The second set I am sharing for the exhibition. The beads were made from Beer Bottles! I then dripped the glass to form the shape, and finally added the gold leaf. I love the colours in this set of jewellery. I am not a brown or a gold person, but even I would wear this jewellery. I tried the more simple necklace with some of my black/grey clothes, and it looked right at home. I wasn’t expecting to like this quite so much! I’m glad I tried it!
I have made 3 different sets of work for Murray Bridge Regional Gallery. This is the first set. I used a wine bottle as the base of the beads, and then decorated the beads with a beautiful green/blue frit, and then dripped the glass to get the cool shape.
The earrings are super nice to wear. I have made myself some little hoops with a red bead on it (the prototype). But, I seriously love the necklaces too. I’ll share the next couple of sets over the next couple of days. The work will be at the Gallery on Tuesday!
Oh how I have loved this HUGE studio in our house in Mount Gambier. It has been amazing to have so much space! I am so grateful for the wonderful 2 years we have had here. Things will be different in Murray Bridge, that’s for sure, but we are all looking forward to the move for many different reasons. I am looking forward to:
I’ll try to keep posting as much as I can over the next week, as I’ve got some really cool new jewellery to share with you, but don’t be surprised if I miss a day here and there.
This necklace will feature in the Murray Bridge Regional Art Gallery from early next week!
Once you try one new thing, more new ideas pop into your head that need to be tried! I used to make these beads just by melting and dripping the glass (no decoration). A couple of weeks ago I started rolling the glass in frit before I melted and dripped them, and I loved the result. This week, I have been dripping the glass and then rolling them in gold leaf. Love this too, and can’t wait to put all of this jewellery together.
I am making this new range for Murray Bridge Regional Art Gallery where I will be Artist of the Month for January and February.