Clare Gaylard Glass 

Playing with another winter sunset. Sundowner cocktail ring, sculpted in molten glass.

How to tell if the exhaust is drawing off properly.

All the colour is in the sky, or on my workbench. Sundowner cocktail ring.

I’m making Sundowner cocktail rings to reflect these glorious winter sunsets.

A small world of a pinecone from the hedgerows.

Well all that ethereal snow lasted for a hot minute. What we do really well around here (Suffolk) at the moment is water and mud. This is my equivalent of making lemons into lemonade - experiments by request for a muted and organic palette.

Today: the tiniest hedgerow relic I’ve discovered so far. A slight gust of wind took it off my hand.

Winter’s response to my workbench spring-cleaning, sadly thawing already.

Home workbench spring-cleaning sorting and exhaust-system maintenance completed (fixed it myself) as a ritual to encourage spring. Feeling cautiously optimistic as I don’t need a new ventilation fan and there is still light in the sky at 4.30pm.

I’m 2/3 through #springcleaning just the SURFACE of my home workbench. Time to look at something inspiring from other springs: Venice 2019 and the remaining 1/3 or so of workbench.

Question: Is it really a Cocktail Ring if it’s not capable of holding an hors d’oeuvre? The opaque glass is actually CALLED Dirty Martini and the transluscent glass is Antique Green (it has a slightly stippled effect) I WAS asking myself that question when I made the ring but didn’t realise how apt my colour choices were. Cheers!

I don’t know what the berries are called but we trod on a LOT of them as kids for the great popping noise. A solidly crafted nest and plenty of welcome, late afternoon colour in the fields today.

I usually ‘spoil’ (texture) my page first AND check a pencil is the right one for the job. The pencil was sharp enough and I didn’t want to wait for the paint to dry so now I must just plough on... regrets are for the faint-hearted. More fun with marginalia from the Tres Riche Heures.

A crown for the Epiphany (posting a day late here) my favourite, glass, crown ring from 2020. Favourite actual crowns are probably those of Princess Blanche, because it is so delicate and Saint Wenseslas because it is NOT.

Practicing alignment. Jewel-like, glass, planet orbs shaped and gilded, one at a time, in the flame.

Celestial Bodies, little, gilded planet earrings emerging from rich hours spent with the Duc de Berry. Against the page for January. #tresricheheuresduducdeberry

Fun with marginalia. While I appreciate minimalism - I adore detail, digression and doodling. More Tres Riche Heures illuminated manuscript goodness.