A little bit about how I work...

 

Ok - so my pledge last year to post on here more frequently failed but this time I will do better!

I thought I'd share with you my short bio as I've been putting it together for upcoming events, I'll bore you with the longer version next time! So here it is...

'I am a glass artist who works with recycled glass.

My main inspiration comes from the  great outdoors and the fantastic Jurassic Coast where most of our free time is spent searching for treasure, kayaking, collecting shells, driftwood and of course the ever illusive Sea Glass.

It is more important to me than I can say that we re-use our dwindling resources rather than discarding them - this is why all of the glass used in my work will have had a former life as a window, greenhouse or something completely different - this satisfies my inner Womble enormously!'

Enjoy the sunshine, I'm off now to cut boats and fish and probably trip over a small dog or two! Kx

It's been too long...

Oh my goodness, it's been a bloomin' age since I last wrote anything on here - I will try my very best to do better, I promise. While I'm getting my act together please accept this image by way of apology and I'll be back very soon with something new. Kx

Hello 2014...

Wishing you all a very happy 2014. May it be filled with sunny days and blue skies, clear nights filled with stars and a less complicated way of being...

A spot of Manifesting...

Time to get our acts together... a spot of manifesting is in order I've been reminded...

Thought I should use images of some of our favourite places to help the process along!

 Maybe we don't have to be at the seaside for it to be somewhere fabulous...

So here goes...

I can almost taste the Pimms while we sit in our huge wild garden on balmy summer evenings while one or two people wander around our workshop and studio deciding which of our work they will be buying. Our kids are climbing the huge trees in the garden and the animals are basking in the sun... all is right with the world.

Time to make the dreams happen...

Thank you Amanda x

Big Sky...

This has to be one of my most favourite images that I've taken recently - thought I'd share it with you!

In light of the recent terrible weather - (drought, what drought?) I just thought a sunny day was needed!

Un-ashamed Self Promotion...

In a rather uncharacteristic flash of self-promotion I'd like to introduce you to...

Daisy and Jess

Rescued Treasures & Vintage Delights

This is the business started with my lovely and very talented friend Emma - you may know her from her blog Oak Before Ash.

Daisy and Jess is the product of our passion for re-use, re-purposing and recycling and combines our love of all things (well most of them) vintage and an untreatable seaside addiction!

 

We are excited to have gone live with our beautiful Etsy shop and website www.daisyandjess.co.uk and are stupidly proud of our newest range of upcycled seaside buttons.

Made from some of the most beautiful pebbles or from periwinkles, turban top shells or sea glass beach combed from the spectacular Dorset Coast they are truly original and will add something truly unique to your handmade items or customise any shop bought cardigan!

Please let us know what you think and have a look at our website for more information. We also have a blog Daisy and Jess for random insights and often quirky things that have caught our eye!

I'll be blogging later in the week about a piece of  glass I'm making for Leanne Salisbury @leannetrekchina on Twitter as a raffle prize in her goal to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust - a slightly longer version of 'On my desk today...' than I tweet.

Featured Artist... That's me!!!

A bonkers but rather lovely week - they seem to be flying by at the moment - is that an age thing or are we spinning faster these days?

I'm still rather excited by having been lucky enough to be the Featured Artist this month on the Creating Trouble Blog - the lovely Alex was kind enough to feature me and allow me space for my random rambling answers to her questions - please take a minute or two to have a look...

http://www.creatingtrouble.co.uk/2012/03/artists-feature-kate-osman-glass.html?spref=tw


This is the view in my garden tonight... loving this early burst of summer weather, thank you!