I’m always in awe of my students’ colour choices and combinations. Normally at the end of classes I am to be heard saying, “Now why didn’t I think of those colours together!”
Some of these wonderful pictures have been sent to me by students following a workshop. Others are pictures I’ve taken during our workshops.
It was a lovely surprise when Jenny Wilson showed me her fish “Titanic” at the GBBS (2009), which she made following my Gorgeous Giorgio instructions in the BWG Journal. She sent me this picture of him, used as a decoration on a birthday card. I love his colours and the way she’s adapted the pattern to suit a slightly different shaped stone donut. He looks rather like a puffer fish, I think. Apparently he got the name Titanic because he was named after a pet fish that sank to the bottom of the tank!
This is Allison Causey’s version of The Fantasy Garden Cuff from the workshop I taught at the 2007 GBBS. She’s called it Titchmarsh Cuff because it was inspired by one of his garden designs. Allison also made the fused glass cabochon centrepiece of the cuff.
Another Fantasy Cuff, this time from Beth Jones. The cabochon was made by Elise Mann, and Beth has taken the beautiful colours in the cabochon and worked them into the ends of a lovely bronze foliage effect.
The first outing of the Fan-tastic Variations workshop was at the Friends House, Euston. Everyone put their pieces together to show the wonderful variety of effects their colour combinations produced making the Antoinette Pendant and Baroque Earrings in this stitch.
From my Posh Premier Bag workshop at the Essex Bead Fair.
Jenny Wilson came to my Fan-tastic Variations workshop at the Oxford Summer School and this is her version of the Lace Bracelet, it’s called Jonquil Satin. Jenny’s adapted the closing design to suit her needs, using her excellent beading skills.