June 18th, 2010
I’ve been really busy with my pieces for the Creative Exchange of late – so much so that I’ve forgotten to post up my progress. I’ve got so much to do this month that time is very limited, but I want to post up a few more piccies to show you how I’m getting on.
June 9th, 2010
Last week I cut the two rods of acrylic I received into small discs as I decided to make an orange neckpiece and a green neckpiece too. The next task was to drill two holes into each disc and this is where things went horribly wrong. I nearly cried as it took me so long to cut all the discs out and drilling holes into the acrylic was impossible…read on…
June 2nd, 2010
I’ve been working through ideas of what to do with my pieces of coloured acrylic and because the clay pieces that also came in the box, along with the acrylic, are flower-like, I’m going to use these as a starting point for my piece(s). I want to make something wearable and tactile and bright – something evoking spring/summer that’s got movement and a flow about it. So I’m thinking along the lines of making a set of jewellery – maybe a neckpiece with earrings to match and/or a bracelet. Or maybe some sort of brooch or collection of brooches.
May 26th, 2010
I recently mentioned on my facebook page that I’d received an interesting package in the post. I don’t know who it is from, but it came via FCA&C as part of their ‘Creative Exchange’. I’ve got until the 30th June to make something from it’s contents and I have no idea what I’m going to make as yet, but going to get my sketchpad out and thinking cap on and see what ideas I come up with.
June 22nd, 2009
I’ve made some progress with my rainbow button bracelet at last. I’ve filed down each of the button holders around the edges – I still need to file the bezel bits down to suit the height each of the individual buttons, but will do that last.
I made a load of jump rings for the first time which was fun. I wound my silver wire around a knitting needle and then used a saw on the coil to cut each jump ring off one by one. I then made the edges meet and gave them a bit of ‘memory’ tension in the process. These were then soldered and hammered flat – which was great fun!
June 15th, 2009
I’ve been working on this on and off for a while. Never really had a good block of time to get it really going and I’ve had all the separate pieces sitting on my workbench gathering dust. So I decided to finish work at 5pm tonight and get all the soldering done.
Had a bit of difficulty with that as I had to get used to my torch and the strength of the flame as I’ve not used it for ages and also not used it to make jewellery before either – it’s main use in the past has been for melting plastic onto my images.
May 7th, 2009
Back in February I mentioned I was applying for the 2008-2009 Craft Artists Awards and I’ve been so busy with work that I haven’t mentioned it since. I got a letter in March saying that I had been awarded £500 – so was chuffed to bits.
Again I’ve been too busy to actually do anything with the money. One thing I have been doing though is learning silversmithing/metalwork. My application was based around the fact that I’m doing a skills exchange with one of my web design clients – Dot Sim – in that I create her a new fabby dabby website which she can update herself and she teaches me basic metalwork/silversmithing techniques in return.
January 31st, 2009
We’ll soon be holding regular film nights in our mini cinema and so I’ve taken on the task of making some bean bags. I’ve been collecting vintage fabric and thinking up patterns and tonight have made my first prototype to test out my pattern. I love it!
July 10th, 2008
Ok so I’m a keen recycler. I try to reduce the amount of packaging that comes through my door and generally only allow items that can be recycled. Well the other day we got some garden furniture and although it was wrapped in sturdy cardboard [OK] it was secured with strong plastic strips [not OK]. So I set myself the task to come with some ideas of what to make with them…so they got plonked onto my studio floor and I’ve been tripping over them ever since!
July 9th, 2008
I got hold of about 50m of ric rac recently and didn’t know what to do with it and so did a search online for ideas and came across this tutorial at madewithlovebyhannah. The site is full of amazing stuff using really lovely fabrics and embroidery – a true inspiration!
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