Notes From the Workshop

New tools - spoon stakes for the project I mentioned.

New postcards - I love new stationary.

A production line of Silver 'Beryl' Necklaces in preparation for Finders Keepers.


Working on a new collection of handmade drop earrings.


My dear Cohen, who keeps asking if he can make jewellery too. How could I say no?


Packaging up orders with a few of my favourite things.

I'm still here, keeping myself occupied in the workshop and waiting for baby. 39 weeks and 3 days today. I really am ready whenever baby is! It's a strange sort of limbo, this waiting business. 

Should baby keep us in anticipation, you can expect to see a few new pairs of earrings in the shop soon. Either way, the shop will remain open, with my sister taking over posting out orders in my absence. Only custom orders will be put on hold until I am ready to pick up my tools again after the birth.

Thanks for all your support and lovely comments here and on instagram lately. I hope to be sharing good news with you all soon. 

xx

My Creative Space...

There are new tools in my creative space this week. I do so love new tools. These shiny punches are used to dome metal or create spheres. (As shown in this clip.)

As well as take two of the vest pattern. In all honesty, this is actually take three of my second attempt. I am determined to get it right. 

And smaller.

Ravelry.

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More creative spaces here.

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Hooray for finally having a clock on my bench. I have wanted one for the longest time, but just never seemed to get around to it. Thankfully my lovely sister brought me this clock from Typo. Now I can stop relying on my mobile phone to keep track of how long I've spent on a piece, or how much likely nap time Cohen has left. 

In between filling orders and working on some new ring designs yesterday, I've been experimenting with a Scotty dog design. What are your thoughts on Scotty dog stud earrings?

My Creative Space...

In a previous life I was a jeweller.

Metal became my medium at University during a Fine Arts degree.

I pursued a career in the jewellery trade and at the bench.

I sold, I made, I repaired, I designed, I learnt.

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I started a family.

My tools sat neglected on my bench.

Pangs of guilt when I passed them.

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And now, now I am thinking of metal again. Thinking of the smell of flux, the colour of the flame, the fall of the filings. Now I am sketching, designing, dreaming and setting goals.

I am cleaning off my bench, I am laying out each file and hanging each pair of pliers and rediscovering my creative space.

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More Creative Spaces here.