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Using every scrap I can and the result should be some fun one-off designs.  I'm half tempted to create the original glass tiles and designs just so that I will have the scrap pieced to make this new work.

One of my latest designs! Fun earrings that I've made, simply put, by "pressing" a design into the glass and then filling in the detail with metallic glass paintLike many other makers and artists, I'm doing less selling and shipping at the moment. In my case this means more time for designing and finishing old projects. I've finally been able to make some progress on designs and experiments that I started last year...or even earlier!    One of the most challenging was this pressed glass project. I was keen to make some fun and bold earrings that were also light weight. This meant...

Step one in my latest glass casting project. I’m sure there are a ton better materials to use than clay but I started working glass via pottery making and am happy for any opportunity to work with it. Next to the pottery wheel, my favourite clay activity is carving away at leather hard clay which solid but not yet dry. In this case, I’m just cleaning off some excess clay from the outside. ⁠ This part is also fun. I’ve added some of my never ending supply of glass scrap into the little clay ‘boats’. This is not precision work. I’ll...

I started Spring with many new batches of popular pendants ready to make in to necklaces. All of these have been added to my web shop and more are in the works. 

It’s a work day bonus when I can open the kiln and remove the molds to find these calming paper faces looking up at me. 🌞     I've brought back a classic image from back when I was making ceramic jewellery. I'm working to incorporate this calm face image into a glass pendant. Harder than I expected but a fun process nonetheless.      Instead of making ceramic faces as pendants, I made ceramic stamps from the negative image of the face to press the glass in the kiln.      The first mini-batch. I have to learn how to...

I finished up a few pairs of earrings. These were leftovers from larger batches and needed a bit of extra attention. It's so fun to be reminded with a round-up of earrings from over a span of time.

I have a lot of unscheduled time right now, as many do. I'm not exactly sure what to work on today so I’m recycling  some of my seemingly endless supply of leftover glass into new mini sheets of glass. 🎨🔨 ♻️    

Testing colours for a batch of Pigeon necklaces 🎨✨🐦   And the finished Pigeon Necklace samples.   I left out a good colour combo from this test: pale pink on dull purple (hard to get a vibrant purple in glass)! So I haven’t decided which of the pink purple colours to go ahead with. 🐦 Opinions welcome!  

I don't want my future self to say, "Why didn't you get more done while stuck inside surrounded by all your work stuff?" So I'm doing my best to keep plugging along and continue to create handmade things for the future. Hope you are all able to plug along too. #stayhomeclub #flatteningthecurve #socialdistancing    

When I had trouble getting a hold of my one go-to necklace chain, I removed the chain option from my pendant necklaces. After all, most of my customers choose the cotton cord option (high quality imported Japanese waxed cotton cord). But I have a variety of interesting chain in my studio, some of which can suit some necklaces in particular. I've decided to add limited quantities of chain (because that's what I have;) to specific pendant necklaces.    (And have more new styles of chain waiting in the wings. Check back for those or join my mail list and I will...