I love horses even though they’re a bit scary. I’m not a great rider, and haven’t done any more than feed them a bit of grass since I was a kid, but they are beautiful creatures and a wonderful source of inspiration. As a bored child in the school holidays I used to go round… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge Reveal – Horses
Today it’s the reveal of our new Art Elements Theme challenge. If you missed it, team members and guests can create anything that they like in any medium, using the theme for inspiration. This month the challenge was hosted by Cathy Mendola, and for our first one, she chose nests…. A brilliant subject!! I came… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge – Nests
It’s reveal day for the Art Elements Component of the month. This month will be our last one which is sad, we’ve had some amazing components and great fun designing around each others creations. We’re not giving up on challenges though, next month we’ll switching over to theme based challenges open to all mediums… exciting!! … Read More Component of the Month Reveal – February
I’ll be having a small shop update on Sunday. I’ve been taking a bit of a break from beads, but I’m getting back to it again and will be listing a few pendants and lentils on Sunday 25th February at 7pm. I have some lustred raku lentils… Some halo raku lentils… A selection of raku… Read More A Small Update…
Can you believe it’s Christmas already? And the end (or nearly end) of another month means it’s time for the last reveal of the year…. The Art Elements Christmas Ornament Challenge. Earlier this month Lesley asked us all to join her in designing a Christmas ornament, and I got stuck in with my felting supplies. … Read More AE Christmas Ornament Challenge
It’s time again for another component of the month reveal, and for October, we were treated to a gorgeous hare coin clasp from Niky. I love that Niky chose clasps for her component, I can never find the right one when I make designs for the challenges so it was nice to start off with… Read More Art Elements COM reveal – October
September came and went in a flash, and it’s autumn again… my favourite season of the year! For the challenge this month we were treated to gorgeous little ZomBees from Laney Mead… they’re so cute!! Of course I forgot to take a photo of mine before I started! (Apologies for that and also the bad… Read More AE Component of the month – September
Another week has flown by and preparations are well under way for attending The Big Bead Show at Sandown Race Course next month. If you missed my last post, I’m attending along with the lovely Lesley Watt under the banner of Mudlarks. We’re both really looking forward to showing together and thought we’d share some… Read More Work in Progress – The Big Bead Show
Mudlarks is the meeting of two minds that are equally obsessed with the infinite possibilities that working with clay (or mud) provides. One of those minds in mine and the other is my good friend Lesley Watt of Lesley Watt Artisan Elements. Lesley and I recently attended a bead show together and during the run… Read More Meet the Mudlarks…
This month, it’s my turn to host the component of the month challenge and I provided the Art Elements Team and guests with a set of my galaxy beads. Today, I’m sharing two posts in one, one for myself and one for our guest Cheryl Zink. First up is Cheryl’s creation. Cheryl says…. I decided to… Read More Component of the month reveal – August
Is it me or is time running away this year? It’s another month already and time for another reveal for our Art Elements component challenge. This month, components were provided by Susan Kennedy of Suebeads. We each received one of these gorgeous scarabs. I received a stunning etched turquoise green one which as usual I… Read More Component of the Month Reveal – July
At the beginning of the month we announced a new challenge over on the Art Elements blog. This time it was the turn of Diana Ptaszynski to choose the theme and for June, she chose insects. Perfect for Spring! You can read the original post here. As well as getting creative with the theme, we’ve had… Read More June Theme Challenge reveal – Insects
This month’s host for the Component of the Month challenge is the lovely Lesley Watt. Lesley creates in clay (amongst other mediums) and offered these gorgeous shell pendants and cabs for us to design with. You can see more of Lesley’s clay work as well as her jewellery at http://www.lesleywatt.com I received this gorgeous little cab to… Read More Component of the Month Reveal May
This month we were treated by our lovely leader Jen to one of her gorgeous lamp work beads. They make me think of aurora and the beautiful starry skies of Van Gogh. There’s so much happening in these little nuggets, they’re full of sparkle and colour. I decided from the beginning it was going to… Read More Component of the month reveal – April
If you’re in the UK and would like to learn how to make ceramic beads, I will be running a ceramic bead making class again at the Flame Off in Uttoxeter. The full day class is held on the 1st June, with taster sessions on the 2nd & 3rd. Main Class Thursday This… Read More Ceramic Beadmaking classes 2017
This month on the Art Elements Blog we were given a Theme Challenge by the lovely and incredibly talented Cathy Spivey Mendola. Her theme for March was amulet bags. We were to create a little pouch or secret keeper to hold tiny treasures or words. View Cathy’s original post with more details here As luck would… Read More Art Elements Theme Challenge – March
