A massive thank you to everyone who visited the SALA exhibition at All Souls Church yesterday. It was so lovely to connect with so many people and talk about my 1000 glass bead adventure! Thanks to the church for one of the nicest exhibition openings I have ever attended. An honour to have my work displayed next to Eamonn Vereker! The exhibition is open at various times for the next two weeks. I will be back again on August 28 from 1-4.
Almost ready to install my exhibition this morning before the opening at All Souls Church at 2.00pm this afternoon! Just finishing price lists, labels and then I think I can get my kitchen table back again!
Japan is definitely on my list of countries I would like to visit. Their attention to detail in their craft is exquisite and I admire many Japanese bead makers. On Monday we said goodbye to the Japanese exchange student we hosted for the past couple of weeks. We had such a great time showing her the beautiful parts of the state we live in. I am now head down finishing my SALA exhibition! It opens Saturday at 2.00pm, not long now.
Just over a week away now! I am looking forward to the opening afternoon. Hope to see you there!
And the second necklace that I made at @tartscollective on Saturday. Lots of lovely greens and blues in a mix of recycled and Italian glass.
In between serving customers at @tartscollective today, I am making some new pieces for the shop! I love my day in the shop and love talking to customers about my work. Lots of people don’t realise that I make all of the beads! This necklace will feature beads made from a variety of recycled glass objects. In between are freshwater pearls and semi-precious stones.
I have been working on a small collection of jewellery featuring ocean inspired beads for @naomischwartzjewellerydesign SALA exhibition. It will run through August and the theme is “Winter Collections” from a range of jewellers.
1000 glass beads featuring red all sorted! Now to make some jewellery for my @salafestival exhibition!
1000 glass beads! All featuring red: Bordello, firecracker, garnet, maroon, pimento, sangre, carrot red, light red, dark red, purple red, transparent red, lipstick opal, mystic red, strawberry, filigrano red. So many beautiful shades of red in this collection of beads. Next step is sorting through the beads, putting them into groups and then making earrings! Getting closer to the exhibition opening on Saturday August 13 at All Souls Church in St Peters.
Getting close now! I have been busy on the torch this week. Yesterday I added 68 beads to the collection of red beads I am making for my @salafestival exhibition. The second photo is the current total of 860 beads. It’s a lot of beads. It only just fits in a plastic takeaway box. I will finish the beads this week and then I will start making jewellery. No idea where I am going to start, but I just keep repeating the phrase: bead by bead!
