Almost ready for Beads up North

I thought I'd take a break from my preparations to remind you all, that it's Beads up North tomorrow!



I'm about to head back out to the studio to get the last lot of bronze work out of the kiln. I'll then be spending the rest of the night bagging and displaying everything.



After the fair, next week I'll be concentrating on photograpy for my Etsy store. I have really expanded the range of headpins I sell and so need to get those listed. As well as silver, I'll now have a range of bronze and copper.

Once the Etsy shop is re-stocked I'll then be concentrating on expanding my range of components. I'm quite looking forward to next week - being creative, but without the pressure of a show.

Still working with Bronze

I am still working with Bronze clay! I've got a bit carried away today and made a large oval focal bead. I've just weighed it and it's 24g! I'm hoping once its fired it'll be a bit lighter, but it's definitely a major focal bead!!

I've cut out lots of spacer beads as well, I just hope they don't need to much sanding cos that will be really boring!



My little girl finally goes back to school tomorrow, so I'll be spending the whole day at the studio and I've got to just focus on stock for the show. I haven't been sleeping too well becase my Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is back, so fingers crossed I have a decent night tonight and my wrist isn't too sore tomorrow.

Gosh, aren't my posts sporadic at the moment!! There is such a lot to get done, time isn't on my side!!

I spent Tuesday running a private tuition day at the studio. I had two lovely ladies who made some great work, and hopefully they learnt lots too! I really enjoy private tuition - the people who book usually have previous metal clay experience and want to expand their knowledge in certain areas. Group classes don't always fit in for everyone, so its great to be able to offer this service on a more regular basis now that I'm in the studio.

The rest of my week has been taken up with day-job work, and trying to get my head around my marketing leaflets etc. I've designed a leaflet which I'll be dropping through letterboxes local to the studio (have to put my trainers on I think!), I made it a 3-fold leaflet so that I could maximise the information on there, but now I have to sit and fold them all up!

Tomorrow is going to be a lovely day at the studio. One of the ladies that came on my first ever class up here in Cheshire is coming to my studio. She's been on lots of classes, and we've become good friends, so we're just having a play-day tomorrow. I can't wait - it'll do us both the power of good. Bronzclay is definitely on the agenda tomorrow. Although I've played with Bronze, I haven't fired and finished anything yet, but that'll change tomorrow so watch out for some bronze pieces soon.