The process of jewellery making is a slow and fiddly but lovely one! I make each piece individually, with a unique design so I know that it is an entirely individual piece of wearable art.

The process begins with endless cutting and layering of tiny sections of glass to achieve the vision I want to create - this can take hours but is fun and so creative.

The piece, before it is fired, can look chaotic, but I know that once it has had it's first firing on a lovely smooth bisque tile in the kiln, it will emerge with a flat and blended surface.

Then comes the hard work - the cold working, where each piece is measured, shaped with a grinder, filed and buffed to make it the perfect pendant shape.

The next stage is then to add any hand painted elements or inclusions. This is where trees or grasses are added, or little accents of black shadows, or gold and silver highlights. Then the piece is re-fired in the kiln to fuse the finished design and ensure that the edges are smooth and perfect.