Year: 2016

The lovely Malgorzata (Gosia) contacted me quite a while ago and asked if I wanted to try some of her silkscreens and finally I’ve had a bit of time free to sit and play…and wow do I love them.  The tribal pattern and faces are some of my favourites and they are exactly what I…

Another sensational day at The Whimsical Bead with some incredibly talented students.  Our workshop today was Dye-Namix and wow……some of the creations today blew my mind!!!!  I was a little better at taking pics today so have a few more to share.  We worked with a range of different mediums today and concentrated on making…

Well I’m back in Melbourne – woohoo!!  3 days of exciting workshops at The Whimsical Bead with the oh-so gorgeous Dani Rapinett.  Day 1 and day 3 was the Pebeo, Plastics and Polymer Clay workshop.  We played with all sorts of goodies during these days and I have to say, some of the students creations…

Last night I attended the opening of Barndi Mara Jewellery Exhibiton here in Geraldton which features a beautiful range of polymer and silver clay jewellery. Rachel McKenzie originally initiated the project with a group of indigenous women in Mullewa, Western Australia.  The 4 women involved were Debra Maher, Susan Merry, Wendy Jakamarra, and Barbara Comeagain.…

I knew today would be the last “full-on” day in the studio as I’m heading over to Melbourne for workshops at The Whimsical Bead with Dani and the girls and of course, to also hang out with Christi for a week or so.  I’ve had a large pile of “scrappy” veneer bits and large veneers…

Aaaahhhhhh….today was a good day. I created a video tutorial on a chalky veneer a few days ago and posted it to YouTube.  Yes, to my surprise, I managed to do it.  It was actually quite easy so I think I may do a few more.  I certainly don’t want it to take over that’s…

Today is Tuesday which means studio play day for me – woohoo!!!  I had no idea what I was going to do today (which is normal for a Tuesday) so I started with the last thing I was playing with – tube beads.  I had an idea floating around that I wanted to create fish…

Today was Tuesday….yes another full-on studio day and was really happy with some of the finished pieces.  I knew I was going to be working on some cabs so created some hand shaped cabachons Monday night ready to work with.  I had an idea of incorporating some image transfer pieces in the mix so picked…