Author Archives: Carol

This is the third in a series of these bracelets. One is owned by a friend in Edinburgh, the other is in the US. Each one is unique but this one is special as the closure is a lampwork bead made by a beading friend. It’s quite a chunky piece which is lovely on specialContinue reading “Pink Urchins Bracelet”

This bangle had a couple of outings over the summer. First at The Coast Festival in Banff and then at an arts show in the Episcopal Church in Strichen. I’d never been in the church before. It has a beautiful painted ceiling and an amazing hand made and embroidered altar piece. The work of realContinue reading “St Drostan Bangle”

First attempt at realising a necklace that has existed only as a sketch for years. Aquila is a 3 star constellation which contains a star called Altair. This piece of bead embroidery will form the off-centre of the necklace. I think I will try the centre piece again before working on the neckpiece, this firstContinue reading “Aquila”

The noir filter changed my pale freckly skin into what looks like grey seal skin. The bracelet in colour looks very different, seeing it black and white makes me think that I need to try a greyscale version. Good excuse to buy some more beads.

Such a long time since I posted anything here, I have been working on new projects but haven’t blogged them. Time to post a few pieces again. The first is this navy blue necklace. I found the making very satisfying. I have a stack of suffolk puffs as these are something I like to makeContinue reading “Blue Suffolk Puff Necklace”

These are component parts of a large project that I have been thinking about for years. I’m going to make all the bits and pieces and then assemble it. The finished product is some way off but I’ll post as I go. I’m sticking to a neutral palette so will have to use form toContinue reading “Sea Urchin and Freeform”

Another big brooch. Based around a flat grey sea urchin I tried a few more colours than I would normally use.