Murano Glass....

I'm back off to Venice and Murano; I used to visit twice a year to see my suppliers but since the advent of them all joining the current century and getting e-mail its not been necessary to keep travelling there (unfortunately!) but now and again its good to call in to them and see how they are  doing, especially as I've had some new suppliers recently.  I'm a terrible hoarder of beads...often I'll buy something and then hang onto it until I think I've admired it enough...

New Work...

More new stuff for the site....just let me know if you want details before they get published on slcdesigns.co.uk - thanks for looking!!  xx

Bracelet of Handmade Murano glass heart and beads, handmade fairtrade Karen silver rings, Swarovski crystal, sterling silver.

Earrings - Handmade fair-trade Karen Silver Hammered Hearts, Swarovski crystal and sterling silver earrings.

New Work

Murano Lace Necklace

SLC Designs.co.uk

I've just finished making this necklace as part of a commission and was so pleased with the end result I wanted to show it to everyone (hellooooo....anyone out there??) - anyway, for the benefit of my one reader (Fran!) (oh, ok, maybe my Mum reads it...) (and OK, I know Bobbie reads it too....) - but here is my new Murano Lace necklace - unfortunately my photography here is just rubbish, in fact I think I spent more time doing photos than making the darn thing  (I'm still getting to grips with this new camera).

The piece actually took me about four and a half hours to make - why??? - well, I never do drawings of things I want to make, I know how its supposed to end up by the picture in my head and I work from that, but inevitably on a piece that's complicated like this one, I end up thinking no, no, that won't do and going back and forth making adjustments, taking out, putting in, banging head against wall, crying, sobbing and throwing rattle out of pram...no, seriously though, its almost the way I imagined it would be, only it makes sense out of my head rather than in it, if you see what I mean...

Murano Lace Necklace (Commission) made from handmade silver lined Murano/Venetian glass beads, tons of Swarovski Crystal, Swarovski Crystal Pearls, crystal aurora borealis seed beads, sterling silver, strung on Beadalon Pro, and reduced me to a gibbering wreck (very important part to note, that last bit).

More New Work

More new stuff for the site next week... (spot the theme)...

New Work

Just finished photographing a few new pieces - I am probably going to put these on the site next week some time - if you are interested in anything in the meantime, just let me know.  I've been attracted back to the sterling silver gorgeous hand-enamelled pieces I bought a few years back for earrings because they make up into such beautiful jewellery, and for necklaces I've been doing a lot of asymmetric long linear stuff that catches the eye against a lovely sweater...