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Nov 20, 20235 min read

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...

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Feb 12, 20234 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...

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Feb 11, 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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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