The inspiration and thinking of a newly graduated jeweller…
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I have been absolutely swamped the last couple of weeks, including a wonderful, beautiful trip to Bratislava. I hope to share some photos from Slovakia in the next couple of days, and have some very exciting news I’m not allowed to tell you yet!
In the meantime, while I trawl through the 400 (!) pictures from Slovakia, here is some of my studio work from the last week or two!
Helen*
It was brilliant, so much fun and I sold four pieces too, which was the icing on the cake!
I have been back to it today though, and have a few pairs of earrings in red and grey ramping down in the kiln, hopefully there will be some photos of them for you tomorrow.
In the meantime, a couple of photos from the opening!
Helen*
A colour combination that keeps popping up in my mind to try! I need to do it tomorrow, just figuring out which shades to do it in.
Here are some ideas I have picked up from Pinterest…
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Source: google.co.uk via Helen on Pinterest
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Source: google.co.uk via Helen on Pinterest
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Source: google.co.uk via Helen on Pinterest
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I’ll let you know what I come up with!
Helen*
If you are coming along to the Valentine’s Exhibition, here are a few photos of work which is about to be finished and ready for display. I hope you enjoy a little sneak preview!
Hope to see you on Friday!
Helen*
Actually, I hope not, I think there was some skill over luck with making these!
‘Raku’ is a glass made by Reichenbach, under the name ‘Iris Orange’. It got nicknamed Raku in reference to ceramics I believe, though I don’t know too much about that (I should probably look it up). Anyway, this glass, and its sister glass colours by Reichenbach (Magic, Multicolour) are what was used to make this set, along with a bit of Gaffer’s Chalcedony. Each bead is made from a rod of one colour. Most of the rods start off as a sort of muddy brown, but by playing with different temperatures and temperature changes, you can get crystals of various colours to grow, making the finished bead show lots of different colours spreading through it. I’m about to go and swot up on the striking cycle so I can understand the chemistry of the process a bit better, but I am really happy with what I achieved with these colours, it has taken a lot of practice!
I hope you like them!
Helen*
