Monday, March 30

No explosions....yet.....

The Duralex plate with the birds on has come out of the kiln unscathed, the paint has fired and the silver stain has come out a perfect shade of catkin yellow. So i'm chuffed to say the least. The gingham enamel on the birds is looking almost unbearably cute, but I'm doing just one more quick firing as it was a bit too pale. So I'll put another pic up when finished. Just got to decide what to do next with it...put a nice border around it? Lead it into another panel? Just leave it as a sweet little plate? Hmm....

My very lovely friend and colleague Delia has just revamped her website, and she's put up lots of pictures of all the painted work I've done for her company over the past few years
  • Apollo Stained Glass

  • She's based in South East London.

    Finally, still in a dilemma about the Etsy name....do I go for "Through A Round Window" (which will just squeeze in under their 20 letters or less restriction) or just "The Round Window" ? Answers on the back of a postcard to the usual address please.

    Saturday, March 28

    Easter Bonnetting

    Nelly is presently cutting and sticking and making an Easter Bonnet... I fear the ocean of glue on the table may take some time to remove. I have also been making similary Spring-themed items. On our hunt round the 2nd hand shops to find tatt, sorry, treasures to put on the bonnet, I found a nice little Duralex plate that I am experimenting with painting on. I have photographed it before I put it in the kiln in case it explodes....

    Inspired by seeing 2 little bluetits flitting and chirping overhead on our way back from school yesterday. Plus a few catkins, just because they are my favourite thing at the moment. If the paint firing goes well, I'm thinking a bit of gingham enamel on the birds would finish it off nicely.

    Friday, March 27

    I just love this

    I keep finding amazing stuff on the net that I just fall in love with and spend the rest of the day thinking about.  This blog
  • The Black Apple

  • has got so much incredible stuff on it my head is actually spinning.  Not to mention how much Nelly would love her paintings.

    That's a bit less funereal...

    Dontcha think? I was looking far too serious in the black outfit :)

    Thursday, March 26

    Hooray I'm a Genius

    After much geeking about, I think I've finally got everything ticking along nicely on the web/blog front. Phew!

    Just got my listing on Craft and Design Selected http://www.craftmaker.co.uk/florajamieson too, so I'm feeling mighty proud of myself.

    Slight technical hitch with my Etsy shop - ThroughTheRoundWindow is one letter too long to use. Harumph. Not sure that ThruTheRoundWindow works for me....

    Right, am now heading to the workshop to continue a small panel that is halfway through, and investigate some sketches to see how I can work them into glass.

    Wednesday, March 25

    Getting back in the swing of things

    Well, hopefully I have successfully managed to create a blog and add it to my website. Either that or my website is now a hideous mess of broken links and dead ends...

    Have started work on some more small pieces to sell on Folksy.... and soon I'll be on Etsy too. Seem to be spending more time on promoting the stuff than making it!

    Pictures soon : )