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.
More recently I've suffered some major health issues and had various other traumatic life events so am currently not working to full capacity.
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.