May 14, 2013 Experiments in Cabinetry Two drawers, each 45x95x25mm internal diameter, in a sturdy case. All made from the same layered-painted-and-varnished paper I use for jewellery. Share this:Share on TumblrTweetMoreEmailPrintPocket Categories Uncategorized Comment: 1
November 20, 2012 Gaudy Night play script I & some friends recently spent a weekend acting some classic murder mysteries for our own entertainment. For various reasons, we needed to produce scripts for them – private use only, so this isn’t a copyright issue – and it would have been a shame not to do our own cover designs with original artwork. This is mine, for Dorothy... Share this:Share on TumblrTweetMoreEmailPrintPocket Categories collage/digital Comments: 0
August 9, 2012 Blodeuwedd mask Lleu Llaw Gyffes was cursed by his reluctant mother – he could never have weapons & armour, a bride, or even a name until she gave them to him. His foster-father, Gwydion ap Dôn, tricked her into bestowing the first and the last, but there’s nothing she could do about the second, and frankly that family was screwed up enough... Share this:Share on TumblrTweetMoreEmailPrintPocket Categories collage Comment: 1
July 8, 2012 Faux-rosewood finish I’m rather pleased with this paint job, so I wanted to post a tutorial on how to do it. It’s done on artist’s mountboard (I’m making a display case for jewellery, for me to use when selling my work) but any smooth surface will work. The first thing to do is to paint it black, paint it black again, and... Share this:Share on TumblrTweetMoreEmailPrintPocket Categories Uncategorized Comment: 1
May 4, 2012 Sketchbook I always keep an A4 hardback sketchbook with me for ideas, brainstorming, notes on events, and general Everything purposes. They’ve been getting more & more ornate with each one, partly so I can see how new designs stand up to daily wear & tear, but mostly just because. The nori-collage one flaked off badly enough that I had to retire... Share this:Share on TumblrTweetMoreEmailPrintPocket Categories meta Comments: 0
March 23, 2012 Rose pendants These are what I’ve been working on over the last week or two – they’re made entirely of paper & glue, painted & varnished. The handmade original (below) was sitting around for a few months, while I kept picking it up and thinking “must do an improved version of this”, and then shortly after that I got access to a... Share this:Share on TumblrTweetMoreEmailPrintPocket Categories jewellery Comment: 1
January 23, 2012 Destruct testing, tool making, and jewellery I’d been wondering where this was for a month or so, and it turned out it had been in an inner pocket of my belt pouch all along, with the leather cord wrapped around it. The continual pressure (and probably the warmth) has pulled off a little of the paint, but that’s all. I’m fairly encouraged, overall! This is seasoned... Share this:Share on TumblrTweetMoreEmailPrintPocket Categories jewellery Comments: 2
April 12, 2011 Etsy jewellery I’ve added some new jewellery to my Etsy shop. This set are double-layered artist’s mountboard, cross-grained for strength & stiffness, and reinforced with a total of five or six layers of paint & varnish. I’ll put them up for strength against most metal jewellery, and I inadvertently managed to prove that they’re waterproof by leaving one in the pocket of... Share this:Share on TumblrTweetMoreEmailPrintPocket Categories jewellery Comments: 0
March 15, 2011 Craft fair preliminaries There’s something quite special about varnishing a piece. On the one hand, it makes the colours glow and shine, jump out at you and grab the eye. On the other, it’s the no-changes-now point—once the varnish goes on, there’s not much you can do to change any problems. Rationally, of course, that’s false – this varnish needs three coats to... Share this:Share on TumblrTweetMoreEmailPrintPocket Categories meta Comments: 0
May 14, 2010 Paper jewellery Sounds like a silly idea, but it’s actually a really good material—tough, lightweight, and durable. That black & silver choker is made from Fabriano Tiziano pastel paper, folded & laminated, and then very thoroughly varnished. It ends up very like thin leather, but it’s entirely vegan. (Not all papers are; most art paper uses animal gelatin for sizing. Fabriano use... Share this:Share on TumblrTweetMoreEmailPrintPocket Categories jewellery Comments: 0
