Ring Displays

I made these rings displays for a craft fair I did last weekend. They were inspired by a tutorial I found on this blog http://homemakin-decoratin.blogspot.co.uk/ I made mine slightly differently, but I have the tutorial to thank for the idea! The picture doesn't do them much justice as it was so dark in the hall I was selling in but I am so pleased with them! They make my rings look lovely and I think they look quite professional.

Finished Cruets!

Here are some examples of my finished pieces, I'm very pleased with them. I am particularly pleased with my badgers! I've still got more to come, I think there are about twenty more yet to be glazed. After my exhibition I'm hoping to sell some at upcoming craft fairs and on Etsy. I was hoping to get more finished today but I had to rush to the train station and get up to Bristol, so I expect I'll be having another late night tomorrow night. 

Felted Cruets

Glazed and ready to go in the kiln, lets see what they come out like and get them felted!

Beardy Brooches

Something new I've been working on over the past few days, a little different to my normal animal related things. Here are my Beardy Brooches!

Salt & Pepper

This is something I am working on at university at the moment. I am making slip cast cruet sets, I wanted to include animals and textiles into my work, so I am making the body of the animal/ cruet out clay and adding on needle felted details. The salt shaker will have an animal's ears while the pepper shaker will have the same animal's tail to make a set! I will have pictures of the finished pieces to show you on Wednesday.

Brooch & Ring Gift Set

Here's a commission I finished last night for a fox brooch and ring. I think this makes a lovely little gift, I'm thinking of making more and selling them together as gift sets. This was my first attempt at making a felted brooch and I'm so pleased with it, there will definitely be more on the way.

Summer Flowers

Here's something new I was working on a couple of days ago. A lovely floral ring to put you in the summery mood. I've also made a ring covered in roses, I will share it with you soon!

Hello Deer...

I went to the library recently and took out some lovely wildlife photography books, one book I am particularly keen on is a brilliant book purely of close up, animal portraits. This gave me plenty of inspiration for my next batch of rings. I've been wanting to do some kind of deer or antlered animal for a while and I found a beautiful picture of a red deer stag, so here he is, my red deer stag ring! I'm very pleased with him, he's got such character. He'll be looking for a new home at my next craft fair.