Edinburgh jeweller

I'm looking forward to attending the You Can Make It residential metal clay conference in just a few weeks time. Although I'll admit I'm not looking forward to the train journey! This time last year I still lived in London and so the journey was only a few hours. This time I live in Scotland and it's likely to be at least 7 hours on the train. I looked at the option of flying but I'm teaching soldering and need to bring all my equipment. I didn't fancy getting there to find my butane torches had been confiscated at the airport! I'll do a blog post on my epic journey! I've just checked, it's 470 miles away. Last year I only had to travel 130 miles. Anyway, I've been getting ready for the conference, writing some notes for my workshop sessions, making sure I have all the materials and samples I need etc. One of the fun things I've been preparing for is the charm swap. We make charms and then swap them with others at the conference and make a...

I'm pleased (and slightly daunted!) to be telling you that this is my last term of teaching in London for a while. My husband and I are moving to Edinburgh at easter and I plan to be teaching in Scotland this year! I will also be returning to London to do some teaching but it will be shorter courses. I'll let you know what is coming up via the blog. Here are the courses I will be teaching in London and elsewhere this term Beautiful beading Mondays, 3-5.30pm, 12 weeks Course code: 1502 Starting on 9th January 2017 This term we will be focussing on knotting and braiding techniques including French knit necklaces (see above photo) and kumihimo among other techniques Click here for more information and to enrol online Introduction to silver clay jewellery Mondays, 6-9pm, 6 weeks Course code: 1504 Starting on 9th January 2017 There are just a couple of places left on this beginners course in using silver clay Click here for more information and to enrol online ...

I'm really excited to have been asked to teach at the You Can Make It 2017 metal clay residential conference in Dorset in March next year. When? 24-26th March 2017 Where? Springfield Country Hotel Leisure Club and Spa , Grange Road, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5AL, England What? YCMI is a residential metal clay conference held in a spa hotel in Dorset. There is a selection of full day masterclasses , hands on sessions , demos and talks to choose from taking place over the weekend. There are so many techniques and projects you can learn over the course of the weekend - check out the website for all the information . There is also the chance to get to know other metal clayers, take part in a charm swap (where you make a number of metal clay charms and swap with others to build up your own unique bracelet) and the ‘Your favourite make’ competition, visit the Make it Market and more. The event is sponsored and subsidised to make it as affordable as possible. Check out the ...

I'm beyond excited to announce that I will be teaching at the You Can Make It UK residential metal clay conference, 24th-26th March 2017.  There are metal clay artists travelling in from all over the world including Wanaree Tanner Anna Mazon Julia Rai Tracey Spurgin Joy Funnell To be in the know use this link to  sign up for updates about the conference .  I will post on the blog when the YCMI website is up and running and let you know about the classes I'll be running.