Can you believe it's three years since I moved into my cosy studio here in Swadlincote? To celebrate, this year my Open Studio is a collaborative event with The Shop here at Sharpe's Pottery Museum which directly adjoins my studio! My Open Studio runs over two days, Friday 18th October & Saturday 19th October, 10am - 5pm both days. As usual, I'll be here in the studio and you are very welcome to come along and say hello, browse my jewellery collections including many one-of pieces - a few of which will be brand new as I'm finishing them off this week. It's also a great chance to come and have a chat about the creative jewellery workshops I run, as I love...
Following on from the success of my previous Open Studios, I'll be opening up my studio for my third annual Open Studio at Sharpe's Pottery Museum in Swadlincote on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th November, from 11am to 4pm.
This time last year I had just moved into my brand new studio at Sharpe's Pottery Museum in Swadlincote, and I held an Open Studio to celebrate. Well I'm delighted to say that as it was such a great weekend last year, I've decided to hold an Open Studio again this year on Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th November, from 10.30am - 4.30pm.
I am thrilled to announce that I have been offered a stand at the upcoming contemporary silverware & jewellery selling fair, Goldsmiths North, to be held at the Cutlers Hall in Sheffield. This year's fair runs from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th July. The show holds extra excitement for me, because I will be returning to the city where I did my degree in metalwork and jewellery, as I graduated from Sheffield Hallam university back in 2005 and I am intrigued to see how the city has changed. It will also be a wonderful chance to catch up with fellow exhibitors, as I was a regular exhibitor at the London Goldsmiths Fair up until 2014, and many familiar faces are...
There have been some exciting changes here! In September, I moved into my brand new studio at Sharpe’s Pottery Museum in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire, just a few miles down the road from where I was before. My new studio was formerly a stairwell in the museum, which was converted over the summer. Once the conversion was complete, my brilliant friends, Alice (of Alice Draws the Line) and Jen gave me a hand with painting the studio - thank you ladies! I also had some carpentry done by local joiner Alan Gough, including putting up some much needed cupboards for storage. It was at times challenging, working out how I would fit it all in, but now it is all set...
