2 sleeps to go...

ep, its only 2 sleeps until I am at London Glassblowing !!! I have been busy busy busy getting everything ready and sorting out final bits this evening as the lovely Himself is taking everything over there for me tomorrow in his car so that I don't have to battle with lots of stuff on the train (I'm afraid I am a total wuss and don't drive in London. Ever.) 

I thought I would share some of the things that I am taking....

First off is a combined picture, I used one of my favorite pieces for one of the images for my lovely new business cards, I am really pleased with them, they came from Moo and for those who haven't discovered it yet they let you upload lots of images, (so an end to boring business cards lol ) I couldn't resist taking  a picture of the piece with its matching card - 

I have also remade  an old favorite of mine, with a few slight changes ! I love the beads on this, It is a while since I have made any sampler sets up and they work perfectly for this design so I got out a couple of colours that seem to be crying out to go together (and oh isnt CiM Crocus - the purple colour for the non lampworkers out there ;o)  -  gorgeous) and I im really pleased with the updated piece, its quite girlie for me, but its really fresh and bright ! 

I am also taking some things that, shock horror, I have not photographed yet !! I will try to make sure I get photos when I have everything set up to share with you... and if you do come to visit while I am at London Glassblowing do say Hi and  introduce yourself  ;o)

A new technique

Apologies for things being a bit quiet around here recently ! I have had a couple of hand in's at uni and I am busy working on things to take to London Glassblowing at the weekend. (If you are in London, Friday, Saturday or Sunday it would be fantastic to see you there)

I thought I would share with you something I have been working on, you all know I love my patterns, and have been enjoying patterning Silver with alsorts of designs, well I have been wanting to try getting some of the same patterns into my beads....

Ta dah... Look familiar ?? yep its the same damask pattern that I used on some of my jewellery like the piece below. I am really pleased that the pattern has come out so clear and I am looking forward to spending some time exploring this technique more.

 

The technique makes use of ceramic transfers and I think it has lots of potential, you just need to be able to make a digital file of the design you want to use so the possibilities are endless you can use your own sketches, digital designs, anything. Look out for more designs from me using this technique soon.  

Enamels

I thought that today I would share what i have been upto recently, which is playing with my enamels. I havent had a good play with my enamels for ...hmm.. quite a long time !! Sooo I thought that I would also show you a picture of one of my very early attempts with enamels waaaay back in 2006 !!

These are they, my 2006 "midnight lentils"-



and my recent enamels set, Sea Foam Bubble Flowers -



and in close up -


Yep, I am still on the bubble flowers :) so what do you think of the enamels with the bubble flowers ? I really like the effect and have been busily making focals in this style too, but i wont put pictures of all of them here you know where to find them :o)

I think Etsy must know its my birthday....

I got a Treasury !! My first ever, so in honour of it being my birthday and having lots of lovely grey pressies (well it is my favorite colour !!) I decided to have a grey theme and share some of my favorite grey things !! I had such a lot of fun putting it together and hope you like my choices too !



As I have already mentioned, I had a gorgeously grey birthday, I will try and see if Himself will take a picture of me in some of my new finery so I can share with you !

:o)

More Exciting News

In fact, this is very very exciting news !! I am going to be the guest artist at London Glassblowing's Spring Open Weekend !! I am soo over excited about this Im practically dancing around the kitchen lol ! The open weekend runs over 3 days and I will be there each day, doing lampwork demos !! I will also have a selection of my jewellery for sale.



If you can get to London over that weekend do come and say Hi, there will be glassblowing demos running in the studio as well as my lampworking demos, and whether you have seen it before or not glassblowing is amazing to watch, particularly given the skill of the team at London Glassblowing who make it all look so easy !!

Hope to see you there !!

Ag goes live

Im delighted to announce the launch of a new part of Chameleon Designs



Ag will be the outlet for all my sterling silver jewellery. A treasure trove of textures and patterns pieces vary from simple nature inspired pieces to lush and flamboyant statements including the new pieces below incorporating my damask pattern with some gorgeous gemstones.



Im looking forward to expanding the range and have lots of ideas for new pieces, but dont worry there will still be plenty of glass :o)

New Beads Midweek !

Yes, its true, there are new beads online now ! As I am still having to be home quite a lot with this labyrinthitis at the moment I have new beads so I decided to put them online tonight rather than waiting for the weekend ! 

There are some new glimmer focal beads including these-






and there are a couple of new sets too, I am really happy with the faded bead in the tropical seas set, it has some gorgeous colours in it from where I have blended the colours, i think i might have to have a go at a whole set of blended ones, what do you think ??