A couple of weeks ago I started stocking my necklaces and earrings at Obus! Needless to say I am very excited to have my work alongside that of this awesome Melbournian label. I am loving their latest collection of Mexican inspired gear. Very Frida Kahlo! Although I have to make sure that I don’t visit too often. When I popped into the High St store on the weekend I walked out with this pair of  very spunky melissa sandals that I’m planning on wearing with some patterned socks this summer.

I have also been thinking a bit about this Baggu backpack! Hmmmm… maybe I’ll just think of my earnings from Obus as more of an exchange

 
Also, here are a few not so fabulous iphone images I took of my goodies in store.

I think this was my favourite collection of images for the week. I find that violet, blue grey and fluoro orange combo very appealing! Just one day to go!

Inspiration images

Violet Necklace

My inspiration images and new Heidi necklace design for day three of my Guest Blog. I am excited about the new spotted bead I have added to the mix!

Research / inspiration images

Heidi Necklace

This week I have been lucky enough to write the guest blog on the FABULOUS Melbourne Blog The Design Files. Each day this week I will be sharing a new necklace design along with a series of images that I used as inspiration for the colour palette. I will also be offering a necklace as a giveaway if you post a comment on the Design Files Guest blog before 10pm this Thursday! (Thanks so much to all the lovelies that have commented today Here is the post from today. x em

Lucy's Awesome Clipboard!

The giveaway necklace

Inspiration Images

Andrea Necklace and Palette

This Thursday, Friday and Saturday a group of lovely makers and myself will be having a mini pop-up shop at the Nicholas building. Pop in and score yourself some handmade goodies!

Pop Up Shop Poster!

Last week, (from Wednesday night through to Sunday) I was lucky enough to participate in the Craft Victoria ‘Open Studio’ at Design Made Trade.  For this event, myself and 11 other Designer / makers set-up temporary  studio spaces in which we worked for the duration of the show. It was a fabulous 4 days and I really enjoyed the opportunity to get to know, and share and observe the skills and practice of the other Craft Victoria peeps: Elizabeth Yong of Primoeza, the fabulous Milly Flemming from Craft Victoria (who I also have to give a massive thank you to for the awesome job she did in organising the whole Open Studio event!!), Milly’s gorgeous twin sissy Stephanie De Kuijer, Kirsten Perry,  Nicholas Jones, Emma Greenwood, Maryann Talia Pau, as well as my lovely studio buddies Leah Jackson, Andrea Shaw of Stampel Studio and Matt Thompson of Mattt Bags. Thank you to everyone who popped in and said hello!!

My necklace tree!

Andrea's collaged woodblock jewellery hangers and Leah's gorgeous ceramics

Leah at work

Some of Milly's beautiful rings

Milly and Kirsten's pieces

My collages decorating the walls of my little studio

Me at work! Thanks to www.theaandsami.blogspot.com for the photograph

This morning my partner Louis and I crawled into the enCounter window at Craft Victoria and installed my display! My pieces will be up until the 30th of July. If you’re around that end of town you should pop past and have a peek I have some brooch versions of the pieces in store too. Here are some pics that my lovely studio buddy Dawn Tan took this evening.

I am very excited to share that my jewellery is featured in this months Peppermint Magazine! When I saw my works on the pages I couldn’t wipe the smile from my face! So happy!!

my brooches and necklace! Yay!

The lovely ladies at Harvest Textiles have organised a series of workshops taught by local artists, designers and makers and I am lucky enough to have been asked to teach one! I will be taking a two session workshop in which participants will create an abstract geometric collage. I will then take home and scan everyone’s designs and develop them into individual brooches – mini wearable versions of everyone’s artworks! I’m am sooo looking forward to taking the class and if you think you might be interested in participating in my workshop or one of the other workshops by people such as Beci Orpin, Abbey Seymour from Goldenink Collaborative or Liz from Betty Jo designs, you should have a look at Harvest Workroom here.

On the 5th, 6th and 7th of May my sister and I are headed to Adelaide for the Bowerbird Bazaar! I can’t wait! I haven’t been to Adelaide (or as my sister calls it ‘Radelaide’) since I was about 12.  Now… back to the brooch factory for me so that I actually have some stock to sell!