Adventures in Beadwork

Since I was about 10 years old I've been buying, sorting and making things with beads. 

It began with creating little bracelets on a loom, then some Danish bead stars from a pattern I stumbled across in a craft magazine and then, for art GCSE, this harlequin (below) came into being inspired by Picasso's various, early-career, harlequin paintings.

Since then, I've been a committed beader. Supporting my local volunteer-led group, Beadwildered in Glasgow. (Where we also run workshops for interested beaders).

I've been running beadwork retreats for 15 years and, more recently, became a trustee of the Beadworkers Guild.

In 2024, I was chuffed to receive the Founder's Award at the annual Beadworkers Guild challenge for my Yellow Submarine (pictured below).  You can watch a little video of how I put it together here.

If you'd like to chat about how we could collaborate in a beady way, ping me an email and we can take it from there.