December 2008
28 posts
Beaded heart-shaped jewellery display hooks →
This heart rack would be perfect for hanging jewellery or other pretty little things from. It features three sturdy heart shapes, which I’ve made from 1.2mm thick steel wire. These overlap each…
Skully Dragonfly - a gothic pendant in steel and... →
This dragonfly pendant has been made using fine steel wire (about 0.7mm thick) and a mixture of black plastic, green glass and grey plastic skully beads. It has a wingspan of 10cm (4”) and is 6.5cm…
Black Heart - a pendant →
I made this Gothic heart from 18 gauge plastic-coated wire, two red glass beads, a grey plastic skull bead, and a glittery red plastic star bead. Thrifted steel, silver-plated chain and wire-wrapped…
Boris and Barrowman →
The good people at Etsy’s Dark Side have featured my wire-wrapped spider pendant ‘Boris’ on their MySpace blog! Boris is ‘Item of the Day’ today, which is fab, and has lifted me out of…
Astrid - an arachnoid beaded suncatcher →
Astrid is a glamourous little thing, and is of course not scary at all, like some spiders can be. Because she likes anything pretty, she has woven beads into her web. I made this spider from two…
Heart Hook in steel, copper and beads →
This is a functional version of my heart suncatchers, to be hung on a wall or door. It’s made of 1.2mm thick galvanised steel wire, so is sturdy enough to hang things from, for example jewellery as…
Red Fuzzy Bat - a necklace with silver wings and a... →
I created this bat pendant from silver wire and a red felt bead. Wire-wrapped loops attach red leather cord to its wings, and a loop and hook in the same silver wire fasten it at the top. The pendant…
Blue Dragonfly - a pendant in steel and beads →
This dragonfly pendant has been made using fine steel wire (about 0.7mm thick) and a mixture of black and blue beads. It has a wingspan of 10cm (4”) and is 5.5cm (just over 2”) high. It hangs from…
Spidey Pendant in copper wire (7 dollar sale) →
This stylised face (is it Spiderman or a ninja? You decide) has been made from copper wire and two pale blue button-style beads. It measures 8cm (just over 3”) high and 5cm (2”) wide, and has a…
Orange Beaded Egg - a suncatcher (7 dollar sale) →
This egg has been made from copper wire and a mixture of beads, in varying opaque and translucent shades of orange. These beads, some of which have been repurposed from old jewellery, are made from…
Pink Fuzzy Bat - a batty necklace with a felt bead... →
I created this bat pendant from silver-plated wire and a pink felt bead. Wire-wrapped loops attach pink leather-like cord to its wings, and a loop and hook in the same silver-plated wire fasten it at…
Red Dragonfly - a pendant in copper and beads →
This dragonfly pendant has been made using fine copper wire (about 0.8mm thick) and a mixture of red glass beads. It has a wingspan of 9cm (3.5”) and is 3.5cm (just over 1”) high. It hangs from red…
Paper Snowflakes →
Inspired by this blog entry by the fabulous Lupin, I’ve created some paper snowflake garlands: Ever the reuser of things, I’ve cut them from old envelopes,…
Skully Heart - a pendant in steel wire and beads →
This gothic heart has been made from fine steel wire (about 0.7mm thick) plus three grey plastic skull beads and two red glass beads. Loops on the top of the heart attach it to loops wrapped around…
Fuzzy Bats →
My Pink Fuzzy Bat has been reduced! No, it hasn’t shrunk (noes!) – its price is just smaller. Hurrah! This gothic yet contemporary pendant is made from silver-plated wire, a pink felt bead, and pink…
Gothic Rose - a charm necklace →
This Gothic charm necklace features a variety of beads, which hang from delicate sections of chain. This chunky steel chain measures 58cm (just under 23”) long, although it could be worn a few inches…
Hanley Park →
There was a park I used to walk home through as a student in Stoke-on-Trent. It was a longer walk than just going up the road, but it was a lot more peaceful. I would sketch, collect twigs and take…
Hanley Park - acrylic painting on linen canvas →
This painting depicts a scene from a park I used to visit as a student in Stoke-on-Trent. I would sketch, collect twigs and take photos there, it was a great source of inspiration. In this piece,…
Purple and Blue Beaded Egg (7 dollar sale) →
This egg has been made from copper wire and a mixture of blue and purple glass and wooden beads, in varying opaque and translucent shades. It measures 13cm (5”) long from tip of hanging loop to base…
Long Blue Beaded Angel Suncatcher →
This linear beaded hanging has been created from copper wire and a combination of blue, clear and white glass and plastic beads, two of which, lampworked beads in a millefeuille style, have been…
Chaos - the clear-up continues →
Yes, I know I wrote the original ‘Chaos’ post in June (see it here), but the tidying of the studio is still a work in progress. I have been worryingly tidy/clean around the house this weekend…
Arachlace - a necklace in copper wire and chain →
A triptych of copper cobwebs, hinged to each other with repurposed jump rings, hang from copper chain to make this gothic necklace. The repurposed chain the webs hang from is a darker shade than the…
Butterfly Pendant in steel and red beads →
This butterfly pendant has been made using fine steel wire (about 0.7mm thick) and a mixture of beads in red glass and maroon-coloured plastic and wood. It has a wingspan of 13cm (just over 5”) and…
Purple Skully Tree - a red beaded Christmas... →
I made this Christmas tree using richly-coloured purple glass beads, and grey plastic skull beads, on steel wire. It measures 7cm (just under 3”) at its widest point and (excluding the loop of cord…
Blue Butterfly - a beaded suncatcher →
I created this beaded suncatcher from steel wire and beads. Her body has been created from thicker steel wire, around 1.2mm thick, and her wings and antennae are a more delicate steel wire, around…
Purple Tree - a hand-painted Christmas card →
This greetings card features a purple Christmas tree, painted on cream-coloured card in purple acrylic, with a hint of metallic copper-coloured poster paint to add highlights and a little shimmer. I…
Emerald Heart - a beaded steel pendant on thrifted... →
In this necklace, a beaded heart pendant hangs from thrifted steel chain. This heart was made from steel wire and a mixture of glass beads in shades of emerald green. It measures 6cm (just under…
Purple Star - a necklace with a beaded silver... →
I made the main pendant for this necklace from silver wire and three beads in glass and Amethyst. Hanging from this pendant is another star, a steel one, repurposed from another necklace. The large…
