January
2012 |
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December 2011 My xmas & new year task is to photograph my jewellery collection, get the first stage of my online shop finished and begin writing a blog... so watch this space for further news! |
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December 2011 Last 2 months have just flown... I have been kept busy teaching; doing my college classes, bebeady classes and also some beaded brooch workshops at half-term for the Manchester Royal Exchange. I've also had a stall at a number of contemporary art/craft events. These have been a bit mixed in the current climate... generally the ones I expected to do well at, were disappointing, but other events that I didn't have very high hopes for, were better than expected. Its been nice to end my events for 2011 on a high though, my jewellery got lots of compliments at the Winter Arts Market in Liverpool!! |
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November 2011 Lots of late nights working on my jewellery, info and labelling for my Chorley Library display... It looks fab and is on until the end of December. |
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September 2011 Some gorgeous new wire colours have just arrived, so have been busy making celtic, flower and spiral designs with them - amazingly was able to sit in the garden making jewellery for the first time in ages - the red and silver theme jewellery is for the 25th guild anniversary exhibition which begins at the Gallery at the Wharf in November. (see image red spiral earrings) |
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2011 An inspiring month... Had a lovely break visiting lots of roman ruins, old churches and castles in the rain in Yorkshire. I spent hours at the new York museum, they have some brilliant exhibits, was especially enthralled with all the roman, anglo-saxon and viking pieces (see image of decoration on the york helmet). I've also been to visit the St Helens World of Glass, and hadn't realised there was so much to see there and really enjoyed spending a day learning about the history of glass and glass production. |
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August 2011 |
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2011 Although I prefer sunny weather... the rain has given me an opportunity to work on updating my bebeady website with some new workshops and classes. As well as running my own classes, I also teach some jewellery making classes at colleges and in the community. Taster sessions in spiral making at Bleasdale Village Hall on Wed 24 August and a recycled jewellery workshop at the community space at the Wharf, in Burscough on Friday 16 September.... more info |
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July 2011 |
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June 2011 An aticle I wrote about jewellery making is now live on the 'Fun things to do' section of the Giddylimits website click to read it |
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2011 Refreshed and inspired by my recent adventures in Southern Italy. Highlights being visiting the Naples catacombs, archeological museum, Hercelenum and Pompei, walking along many old roman roads and getting off the beaten track in Capri. |
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May 2011 Wow, I've just been a stand-in guest panelist on the BBC Radio Lancashire Sally Naden show... its going to be available to listen to on the BBC website until 11th May me as bbc panel guest It was very nerve-wracking, as I struggle with public speaking, but listening to it, I don't sound nearly as bad as I thought I would! My other great news, is that I've just been selected by the Manchester Royal Exchange for the Guild exhibition in the autumn. |
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April 2011 Mmmn busy still... have been involved with the Lancashire Art and Craft Guild exhibitions at Barton Grange garden Centre and the current one at Alston Hall. Also been doing the major annual update of the Guild website, updating all the images, changing artist statements, checking details and making any other changes that need doing. I also do the latest news and other updates every month or so. |
| March
2011 I've been teaching a lot this month, so my jewellery making has taken a bit of a back seat... but my jewellery photography is progressing really well and I've listed some of my pieces on the national art and craft website: www.nationalartandcraft.com |
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2011 Manic making new jewellery for galleries - new range of pieces at Pendle Heritage Centre and the Guild Gallery at the Wharf... the Wharf has finally been finished and has just opened to the public (12 Feb) and it looks fantastic... |
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2011 Short holiday in Egypt for recharging my batteries and practising with my new camera... experimented with the heiroglyphs... plan on doing more jewellery photoshoots and will hopefully take better photos with it. |
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mid December 2010 Some more good news... I've been selected to sell some of my work at the new tourist info in the Burnley Mechanics Theatre. A selection of my jewellery is now on display there - a range of earrings, pendants and necklaces in red/grey colourways |
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December 2010 |
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November 2010Have had some fun doing a photo-shoot of my jewellery with a friend and her mum (Lisa and Clare Whitehead). See the photo left and further photos in the gallery section. Also have been taking some photos of my new abstract fused glass work and unique bead embelished flower pendants, - some photos in the circles |
| November
2010 Just found out I've been selected by 'World of Glass' in St Helens for the Lancashire Art and Craft Guild exhibition there next summer. Brilliant news! Not so good news, is that the guild wharf gallery shop won't be open for a few more months, as the building work isn't finished yet... |
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October 2010 |
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August 2010 |
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2010 wow, out of the blue, had an email from Linda Jones, a wirework artist, teacher and the author of a number of wire jewellery books, asking me if I was interested in being the featured artist in the wireworkers guild blog. To read my interview, go to: wireworkers guild blog |
| July
2010 really excited with the progress of my new designs, been making the most of the rain and developing my freeform squiggle and button designs in different colourways and combining them with a variety of vintage beads. Some get pride of place in the circular images - on the left |
| May/June
2010 lovely break in Malta doing lots of walking and sightseeing - so much history, very inspiring and interesting - followed by a hectic June teaching college and bebeady jewellery making classes and a one-off workshop for the Royal Exchange in Manchester. |
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2010 selected for Arteria with Gallery 23 exhibition Am currently exhibiting with the Lancashire Art and Craft guild in the Arteria Gallery in Lancaster (see events page for further info). Over the moon to be selected by the gallery for this exhibition, and its the first outing for my new button earrings, these are limited edition and created with vintage buttons and swarovski crystals. I am currently developing matching abstract wire pendants and other jewellery designs using vintage buttons. |
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2010 Arteria with Gallery 23 exhibition images on the BBC lancashire website click to visit the webpage |
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Year 2009 new jewellery designs Over the past year or two, I have been experimenting further with wire and working on developing my own unique contemporary jewellery range. To see some examples, visit the gallery |
After
months of looking for a mannequin that was a bit different, I finally
found one just before christmas on ebay. I'm currently experimenting
with photographing some of my jewellery on 'the silver lady'...
she's a vintage 1960's mannequin, a bit shabby chic at the moment
as she could do with repainting. But, still think she's super cool
and am pleased with how my photographs are progressing. 
There
is a display of my jewellery at Chorley library. The exhibition
is on until the end of the month and features some of my new jewellery
designs in grey, black, red and copper colour scheme. 
