feb 14, 2017
Setting a fragment of the past...
This is a fragment of blue and white china I picked up on the beach at Lyme Regis last year. It has a beautiful blue thistle-like flower...
Feb 12, 2017
Thinking "earrings outside the box..."
Sometimes launching straight into jewellery making with precious metals and stones is a scary prospect, so we spent time playing with a...
Feb 7, 2017
Doing things the hard way....is fun!
Part of my enjoyment in making jewellery comes from learning and finding new ways of doing things, the age old question of problem...
Feb 6, 2017
Gather...river...breath.. an emerging collection
Starting to think about creating a new collection of jewellery is both exciting and daunting. Anticipation combines with apprehension and...