In progress

Glasses for necklaces in progress

 Not very exciting pics this week as without paint the engraving is hard to see. I am making a new bunch for some necklaces, using patterns and colour. 
I completed the engraving on some small cufflinks, the diam. is only 1.5cm. I hated to do them at first, terrible for the eyes, but am getting a bit better at it. Mercifully they are quick.
Made inroads this week with the tiny client base I am building. Got to start somewhere! 
We, trusty Laura and I, are working on several fronts simultaneously, as you have to do when you are starting up.  
A brand new website (from scratch); building a client base, literally one by one; writing a bio for front page of said site; handling all the admin for shows; getting in materials, etc etc.
We are looking at sites for inspiration  (Laura's research):

http://shop.elvafields.com/ for shop design

http://www.ikuria.com/  and http://www.atelier-rousseau.com/ for simplicity of design

http://www.rachellucie.co.uk/ for creating a story about brand

http://www.lauratabor.co.uk/ and http://gilding.net for classic design elements and font selection

Engraving the leaf

I have to now prepare a 'cribsheet', that is a leaflet to leave with clients about how it is all done!  It will be mostly pictures.
A rainy Friday night in London.  Take a break and bake some bread.
Have a good weekend!

It's Friday again

Snatching time in the studio, making drawings to make more of these discs. The one in the pic is actually on flat glass.  The abstravts are getting a good response. Bright colours are in, very good to do after all the black.
Loads of ideas for more, new stuff, but there is a lot of paperwork to do preventing me getting into the studio.   And the new website has to be built!
The World Wildlife Fund have asked me to come on board, and there are FORMS to fill in.
And there are one or two other possibilities which will help reach a wider audience. So, this is short, just a quickie.

Post Pure post

There I am in all my glory.

The show was brilliant. Loads of new contacts, leads and some sales! What more can you ask. I have tons to do now, filling out forms for new things like applications for things.... and trying too to make some more work. Not having a team means no work is being done while I do forms.  Maybe that will change.
Website news: present site will act as a portfolio while a brand new site is gestating.
Watch this space. Also learning how to handle Social Media!
More soon.