Saturday 17 January 2009

Lampwork - oooh!


Bonjour!
Yesterday I was working away in the Little Bead Shop and got to have a go on Emma's lampwork torch, and I love my beads!!
Emma is the owner Gil's daughter and she has her studio downstairs where she creates lots of silver and glass beauties! Her blog is fab, www.littlebeadshop.blogspot.com, go have a look! I'll get a photo of my beads up once my camera is up and running :). Meanwhile, here are some of Emmas. Needless to say, mine are not of quite the same standard! :)
Helen*

Thursday 15 January 2009

Christmas Holiday Project


Last time I was here I mentioned my Christmas project on Maisie Broadhead. I have been having so much fun doing it!
Her website is http://www.maisiebroadhead.com/ and it has some beautiful photographs of her work. I have been focussing on her 'Bathroom' collection, which features household fittings cast in silver to be worn on the body, giving them a new purpose and meaning.
This took me to the Sam Burns scrapyard in Prestonpans ysterday, to see what objects I could come across which i thought could do with a new lease of life... so £3.00 later I had an old remote control, a games consol handset, some old plugs, a showerhead, a couple of taps, a hard drive from an ancient computer and some old screws. Now, what to do with them? Any inspiration greatly appreciated :) . I'm back at college on Monday so will try and scan some of my sketchbook pages for you to see.
Other news...not too much. I just got back from a gorgeous holiday in the Conaries with my boyfriend, and it was pretty much jewellery-unrelated, although that didn't stop me from dragging him into every jewellery shop we passed! Going to have some fun with a bit of fimo tonight, I have a new idea in the pipeline. Ooh. I'll let you know how it goes and get some sketchbook photos up soon! Helen*
P.S. This image is Maisie Broadhead's 'Pullcord necklace'.