with nails to match!

just received a lovely compliment from Catherine Summers who ordered a Rainbow Horseshoe Necklace from me just last week.  She is wearing it in a photo on her blog with matching nail varnish!!!!!!

Thank you Catherine!

visit to Maggie Curtis

had a great day off on Monday to visit another Devon Open Studio - this time in Appledore.  Maggie Curtis makes Architectural Ceramics and lives in the best location in the village with brilliant views of the estuary.

We toured her studio and saw her workspaces and kiln room.  One of the kilns is like an enormous bathtub which she designed and had made for her - and she needs it for her huge, signature decorated ridge tiles.  She can make anything from a shoal of leaping fish, to chickens, to a horse and cart to feature on the ridge of a roof.  This is a griffin (I think!) or dragon...

You can see more of Maggie's work at http://www.maggiecurtis.co.uk/

It was a lovely visit and the sun shone, unlike today which is still stormy and overcast from yesterday.  Today I am back in Gallery @ 500ft demonstrating and talking to visitors about my work.

we have had some lovely comments in the Visitor's book and many asking to sign up for my monthly newsletter - it's nice to meet people when you work on your own and work by yourself all day :-)

blogspot followers go missing!

I thought it was just on my page that I couldn't see the list of followers to my blog - but this appears to be a widespread problem with blogger.  I spoke to some people this week who said that they couldn't see how many followers I had and that is when the penny dropped!

So, I googled the problem and it turns out that thousands of people are experiencing this - so please don't think that as administrator I have deleted you from following my blog - you are all very welcome and I hope you will continue to read my thoughts and doings and that eventually your anonymity will come to an end :-)

cool blues and hot hues

it has been such extraordinary weather over the past few weeks here in north Devon that the view from my workshop window has given me some ideas

there have been days when it has been cool and chilly

and there have been days which have been blissfully hot

so the Rainbow Collection now has two new colourways!

             Cool Blues Rainbow Pendant Necklace               

 Hot Hues Rainbow Pendant Necklace

I can see a whole interesting project opening up before me!!!        

name this necklace

a while ago I came up with a recycled necklace idea using stripped copper cable.  This turned out to be a problem because the copper tarnished rapidly and left a mark on the skin.  So, whilst messing around at my worktable this morning I decided that I liked the design and changed the stripped copper cable to enamelled copper wire

so I now need a name for this necklace with the coloured wire, steel 'knots' and rubber.  I'm going to put it out on my next Newsletter and the best answer will receive the necklace as a thank you!  Go to http://www.sandymitchell.co.uk/ and sign up for the Newsletter from the left hand column on the Homepage.

mini wire basket

after speaking to so many people at the open studio event about the origins of my woven wirework, I thought I should try to cross the disciplines and weave a basket from wire.

I was quite pleased with the start of it.  The photo gives no idea of size however and I have to confess it is a lot smaller than you may imagine - just about the size of a bottle cap!!!!

I did so enjoy making it that I think I will experiment further with more complex designs and even try and make something wearable... not a hat though :-)

Sandy Mitchell Jewellery: Square Picture Show

Sandy Mitchell Jewellery: Square Picture Show: "the Square Picture Show is underway at Broomhill Art Hotel, near Barnstaple in north Devon. http://www.northdevonarts.co.uk/exhibitions.htm..."