work in progress | ready to fire

This batch of silver, sanded, smoothed & finished - ready to go into the kiln.

recently...

...I'm very thankful that we've had a run of lovely, cool mornings - makes the hot, hot days bearable

...still loving the early morning light - posted week 1 of my morning project & some photos from our most recent forest visit

...I cleaned up my clay cupboard, did some weeding, tidied my desk

...been working on a batch of fine silver pieces - rolling, texturing, cutting, shaping, sanding...

...finished my painting project (photos next month some time)

...we're working on a blog for the shop (to launch next month) & I've been photographing, drafting, testing recipes...

...speaking of recipes - I baked plum crumble cake last week (recipe), so good! & really easy to make - actually, I doubled the mix (one batch of crumble is plenty) & baked two cakes. There are lots of us ;)

...enjoyed our most recent book club book (The Language of Flowers, by Vanessa Diffenbaugh), read lots of blog posts & helped Kathryn with her portrait for the month...

drift & ariel...

newly listed: drift, fine silver & sterling necklace

also: ariel, fine silver & aquamarine earrings

forest dreams...

from this day, in the wirrabara forest

lovely links...

Just thought I'd share a selection of blog posts I've read/looked at/drooled over recently. Plus a few photos - out-takes from my mornings project...

I love Cindy's photography - these portraits are a gorgeous example. Speaking of portraits, how lovely is this engagement shoot on Kinsey's blog.

A Beautiful Mess is always an inspiring place to visit - recently I'm loving these scarves & this cute shoe make-over. Also inspiring - a feature on some gorgeous ceramics, some colourful artwork & gorgeous jewellery.

I've been loving Joy's honey mustard dressing on pretty much any sort of salad - it even keeps well in the fridge if you make a big batch. Totally tempted by apple walnut cakes & espresso chocolate kisses (chocolate, coffee & shortbread! no other explanation needed).

Some interesting thoughts on not getting too caught up in the 'rules' of art.

Just because they're beautiful & cute cats need no reasons at all :)

work in progress...

...I've been working on some new pieces - lots of scratch-foam designs & a few new textures 

fleur & aida...

fine flowers: fleur, fine silver earrings

& a beautiful bead: aida, fine silver & sterling necklace