A previous customer asked if I could make her some baby initial letter charms to be added to her star necklace. We had a chat about fonts and sizes and decided on Copperplate Gothic at a teeny tiny 7mm in height
Read More
I was tidying out some of my old stuff the other day (I still have unpacked boxes even though the boy and I moved into our house nearly four years ago!) and came across a box from university.
Read More
This was such a lovely commission to work on. I was asked to make an interlocking silver friendship necklace as a first Christmas present for twin sisters.
Read More
There were so many beautiful gemstones at IJL this year, but my eye kept being drawn back to some beautiful grey diamonds. They had unusual salt and pepper speckles and a beautiful sparkle
Read More
Recently I have been busy. Very busy. Oh, so busy! Which is great! This week I have, rather appropriately, been busy making a lot of bees...
Read More
Yesterday I went to the International Jewellery London show at Olympia. I try to go every year - it's really fun to wander around looking at all the amazing tools and machinery, and of course all the amazing sparkly gemstones!
Read More
I was asked by a client to make a necklace for his girlfriend's 21st birthday. Sure, I said, no problem, I said, expecting them to ask for maybe an initial necklace or a diamond solitaire. Can I have a silver elephant hanging from an umbrella, they said…
Read More
My recent necklace based on the wonderful Gods Own Junkyard enter sign also gave me the idea for some more neon art inspired jewellery in sterling silver.
Read More
My epic wax carving project is finished! Inspired by the neon art of God’s Own Junkyard, I wanted to make a jewellery version of their iconic Enter sign. Starting with a block of wax
Read More
I have a slightly epic wax carving project in my head. I don't find wax carving easy, but I do find it strangely therapeutic - I think it's a type of mindfulness just sitting quietly filing bits of wax.
Read More
Mostly, I have been busy making bees this week. My silver mini bumblebees have enjoyed a flurry of orders recently
Read More
Our computer has completely died, forcing me to step away from the photo editing. Having a little free time this weekend, I started work on another little design to add to my Rain or Shine collection.
Read More
Started on a new project this week involving some more wax carving. I really love my new wax carving tools!
Read More
And so my tool-buying spree continues. Ooops. Couldn’t resist this lovely Fretz texturing hammer. Hitting things with hammers is fun...
Read More
I have finally finished the lightning bolts that have been skulking grumpily on my workbench for the past two years!
Read More
So, that $9 piece of plastic I was so excited about? Totally works. Put my Foredom handpiece into it, clamped it in the Benchmate and tada – mini lathe!
Read More
I’ve been on a little bit of a tool buying spree recently. Having finally replaced my ancient, rusting dental tools, I bought some more lovely new things!
Read More
I'd always discounted making videos of my work in progress, as I suspected it was all terribly complicated! However, it turns out you can do timelapse photography videos using just a smartphone
Read More
My second obsession, after shiny things of course, is makeup. Since I was a teenager I’ve loved being able to transform my face into something completely different by essentially just doing a bit of colouring in.
Read More
I may have become a little obsessed with tiny biscuits. The latest in my collection of jewellery is a party ring – they remind me of everything that was wonderful about birthday parties when I was a child!
Read More