posted: Tuesday, 29th June 2010
The weather here is still lovely and I have taken to doing as much work as I can outside in the garden.
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posted: Sunday, 27th June 2010
I knew the orange wouldn't last long!
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posted: Saturday, 26th June 2010
A full day in class today and along with all the samples I'm making for demonstrations I'm also working on making a few finished pieces.
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posted: Friday, 25th June 2010
Back off to Earnley Concourse in Chichester today for a weekend class on making miniature wire flowers.
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posted: Thursday, 24th June 2010
...when something you hope will work actually does!
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posted: Tuesday, 22nd June 2010
I'm still on my making bangles kick.
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posted: Sunday, 20th June 2010
Oops
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posted: Saturday, 19th June 2010
I love dagger beads and am always looking for ways to use them.
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posted: Friday, 18th June 2010
Still at it!
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posted: Thursday, 17th June 2010
I am all about the "faux Cro" at the moment!
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posted: Monday, 14th June 2010
I am still having lots of fun with my "faux cro" technique.
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posted: Friday, 11th June 2010
Two new sets of instructions are available to purchase from today. They are Reversible Rivolis and Onye.
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posted: Thursday, 10th June 2010
Some sad news to announce is that I have decided to step down as Editor of Bead magazine.
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posted: Monday, 7th June 2010
I should have listened to my own warning- this technique is very addictive!
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posted: Friday, 4th June 2010
I am working away on a variation of my latest geometric piece.
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posted: Thursday, 3rd June 2010
Back to London this afternoon and straight back to work.
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posted: Wednesday, 2nd June 2010
I'm still in France and after the miserable weather of the past few days, today is very hot and sunny- the perfect excuse to head to the water!
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posted: Monday, 31st May 2010
Phew- no rest for the wicked.
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posted: Thursday, 27th May 2010
I'm still away and still beading and still having lots of fun relaxing with like-minded people over beads, good food, lovely countryside and a few drinks every evening.
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posted: Wednesday, 26th May 2010
I have managed to finish my latest geometric piece and am really pleased with it.
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posted: Tuesday, 25th May 2010
I'm back in Suffolk this week for a "beaders' house party" (which I also attended last April) run by the lovely Jill Devon.
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posted: Saturday, 22nd May 2010
I've managed to juggle my time and get a day off so have headed over to France for 24 hours to enjoy the incredible sunshine we have at the moment.
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posted: Tuesday, 18th May 2010
Amongst all my other recent work I'm still experimenting with my recent geometric idea (well recent as only started back in 2008!).
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posted: Monday, 17th May 2010
After my fun with the London Polymer Clay Group yesterday I'm still in a clay mood so spend some time today experimenting with an idea I had.
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posted: Sunday, 16th May 2010
Phew- another busy weekend.
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posted: Wednesday, 12th May 2010
After my recent trip to Tate Britain I am back here again, this time to meet the lovely American bead designer Phyllis Dintenfass.
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posted: Monday, 10th May 2010
I have decided to return to some of my geometric beadwork samples and finally turn them into finished projects.
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posted: Sunday, 9th May 2010
My latest Onye pendant is now finished.
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posted: Saturday, 8th May 2010
Having added some new patterns last week (here and here), I'm busy proof-reading my next ones and the best part is that, to make sure they work, I'm beading a new version of my Onye pendants.
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posted: Friday, 7th May 2010
... bead!
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posted: Tuesday, 4th May 2010
I have finally added some new patterns- it's been a while!
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posted: Monday, 3rd May 2010
Having finished my Miriam Bangle I'm hard at work working on a second version in a different colour scheme.
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posted: Friday, 30th April 2010
I've finally finished my project I started a couple of weeks ago and hopefully it looks less like a shower hose now!
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posted: Thursday, 29th April 2010
I'm still working away on my latest idea.
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posted: Wednesday, 28th April 2010
So I didn't get in the final. Congratulations to all those of you who did- I'm really rooting for you.
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posted: Tuesday, 27th April 2010
These have been on my mind a lot recently for a whole wide range of reasons.
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posted: Monday, 26th April 2010
Phew- it took a few prototypes but my vision worked.
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posted: Saturday, 24th April 2010
The 4 days of my holiday are over and it's back to London and work. But in an attempt to squeeze every last second out of it, the day begins with a detour through Stow-on-the-Wold.
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posted: Friday, 23rd April 2010
Today is our last full day in the Cotswolds and we spend it in one of the most beautiful places: Bourton-On-The-Water.
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posted: Thursday, 22nd April 2010
... the beadwork or the shower?
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posted: Wednesday, 21st April 2010
Another day in the beautiful English countryside (though the skies are less blue now the planes have started again).
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posted: Tuesday, 20th April 2010
Having worked solidly for a few weeks now I've taken the opportunity to run away for a few days to The Cotswolds.
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posted: Saturday, 17th April 2010
I had a great day today at The Big Bead Show meeting up with old friends, looking at beads and chatting.
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posted: Monday, 12th April 2010
For now at least!
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posted: Sunday, 11th April 2010
I'm desperately trying to spur myself into a big beading project so have been busy looking through all my old samples. The prototype for this beaded bead was one of the treasures I rooted out.
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posted: Friday, 9th April 2010
I spent most of today with the lovely and talented Julie Smallwood of Natty Jewels and had lots of fun with colour and small particles (more fun than it sounds!)
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posted: Wednesday, 7th April 2010
So, I haven't yet started a major, wonderful, fantastical piece of beadwork.
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posted: Monday, 5th April 2010
...of any beading or jewellery making is the tidying-up!
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