We're on display again!

Oops - been a while since I've posted here. We had our half-term break in the silver jewellery course, and I've been unwell and working overtime again...

But the news is that some of my work is on display again at Thames Valley University's end of year show at the King's Road campus in Reading. There is a preview evening next Wednesday 20 June and it continues until the Saturday.

As soon as I get some of the pieces back, I'll take photos of the ring and earrings made to match the hammered bangle, and some experiments in that vein.

No question, it's hand made

I went out to dinner with some friends, one of whom is a silversmith, and showed them what I'd done in class. I really liked it, as I do the 'damage' pendants, but wasn't sure why.

But I think my friend understood - as she handed the bangle back to me she said "there's no question it's hand made."

We sometimes go around craft fairs together and speculate on what is and isn't mass produced. And while I have great respect for a lot of the silver jewellery I see, there's something too polished about a lot of it. I like seeing the tool marks, evidence that a human hand worked on it.