

Alluding to a few of my favourite things.....
Where do creative ideas come from, what inspires artistry or needing to express myself creatively? A sense of wonder is my starting point.
Sep 19, 2022


Bowled over we are!
A new day course has rolled up at Rainbow Glass Studios, we're now teaching you to enamel on bowls! Yesterday marked our first session...
Aug 18, 2022


Why being friendly always pays......
Welcome to chapter three of The Jewellery Boat Blog on preparing for craft fairs. Feeling nervous? Worried about running a stall? Anxious...
Oct 29, 2017


Finding an oasis in the city
Finding an oasis of calm is challenging in a busy city where the pressure to do, achieve, meet deadlines, and be seen to be highly...
Apr 26, 2017


3 low tech ways to "cold work" your fused glass jewellery
Making fused glass jewellery is a pleasure in many ways, but it also requires care, effort and elbow grease to finish our pieces well....
Mar 28, 2017


Frank-ly inspiring fabrics at the Fashion and Textile Museum
A gloriously colourful brand of modernism is currently on display at the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey, London. The working...
Mar 24, 2017


Finding your own voice, a journey of creative discovery
Being able to copy is one of the ways we learn in life, being original is another challenge altogether for the artist. Hasn't it all been...
Mar 21, 2017


Subconscious connections make collections
Creativity is a strange gift! Here at the Jewellery Boat, I can struggle to come up with ideas of how to develop my collection all day...
Mar 11, 2017


Right on the button....a social history of 20th Century Women as told through their clothing.
How many of us have an old button box or tin stashed away in the sewing cupboard, perhaps inherited from our mother, grandmother (or...
Mar 5, 2017


Emerging through the morning mists...
I am continuing to develop my new jewellery collection on the theme of "Gather- river - breath" and these are my latest pair of earrings,...
Mar 2, 2017