Blog Archive : 2008 : April - June

Expanding My Beading World

I'm here in sunny France again and have great news for all the lovely French beaders who contact me every week- I am now running a class in France!

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Fakes And Fabulous

I finished London Jewellery Week with more demonstrations and some really interesting talks.

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Diamonds And Dreams

The picture is for all of us who missed out on The Bead and Button Show this year, now I hope you all feel like you were there! (Thanks to the every lovely Suzanne Golden for the pic)

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Red Letter Day

Got some great news today- Geometric 3.4.4 has won 1st place in the bracelet category of the 2008 Bead Art Awards and Geometric 2.8.

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Back To Basics

So I've given up on those pesky beaded beads!After making another 10+ samples they just weren't doing what I wanted them to do, so I went back to what I knew- more geometry.

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Something Old, Something New

First the old.....I had a lovely day which began with the press launch of the new William and Judith Bollinger jewellery gallery at The Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Fabulous Fringes

Yay- all my hard work has paid off and my Fabulous Fringes instructions are now available to download.

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Busy Weekend

Had a busy weekend teaching my Wirework class on Saturday and then my Viking Weave class on Sunday. Both of them thoroughly enjoyable.

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Back To Black

Back home and back to work.

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Farewell Cornwall

Last full day in Cornwall so making the most of it and spending the day wandering around St Ives, checking out galleries and buying pictures.

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Beading Class

It's not often I get to go to a beading class so I always enjoy doing one when I'm on holiday.

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More Monochrome

After finishing my latest geometric piece yesterday I dove straight into another monochrome one. This is to be a new version of Geometric 2.8.

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Geometric 3-4-5

Wow- I'm on a beading roll!

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Wirework And Websites

Sitting here in very cold France having fun playing with wire for the first time in a long time.

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Phew

Well I finally finished my latest piece. This has been a work in progress for many months now and it's a huge relief to have it all done.

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