I've been quiet lately, I know, but with good reason. ;) I've been working hard... Commissions and special orders, birthstone bangles, (like the one shown above) pendants, statement rings and engagement rings, with some paintings and illustrations in between.
(I promise to post more images soon! :D )

Add to all that the fact that I'm moving house,  packing like a madwoman, (I'm beginning to think I may have hoarding issues ;) ) creating a new, larger, private studio, and soon to be opening my own gallery for local artists, and a café, the silence becomes understandable.
(I hope ;) )

I've also been to the lovely Spring Design Market at the studio Taket in Gothenburg, (Seen Below...Well, you can see me, Vicki's getting something from under the table.  ;) )  with the very talented and creative Vicki Jacob-Aas from Murum Ceramics. (Pop over and have a look, her stuff is GORGEOUS! ;) )
http://www.murumceramics.com

As soon as I'm all moved and set up, there'll be tons of new goodies in my Etsy shop, and loads of new pics here, of my space, and designs. I hope you all have a lovely June, and we'll see you again soon! <3

Whew! It's been a while since I've been here! :P A lot has been going on...making of things, workups for book illustrations, setting up an art installation at Hantverksbageriet, buying a house, building a studio... Life just tosses it all at you at once, but it's never boring. ;)

So...here's some of what I've been working on in the intervening months....

Here are some of the rings I've been working on, and stones I've been itching to set. Closer looks at some of them are included below...

The beginnings of a 'Botanicals' line of jewellery, using lost wax castings of actual plants, twigs, flowers and seedpods, in solid sterling silver...

A silver-white, super sparkley, conflict free raw diamond ring, with a twig band. Very much fun to make, and I have a whole line of rough and rustic diamond jewellery planned...Wedding season, here we come! :D

Raw green Kyanite and silver ring... Looks like candy. Yum! :)

Even more candy-like, imperial topaz and silver... :D

Swedish amethyst, locally mined and set in silver...

A lovely rough and chunky setting for a raw piece of Pyrite...

Some of the lovely Aquamarine rings, both before and after they were finished.

I've also created a series of limited edition, hand detailed prints of some of my favourite photos, taken while wandering the city in the Spring and Summer months... LOTS more of them to see in my Etsy shop, and I'll be creating more as I take new pics, so keep an eye (or both ;) ) peeled! <3

Today on my workbech, (and soon available in my Etsy shop ;) ) silver, pink Kyanite and Star Rubies... Having waaay too much fun setting stones. :D

And here's the reason it took me so long to make that last post... ;) I've been very 'busy' with the torch and silver over the past week, and have some more pieces on my bench waiting for attention, bere's a peek...The ones you see here are all currently available in my Etsy shop. ;)

Two simple, hammered silver bangles (1.5mm and 2mm) 

Two variations, with Valentine's Day on the brain... ;) 'Two Hearts' and 'Forever Love'

One Garnet and one Labradorite...

Labradorite with smoky quartz earrings.

Labradorite drop earrings.

Smoky quartz drop earrings.

'Alana' earrings, from my hammered silver series, with black pearls.

Small labradorite earrings.

Amethyst drop earrings.

A woven and hammered silver ring...

And a woven and hammered silver ring with a bubble.

A textured silver ring...

And a simple hammered silver ring.

'Love of Sea and Stone' The first in an upcoming series of necklaces and jewellery pieces featuring silver, semi-precious stones, fresh water pearls and silver charms. In this case Garnet, and a hammered silver heart charm. A perfect gift for someone special this Valentine's day. ;)

Busy, busy, busy...Between the post Holiday madness, and onging jewellery experimentations, I realized I hadn't posted an image of the finished angel...So, here she is! :D

She really was a lot of fun to create, and I can see myself making more paintings along these lines, in the same media (ink, pigment markers and white paint pen) on 87½cm x 45cm HDF.

A detail of the finished image...

Detail of the far right of the finished image.

Have you ever had an idea that gets so thoroughly wedged in your brain that it won't let you work on anything else until it's out...? Yyeeaaahhhh...That was my day. So here's a look at my first piece of 2014!


 

It started with an idea, for an angel...I don't know why, I don't usually draw angels, but I have been obsessed with feathers and bird wings lately...

A little more planning and some idea for background...

A few hours later...The 'work police' say it's time to stop for the evening. ;) Ink and archival pigment marker on reclaimed HDF. The plan is to do the highlighting and wings with white paint marker. I'll hopefully finish and post her tomorrow. Wish me luck! ;)

Day number two with my Angel...I started work on the wings this morning...I think I may be a little masochistic,  (leaves, feathers, tons of detail in everything I do...) but I love it. ;)

A little more detail and highlighting...

And this is where I'm going to stop and go for a walk...It's getting to that 'Is this really going to work out...?' stage, where it gets really hard not to just abandon the whole thing....I'll just have to muscle through...

After a lovely (though wet :P ) Yuletide holiday, the storms have finally abated...Though it has given me some time indoors to play with a new sketchbook. All those blank pages, just waiting to be filled...Very Exciting! :D

Just a bit of pen and ink fun on 160g paper. It was inspired by a picture I took while on a walk by the water. For some reason, when I look at those old mooring posts, all I can think of is colonies of water-loving dragons, catching their dinner... The Year of the Dragon may be coming to a close, but I'm sure he'll have many more to keep him company in my sketchbook in the months to come. ;)