What a Busy Time

I'm back!

Oh.. ok you don't even know where I have been. I spent the last weekend at the Guild of Enamellers conference in Nottingham and we had a great time. My good friend Lynne Glazzard was Chairman and she did a grand job. Thanks Lynne.

We had Dice and Mr Ueeda over from Japan, thanks to Aida Chemicals who make Art Clay Silver, doing a workshop and the Masterclass, I had an Art Clay stand, I met up with loads of wonderful people that I only see once a year and all in all it was fab!! I just wish these happy times would last longer :) Phew - I needed a day or two to recover.

I made a great piece on the workshop and once I have photographed it I will post it here.

Back to reality now. The piece above is one that I made on the first week of the Hot Houses in Hastings. I was just sitting playing really. It is a pendant with a bail on the back and I had fun adding all the different textures and then the stones which are 2mm CZs set in syringe. It is nice to make something interesting when you are demonstrating.

The GOOD NEWS - watch this space in the next couple of days as I am about to start a giveaway!!

Look - No Solder!

This is another of the pieces I made for my Craftsman entry to the Guild of Enamellers. The links are made using Art Clay Silver and it is a reversible bracelet enamelled on both sides. The photo above is of the front enamelled with Soyer Mid Blue and Deep Grass Green. One of the great things about using silver clay is that you can make things for enamelling without any solder joints. No more worries about weakening the joins when firing. How great is that? These links are elliptical and were joined with the jump ring connections after they were enamelled on both sides. Here is a picture before enamelling when I was trying out the connections.

And this is the other side of the bracelet enamelled with Soyer Black. A very sort of 60s look I think.