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Because I've made it to 20 years- Why stop now?
I started writing these 'Why I make Jewellery' blogs over 10 years ago and abruptly stopped as the 3rd child became a tipping point into...
daisydunlopjewelle
Nov 20, 20235 min read


Why I make jewellery #5 ( Nov 2016)
It is late November and its dark dark dark. Woken in the night by my unsettled children, it is oddly timeless: Either two a.m or six...
daisydunlopjewelle
Feb 12, 20234 min read


Why I sometimes dont make jewellery (Jan 2017)
I don't know why I make jewellery. Recently Ive been wishing I was doing something else: Casting about for alternative lives, moving in...
daisydunlopjewelle
Feb 11, 20234 min read


July 2016
And six months later..a baby who is so wholly her own person. Who moves and dreams and chooses. The little ear picture seems a thousand...
daisydunlopjewelle
Feb 11, 20231 min read


Jan 2016
I spent all last year creating this infinitely beautiful thing. My daughter was born in October and Im slowly rising to the surface. My ...
daisydunlopjewelle
Feb 11, 20231 min read


Why I make jewellery #4 ( April 2014)
Yes indeed: A strange compulsion to attempt to balance items on suspended acrylic shapes that almost guarantee the jewellery sliding to...
daisydunlopjewelle
Feb 11, 20233 min read


Why I make Jewellery #3 Oct 2013
Reason #3: Because jewellery is a tangible thing (that leaves me and leads its own life...) Frequently, when I’m doing a show and people...
daisydunlopjewelle
Feb 11, 20232 min read


Why I make jewellery #2 ( Sept 2013)
Reason #1: Because everything that’s smaller than us is potentially jewellery waiting to happen... So, yes, reason number one. The...
daisydunlopjewelle
Feb 11, 20232 min read


Why I make jewellery #1 Aug 2013
Very occasionally I find myself in the sort of situation where people ask ‘So what do you do?’ and, on replying that I make jewellery,...
daisydunlopjewelle
Feb 11, 20232 min read
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