Clare Gaylard Art Glass 

Instagram browsing and delighted to discover across a piece of myself from years ago, in slides of degree work at Loughborough Uni (was Loughborough College of Art & Design) from a post by an interior designer and illustration lecturer (My Designer Friend) I zoomed in thinking...

I’ve been making goldstone stringer and twisted cane. It is a glass (not a gemstone as sometimes assumed) with copper inclusions and comes to me in ribbons or rocks (above and left) and either way needs to be encased in molten, clear glass in order to preserve and amplify its coppery sparkle.

First 'go' at making a beetle onto a pin with molten glass.

A little late on here but Queen Bee totem benefited from these new, taller stands and had a re-working that leaves me very pleased. It's safe to say this is her final form.

I don't need to tidy my workbench if I continue woking in a similar colourway. I have been thinking about beetles for some time now. An early evolutionary stage of a beetle ring.

To everyone who followed, liked, commented on, comissioned and bought from my online exhibition. It was not the most organised event as I did it on impulse, but it's been a pleasure and I've learned a little more about the video and timelapse functions on my phone. Work I did not sell is making its way to Walsingham Gallery and Frame to fill in some gaps.

Someone wanted a Field God totem but had read the bird skull as a cloud, and requested a substitution, which I find I like.

‘You can cut all the flowers but you can’t stop Spring from coming’ Pablo Neruda. It's really a tiny bird skull drawn in molten glass, crowned with a wreath of spring foliage. 'Take a photo and try to...

Wellspring totem and Orb, Landscape and Pool jewellery. Now packing those elements that didn't sell during last week to send to WalsinghamGallery and Frame.

Catkins on the mere.

A further collection of ‘Source’ glass: Field God totem and vessel, Speckled Egg earrings, Landscape rings, Pool necklace and earrings: inspired by being immersed in rura...

I was going to say in order to see the wood from the trees - but actually its more like the trees from the wood. Spending large amounts of time crafting tiny objects presents creates a challenge in terms of visibility.

Lords and Ladies and (perhaps) a Hedge Sparrow egg? Walks along the local field hedgerows.

Day 7 both sold.

In working hands, Day 6.

Framlingham Castle looking like a crown from the mere in the evening light.