posted: Wednesday, 18th April 2012
My latest piece for Beads & Beyond magazine is all done and ready to pop into the post. I am in love with this colour combination, especially the amazing matte gold which I have begun using a lot recently, either in seed beads or Delicas.
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posted: Tuesday, 17th April 2012
Today I not only finished my work room (I'm still not able to sleep with excitement- I hope the joy of it never wears off) but also my beaded hand picture for the exhibition in Egypt.
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posted: Monday, 16th April 2012
I have two rivoli classes coming up soon, one is a private class with a bead group, but the other is a weekend workshop open to all at Missenden in Buckinghamshire.
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posted: Saturday, 14th April 2012
I have a confession, for many years now I have envied others for their workrooms. I have coveted their sheds and longingly craved one of my own
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posted: Friday, 13th April 2012
It's been a busy week here at Missenden which has flown by in a whirl of increasing and decreasing. Everyone has worked really hard and here are a few of the pieces they've made
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posted: Thursday, 12th April 2012
Another day, another project with a huge crystal, except this one works!
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posted: Wednesday, 11th April 2012
Having decided to put yesterdays experiments to bed for a while I've moved onto something I've been itching to bead for a long time- a new Rick Rack bangle.
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posted: Tuesday, 10th April 2012
I've travelled to Buckinghamshire for a few days to teach at the lovely Great Missenden. The theme of the week is Geometric Beadwork and I plan on working everyone hard
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posted: Sunday, 8th April 2012
I wrote yesterday about producing work to set criteria and here is another example of me doing that.
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posted: Saturday, 7th April 2012
I have written before about my feelings on people using others to make their work and today the subject comes up again both with a trip to see an exhibition of Damien Hirst's work at the Tate Modern and the death yesterday of Thomas Kinkade.
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