the CODE collection

This is something I have been working on over the last few months.  This geometric jewellery is what I am calling the CODE collection.  It has been developed along side some new geometric screen prints as part of an exhibition, Colour Coded, coming up in 2016.  Inspiration for the jewellery comes in two parts.  Firstly, the dots and dashes of Morse code, the second part honours the geometric shapes and gridded paper of the maths class room.   The strong, and slightly retro, colour pallet is made up of ochre, grey, coral and duckegg.

This jewellery will soon be out for sale in my usual lovely galleries and shops

Roll up, roll up

I did my first art market of the Christmas season this weekend, at the Made In Bristol gift fair, held in the Colston Hall, Bristol.  I was selling my lino prints and jewellery.

I had a jolly old time, especially because I just happend to be selling shoulder to shoulder with my sister, Hannah.

Hannah  and I, along with my pals Sarah Duncan and Jen Orme will be selling our art at Colston Hall this coming weekend as well.  Saturday 15th December 10am-4pm and Sunday 16th December 10am-2pm - Come on down.  My advice is to come early to miss the afternoon rush!
http://hannah-broadway-pictures.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.sarahduncan.net/
http://fettleandpatience.blogspot.co.uk/

Also check out this blog post by Rin Simpson, reviewing the Colston Fair http://glassjarsandphotographs.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/made-in-bristol-gift-fair/

Its been a very busy couple of months, hence not blogging for a while.  I have been working, temporarily as a florist for 2 days a week in my friend's florist.  Whilst it is really lovely to be working with flowers again and being able to 'keep my hand in', it has been a challenge to keep up with orders of my own work, as these two days would normally be studio making time.  So it has been a combination of child-care and floristry by day and every evening beavering away to make work for galleries.  In the last month I have made and delivered 150 pieces of jewellery and 70 lino prints to four new galleries or exhibitions:
-Rostra Gallery, in Bath
 www.rostragallery.co.uk
-Just Make, in Wells
 www.justmake.co.uk
-The International Alternative Press Fair, in London [thanks to Paul Ashley Brown]
 http://www.alternativepress.org.uk/
-Paper-Scissors-Stone, Made in Bristol pop-up gallery, in Bristol
 http://madeinbristol.blogspot.co.uk/p/paper-scissors-stone.html

Boxed up and ready to go...

After the art trail I had almost sold out of all my jewellery, so I have been beavering away this week to make up orders of jewellery for various shops and galleries. 

Photographs taken by Hannah Hickman

Today I took a little bundle off to the lovely MAKERS.  Makers is a new gallery/shop in Bristol's creative quarter. Set up by Jo Boyd, Sally Dove, Sarah Salaman and Dora McCormack - all artist/makers in their own right.  The gallery has hand made interiors, textiles, ceramics, jewellery, architectural glass, print making and loads more besides, I am delighted to have been asked to show some of my work along side them and others in their shop.  Check out their blog - makersbristol.blogspot and if you're local go and take a peek at the lovely things they have there. 
82 Colston Street, BS1 5BB