A Swinging Christmas!

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas. Personally, it is one of my favourite times of year; mulled wine, family, friends and LOTS of food. This year was particularly busy as we had an exhibition at the end of November which lead on to a few commissions which I was frilled about - the thought of someone opening one of my pieces on Christmas day! Eeeek!

A while back, my boyfriend Jay and I discovered electro swing at a festival and since have been hooked. We went to a 1920's night in November and the classy flapper costumes, feathers and art deco era really inspired me and I have began designing and making pieces inspired by this. First piece is shown above...Watch out for more. 

A look back on 2013

Well I did not blog much last year but that will all change this year.
However,  my lack of blogging is no reflection on the amount of blood sweat and tears that went into last years work.  Confidence has been something which I have lacked within my work, but this seems to be strongly improving due to the support and following from friends, family and locals.
As part of the Parched Artists, we smashed 3 exhibitions last year and each and every one of them was a success.
The collection which you can see above is one that I produced at the beginning of the year for our exhibition at AKA in Banbury. I embroidered laminated pieces of paper and fabric with metallic threads and beads. I then attached these to doily shaped silver pieces.
This work was inspired by household objects at my Nan's house - floral wallpaper, doilies and glitter.

Another project which I put together was a small collection for our summer exhibition at the Wine Vaults, again in Banbury. These pieces (shown below) are influenced by the festival season. As a festival goer myself, there is a certain style of clothing and fashion which can been seen during a weekend camping in a muddy field and jewellery is a huge aspect of this.