Ceramics, Jewellery and Art

Remodelling my workshop and hallmarking jewellery.

An update on vitreous enamel availability and what's been happening over the summer.

How to etch copper and silver with PnP blue paper for use with enamelling techniques

Every year I decide that over the Christmas break I am going to get such a lot done - and then I end up not doing half of it. Most years...

I can't believe I Iast wrote a blog post in March! I used to be so good at writing one every month but I've been slacking. The good...

Like most people, I was shocked by how fast the current war in the Ukraine took hold. I had no idea it was coming. Since then it all...

I have some exciting news for the final days of 2021 - I now have a webshop selling my own silver and enamel jewellery, greetings cards...

Experiments in silver jewellery design made over Christmas 2020, featuring filigree, granulation and salt casting.

An introduction to vitreous enamelling.

Fine silver and vitreous enamel cloisonne pendants.

Miniature portrait painting in vitreous enamel of a Maine Coon cat.

The creation of an enamel pendant in fine silver using the techniques of basse taille, cloisonné and champlevé.

Creating beautiful Nihon Shippo and Ninomiya enamel colour test strips.