OMG I'm in Making Jewellery magazine

Hi

I just have to share this I'm in Making Jewellery magazine with three pieces of my Jewellery. Two pendents and a ring.

Well here they are, I'm sooooooooooo chuffed :)

10 Ton Hydraulic Press

Hi
I thought I would share some press formed pendants with you. I will explained what this involves.

This my 10 ton hydraulic press














First you need to draw on an acrylic sheet the shape you want your pendant to be. Once you have got your design and pierced it out you then make a sandwich of a piece of steel then hard urethane then the acyclic with the cut out a picec of sheet silver next a soft piece of urethane then another piece of steel. Now place the sandwich in the press and squeeze.

These are the results. I do need to do some more sanding but I wanted to show you.

Dichroic Glass

Hi

Sorry I have been so quiet, its so busy for me what with taking the Master's registry as well as writing and creating tutorials for a magazine and trying to run a business with my wonderful husband Keith and teaching nearly every weekend. Not that I'm complaining I wouldn't change it for the world.

Well finally I have had a chance to play with some gorgeous glass so I thought I would share these pendants with you the first is a tack fuse.

I love the vibrant colours that you get with dichroic glass such lovely colours for the summer.

The second one is called a full fuse so is much more melted together, I've used sterling silver wire run through my rolling mill to flatten it and a simple wire wrap to encase and make a bail. I think I prefer this one.

I hope you like them.

A Bit of Bling

Hi Everyone

I just had to share this hollow ring with you I've called it a bit of bling.

It is made from fine silver and 24kt gold. I'm really enjoying playing with all sorts of shapes and construction. This is going to be for sale in the shop. I'm not keeping it because I can't wear gold I'm to pale, it doesn't look right on my skin type.

I hope you all like it.

Art Nouveau Pendant

Hi All I'm sorry that I have neglected my blog for a while but the reason for this is I have been heavily involved in take the masters registry. Oh boy this is a challenge but I'm enjoying it.

So please forgive me for the lack of work here at the moment, behind the scenes I am working very hard.

Well I have this pendant to share with you, it is an Art Nouveau inspired piece.

I hope you like this, it will be worn this summer.

A Tour Of My Studio

Hi
I thought it was about time I shared my gorgeous studio with you all, so you can see where I create all my jewellery.

This space is great for teaching, it has a nice and toastie under floor heating and is very well insulated so keeps at a nice temperature all year round.



The first pic is the outside of my studio and my friend Karen made the glass hangings for me.


The second picture is of my Art Clay station

This is my Lampwork station which is just fun for me.

The last picture is my silver smithing station and my table were I teach art clay silver it is a really nice environment to teach, warm and well lite with no interruptions.

I hope you enjoy a little glimpse into my studio.

Lesley

Hattie Sanderson

Well if you love Art clay Silver or PMC as much as I do you will have heard of Hattie Sanderson.
Hattie's work is amazing, Just take a look.

















She will coming to the UK in December and taking a two day workshop at The Little Bead Shop Scotland, this is a chance for a lifetime and an opportunity not to be missed.
I will be saving so hard right now just so I have the money to go when places became available

This will be the first time Hattie's has been to the UK, you can look at more of her stunning work, just use the link below. http://www.hattiesanderson.com/

She has some awesome Jewellery to look at. I hope some of you would be able to attend I can't wait I'm so excited:)
For any further information please use the link below to The Little Beads Shop Art clay Scotland.
http://www.thelittlebeadshop.co.uk/ all the detail's will be there.