Meet The Maker
How I started. This guy: artist, photographer, sculptor, jewellery maker Ken Raffe. When I was in my late teens I met Ken through my sister and mother, both of whom … Continue reading
WIP Wednesday: net rings, picture jasper & tiger eye
The stones are those that my English grandmother, when she lived in Australia decades ago, collected, cut an polished herself (you can see a post i wrote of that a … Continue reading
mARTedì: a forest of birch
I completed “Le Betulle” in early April this year but it has taken until this week to dry completely…yellow pigment in everything from oil, ink and polymer clay is a … Continue reading
Studio Sunday
It’s yet another rainy May (election) day here in SF, and with the trusty electric heater at my side, another productive day at the bench. Aside from managing to saw … Continue reading
A Workshop in Santa Fiora
I’m back in Santa Fiora and last week I taught a 5-day one-to-one beginners jewellery workshop. It was wonderful having Flavia in the studio, she was such an enthusiastic student. … Continue reading
Writerly Returns
I’ve been writing again, working at building that wizened muscle. Most of it is destined to remain in notebooks but I’ve reignited the old site 12 Degrees & Skiving and … Continue reading
Teaching English as a Second Language
When I first arrived in Italy in 2012, the most obvious path for me to make an income, once I’d finished my own language studies, was to teach English. I … Continue reading
Jewellery Workshop & Etsy
I finally, finally, have a working website with shopping cart and payment gateway AND I have reinstated my Etsy account, giving the latter a trial run for 1 year only. … Continue reading
