My current work is mostly textiles and silver jewellery though I am also making colourful earrings
and taking photographs most of the time. I like to take part in occasional online challenges. In the past I have done the 64MillionArtists
challenge, with a daily challenge for January and then a weekly one. I also took part in Anne Brooke's 52Tags embroidery challenge a few years ago.
It has been a challenging time for me in the past few years. I have had a major bereavement, a broken shoulder, moved house and now live with
Long Covid.
Textiles
Making the 52 Tags was a really inspiring experience. I learned a few new techniques and explored lots of new materials, only drifting back to my previous styles of work occasionally. I learned which processes I enjoyed most even if they weren't new, and which ones I never want to do again! Since then I have been buying different materials and am now working on a variety of new work including various small series of pieces on new themes.
Silver jewellery
I now have a new purpose-built studio with a workbench for my jewellery work. Current work includes seasonal work painting leaves to make the leaf earrings and pendants that have proved so popular. I have also branched out to use more colour in my work. Quelle surprise! I use acrylic inks which are then sealed with varnish. I have also started to incorporate semi-precious cabochons into more pieces. Most recently, I've begun to use texture mats within the creative process.