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Full or Part Time
#MarchMeettheMaker Do you do this full time? Is there such a thing as ‘All The Time’? ???? I am self-employed and I work full time. I do more than just playing with copper. I spend as much time as needed on whichever aspect of my work that needs it most at a given time. Read more […]
Detail or Close Up
#MarchMeettheMaker Glowing Copper Detail or Close Up of my work – As Joanna Hawker has said in her post explaining the #MarchMeetTheMaker2019 prompts an opportunity to show a specific part of your product or process. So here is a close up of photo annealing copper. There is a video of this process on the homepage […]
Tools and Materials
#marchmeetthemaker day 4 is all about tools and materials. I love my tools. After all one can never have too many hammers… and all kinds of other tools to make metalwork even more fun! View this post on Instagram #marchmeetthemaker day 4 is all about tools ????and materials. My most important tools are my hands. […]
Flatlay
Flatlay is the 3rd prompt for Joanne Hawker’s #marchmeettehmaker challenge. I don’t take many pictures like this because most of my work has a lot of depth and dimension which gets lost when laid flat to photograph but I did take this picture to capture the gorgeous colours. View this post on Instagram #MarchMeetTheMaker 3. […]
How it all started
#MarchMeettheMaker 2. How it all started… Most of you who have known me for a while know the story of how it all started but it is something shared for the first time on Instagram I think 🙂 View this post on Instagram #MarchMeetTheMaker 2. How it all started… I once bought a necklace in […]
Favourite to Make
#MarchMeettheMaker Favourite to Make is the 1st prompt Prompt 1 of #MarchMeetTheMaker by @joannehawker – Favourite to Make. I enjoy crafting everything I make of course! But if I really had to pick a favourite I would say my air-chased copper pieces View this post on Instagram Prompt 1 of #MarchMeetTheMaker by @joannehawker – Favourite to Make I enjoy […]
#MarchMeetTheMaker 2019
Joining #MarchMeetTheMaker challenge on Instagram for the first time and looking forward to having fun and meeting new people. This is a 31 day Instagram Challenge, set by Designer & Illustrator Joanne Hawker – https://www.facebook.com/JoanneHawkerDesignandIllustration/More about the challenge here: https://www.marchmeetthemaker.com/ View this post on Instagram […]
Another New Year… Happy 2019 Everyone!
Happy 2019 everyone! Thank you for being a part of my life as we begin another year. Looking forward to lots of new adventures I have a New Year resolution! It is the same one I make every year… I am going to carry on being Me and enjoying my life, my friends & family […]
ESC Artists Exhibition at Stamford Arts Centre
Looking forward to the 4th ESC Artists Exhibition! I am one of the founders of ESC Artists and we organise artist led Pop-Up Shops and Exhibitions at Stamford Arts Centre and occasionally have a stall at local Stamford events. Our next exhibition starts on 23 October featuring 10 local artists and designers from Lincolnshire and […]
Copper Leaves: Work in Progress
Copper leaves are just fabulous, there are so many different ways to make them, and so many different ways to give them patina, colour and structure. Using my trusty jeweller’s saw I am sawing a range of copper leaf shapes to make decorative leaf sculptures. I think I will enamel them… but not sure yet. […]
Artist Market in Stamford
Less than a month to the ESC Artist Market at Stamford Arts Centre! I am of course very excited about it 🙂 This is a our 7th Market at this venue. We must be doing something right! Eve Marshall and I look forward to welcoming you to our pop up event and introducing you to […]
Enamelling Fun
Spent a little more time playing with copper shapes and glass enamel and experimented with seed beads. I am really pleased with the result. What do you think? A few more pictures of enamelling fun and the enamelled earrings I have been making.
Playtime
Things I do to get out of tidying up ???? Found a couple of small strips of copper left over from an earlier project so of course I had to play! It is amazing what fun shapes you can create with a simple cross-pein hammer. I will sort the bench out tomorrow…
Whittlesey Business & Community Fayre: 20 May 2018
Felt Artist Eve Marshall and I will be sharing a Felting and Copper stall at the Whittlesey Business & Community Fayre on 20th May 2018. It would be lovely to see you there! Venue: Manor Leisure Centre, Whittlesey PE7 1UA From the Event Facebook page: An event for the whole family. Local business stalls, attractions […]
Work in Progress: Annealing Copper Wire
Annealing, just one of the things I do quite often when crafting copper sculptures or jewellery. This video is a small clip of the process of annealing thick copper wire to forge a rustic copper cuff. Do follow my Facebook Page if you would like to see more work in progress pictures as I enjoy […]