The important things in life!

I have been thinking lately about life, what I am doing and pondering what my future will hold.

I am extremely lucky to have two beautiful boys, a supportive family, a high paying job, great friends and the ability to express myself via my art, but... I am wondering about what parts of my life will be important in a year or 20 years from now.

I found this picture of my Mum and I and it made me question what life is about.

The picture was taken in the caravan park where we lived in a van with my brother and sister. We didn’t have much money and Mum and Dad worked really hard. On the flip side of that my boys have everything they could every dream of, we live with my Mum and Dad so they get way more attention than most kids and because I earn good money they don’t want for anything.

The question I have been asking myself is what will be important to me/ them later in life?

What will remain of me when I die?

How will people remember me?

What part of me do my children respect/ admire?

My youngest son made it clear to me yesterday when he said to me “as long as your happy Mum, that’s all I care about.”

In a year or 20 years I want to be remembered for my undying love for my boys and my passion for my art and realistically the only things that will linger after I am gone will be the values I have instilled in my children and some beautiful glass beads.

If I am lucky my kids will look at a picture like this one and remember to be passionate about life and love every day!

Cheers,

Skye

Bright colours surround us!

 I get so excited about colour and I have found myself making more and more pieces that are bright, bold and exciting.

I am so glad to see that in everything including fasion, homewares and jewellery we are embracing vivid colour.

One of my favourite design companies is Dinosaur Designs and these two pieces remind me of something that would come out of their prodiuction line. Fun, bright and sculptural.

I thnk it is really important to combine unusual shapes with bright colours and you end up with a finished piece that anyone would want to own.

One of the other things I have discovered is that when I am at the torch working on something like this I am happy, like my mind soaks up the colour and it makes me smile.

I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoy making them.

Till next time,

Skye

All of life is an experiment.

The more experiments you make,

the better.

Ralf Waldo Emerson



The discoveries we make!

I am so often excited by the discoveries you make when working in glass.
The picture shown is of one of my favourite beads...they are a vintage looking, romantic and soft glass bead that are a green colour while at the same time a soft pink.
This amazing technique was a chance discovery when playing at the torch one day and has become one of my most popular bead finishes.
It is made from a base bead of copper green, overlaid with transparent pink enamel powder and decorated with dark ivory and copper green to get the beautiful organic patterns.
It just goes to show that playing at the torch is one way to keep your work innovative and fresh meaning my customers always get something exciting to look at.

Till next time.

Cheers,
Skye