How Exciting (part two)!

So finally .......

it arrived in the post this morning......

the Art Clay Society USA Quarterly Journal.

My piece won the cover page competition for Summer Journal and here it is!!!!

How exciting is that.

I knew a month or so ago that it had won and couldn't wait to see the printed version.

I have had a good look at this issue of the journal and I think it should be renamed as

THE BRITS ARE COMING!!!!! ;-)

As well as my cover piece inside on the Gallery pages are 10 more pieces by UK artists including my friends Lynne Glazzard, Emma Baird, another by me (!) and Lesley Messam who also has her great tutorial on making a three dimensional pieces which was also in Making Jewellery magazine. Oh and the advert for the Art Clay UK conference is in there as well with my mask on , and then on the news page is a bit about me being made a Craftsman of the Guild of Enamellers and another bit about Lesley's project being published..... phew. The USA will definitely know we Brits are on Art Clay map!!!

Well done to all.

To be able to download the Quarterly Art Clay Society USA Journals just join the Art Clay World UK Guild and you will also get access to the members section of the USA site. Great value for money!

Enamelled Accents Examples

Ok... no nagging me now!!! :)

Here is a picture of a couple of pieces I have managed to finish while I am teaching Level 1 this week. These are using my enamelled accents technique to add spot colour to silver jewellery. I am making examples to show when I teach the workshop about it. Tomorrow I am going to patinate them (I think!).

More soon... now back to the teaching.

Update

Gosh... sorry I just realised I haven't posted anything for several days now. Very remiss of me.


I have been busy with various things. The mask is not yet finished but I expect to get to that next week so keep checking back.


This week I am teaching. I have only had small amounts of time in my workshop and have been working on my enamelling workshop I am teaching at the Art Clay conference in October. I'll post some photos of examples when I get a few more pieces done. All very exciting though. If you are coming to the conference I do hope you are going to join me.

How exciting (part one)!

This is exciting - my carnival mask is being used to advertise the Art Clay Conference which is being held in Jersey this October. Here is the advert in the latest edition of Making Jewellery magazine.

If you want to know more about the conference you can find it on the Art Clay World UK Guild website. Do try to come to conference. It is such fun. It does not matter if you are a beginner or have been using Art Clay for years. Everyone is made very welcome and you will learn loads, and I am teaching the enamelling workshop!

Why is this part one? Watch this space......

Phew... what a weekend

Gosh.... that did surprise me. The weekend was so busy. I had looked at the weather forecast and thought no one would want to come out in the rain but they did in great numbers. Met loads of really nice people and sold some of my favourite pieces. The wind howled and the marquee felt like it was about to take off at times but everyone was just out to enjoy themselves regardless.

I am exhausted now. Sorry no photos, I guess I shall have to upgrade my phone sometime so I always have a camera with me where I can actually download the photos which I can't off mine!!!

Buzzy Enamelling

The mask is still ongoing so meanwhile here is a look at some of the other things I have been enamelling this week including a couple of bees. What a difference a bit of colour makes to things eh. Just off to set up for the weekend craft fair now.

Puck of Pook's Hill and me

What are you talking about I hear you ask.

Well this weekend I doing a craft fair at Batemans, Burwash, East Sussex. It was the home of Rudyard Kipling and he wrote Puck of Pook's Hill as well of lots of other things including the all time famous poem If... while he lived there. It is now a National Trust Property and it makes a great day out. The house and grounds are stunning.

I belong to the East Sussex Guild of Craftworkers and this is one of our two regular annual shows. We will be in a lovely marquee at the side of the beautiful gardens. Do come and say Hi if you are in the area. We are there from 11am - 5pm Saturday and Sunday. Fingers crossed it is not too wet!

Mask update... Enamelling In Progress - oops sorry - that's my friend Lynne's blog!! :)