posted: Friday, 27th June 2008
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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posted: Wednesday, 18th June 2008
I finished London Jewellery Week with more demonstrations and some really interesting talks.The talks were by Jack Ogden of the Gemological association of Great Britain and covered the history of gemstones and the history of fakes and forgeries in the gemstone world- very interesting.
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posted: Wednesday, 11th June 2008
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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posted: Monday, 9th June 2008
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 2.8.1 (Collar For A Rangoli Girl) has won 2nd place in the necklace category.
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posted: Wednesday, 28th May 2008
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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posted: Wednesday, 21st May 2008
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.It was an joy to see all the beautiful jewellery now on display
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posted: Tuesday, 13th May 2008
Yay- all my hard work has paid off and my Fabulous Fringes instructions are now available to download.
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posted: Monday, 12th May 2008
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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posted: Thursday, 8th May 2008
Back home and back to work.
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posted: Friday, 2nd May 2008
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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posted: Thursday, 1st May 2008
It's not often I get to go to a beading class so I always enjoy doing one when I'm on holiday.GJ Beads in Cornwall run classes every week- really nice 2 hour ones where you can sit down, bead, buy and chat- what more could anyone want!?!
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posted: Wednesday, 30th April 2008
After finishing my latest geometric piece yesterday I dove straight into another monochrome one. This is to be a new version of Geometric 2.8.1 (Collar For A Rangoli Girl) - which very excitingly has been juried into Bead Dreams 2008!
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posted: Tuesday, 29th April 2008
Wow- I'm on a beading roll!
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posted: Thursday, 10th April 2008
Sitting here in very cold France having fun playing with wire for the first time in a long time. I've also managed to fit in some beading and my latest geometric piece is that bit nearer completion- a good week all round.
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posted: Wednesday, 2nd April 2008
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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