Margot kindly answered my questions today. I must say her attitude to the journey of life is most inspiring and has given me quite a lift She also mentions lots of interesting points about the issues of making a living from jewellery design

As well as this she’s added another word to my list of […]

Margot has written three fabulous books to inspire women of all ages and levels to make jewellery with a difference. Her first two books -
The Impatient Beader and The Impatient Beader Gets Inspired offer a unique approach to jewellery making for the ‘time and technically challenged.’ Her third book - Sparkletastic is out this […]

I love looking at other designers websites for inspiration and when I find pieces of jewellery I adore, I feel quite envious and wish I’d made it myself. I then go on to wonder, is it best to look at others work or simply create without observing other artist’s designs.

I have come to the […]

So to start with you will need:

The Clay
Butane Torch
Brass Brush
Craft knife
Rolling pin
Two playing cards
Fire-brick
A pot of water
Tweezers
Olive oil
A plastic surface of some sort.
A new, small paint brush

1) Coat your fingers in a little olive oil. Take a chunk of clay out and put the rest away in the packet, seal tightly, you don’t want it […]

Fascinating video here showing Jesse making a beautiful sterling silver ring. For more information on getting into silversmithing/metalsmithing visit About HERE.

Very useful tutorial here on how to solder a jump ring. This is a really important technique if you want your jewellery to be extra secure. It’s usually more expensive jewellery that seems to be soldered because of the extra time taken I assume.

Here we have an excellent video from Jennifer Kramer. See her beautiful jewellery here.

As I am in my third year of a writing degree; my immediate response to this question would definitely be to take the self taught route. This is because I strongly believe that in the creative industry, if you have that special something - you will succeed.

On my third year we are being told to […]

Here are some photographs of when I made the silver clay toggles with the help of my partner Mark. It’s quite a good starter project because it mainly involves creating sausage shapes from the clay, bending them into place and using slip to attach loops to each other.
Use a plastic card and some olive oil […]

I have made a list using this article of all the things needed to make glass beads I would definitely suggest reading the article along with Jo’s Website for some excellent tips all about getting started. It doesn’t look like an easy hobby to just ‘pick up.’ It takes lots of safety precautions and […]