flat chainmail with colour line

after working with just aluminium for the past week this bracelet seemed quite heavy when it was finished, but in a nice way : )

A double layered, flat,chainmail bracelet with a line of fuschia running through the centre.  A frilly edge of gunmetal-grey anodised aluminium completes the look.

women do business in north devon

looking forward to a WDB event in South Molton tonight.  It's at the Amory Centre and starts at 6pm.  I shall be taking lots of jewellery with me to show and sell including my newest work such as Christmas Baubles

a camera at last

two weeks after my faithfull Pentax died (after only 2 years!) I have finally managed to get my hands on a camera to take photos of my new designs.  First up is this fabulous woven chainmail bracelet made from aluminium rings and about 10mm in diameter.  The more you wear it the shinier it becomes and looks like antique silver - without the heavy weight!

 then I made up some more bracelets with smaller rings and a tighter weave, one in copper

and the other in anodised aluminium in a shiny gunmetal grey colour

looking forward to doing some more experiments - with colour!

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!!!