Category: Inspiration

The first step in the process for me is to do some drawing.  Luckily for me I knew how the necklace was supposed to look, I just didn’t know what colours I was going to use, or how I was going to use colour, to simplify the design.

I started with the necklace design, and thought “What about if I just use two colours?”  That would definitely keep the design simple.

Next I thought, “What about 3 colours, how would that look?”  I added that to the design ideas.

I could kind of picture the necklaces, but I needed to make the beads in order to realise if they were going to work or not.  So, I went to my studio and picked 3 different rods of glass, and went to work making enough beads to make the 2-colour and 3-colour necklaces.

Tomorrow I will show you how these necklaces turned out.

I made these necklaces for my “Home Wear” exhibition this year.  I love the simplicity of them, but I didn’t really intend to make them a production line.

Until one of my stockists asked me if I could make a bunch of them for their shop.

Of course I could!

When I do production runs, I like to make things a bit simpler than what I would do for an exhibition.  So, for example, these necklaces have 9 beads on them, with 8 different colours.  That is a lot of different beads to make, a lot of different glass to use.  I wanted to create something a bit simpler.  Something more sustainable from a production perspective.

So, I started drawing some ideas on paper, and I’ll share with you tomorrow what I am thinking.  This design process will last for a few posts, while I work out what I am going to make!  I hope you enjoy watching some of this creative process.