Here are three new jewellery pieces which are now in our online store. This might be the last jewellery for a while as I’m doing a bit of painting again and thinking about making hats and paper flowers. GJ is working on a new sculpture, which is always exciting for me – I love to watch the progress. You can see his new website here.
A stack of new wings in progress, by GJ Pearson.
© Firehorse Designs 2015
© Firehorse Designs 2015
© Firehorse Designs 2015
I’ve been working on a few new pieces lately. This one took forever, and I’m very happy with it. The glass and brass pieces are probably from a bracelet. I found them in a random bag of bits and pieces, mostly broken, I bought at the flea market a few years ago. The rest is new – freshwater pearls, amethyst, and smokey quartz with a brass clasp.
Necklace © Firehorse Designs 2015
Necklace © Firehorse Designs 2015
Necklace © Firehorse Designs 2015
Two recent gifts for friends.
Amethyst and fresh-water pearls with brass.
Canal Views Imagined, water colour and ink on Arches hotpress.
Today marks the first day of the new Chinese lunar year – for 2015, it is the Year of The Wooden Sheep. Our neighbourhood, Canada’s oldest Chinatown, is very busy at this time of year! This coming Sunday, from noon until 4, the festivities include a Lion dance, dragon performances, kung fu and tai chi demonstrations, traditional dancing, and Chinese tea ceremonies.
2015 Year of the Sheep (© Firehorse Designs 2015)
The Gates of Harmonious Interest, Chinatown, Victoria BC.
The 500 block of Fisgard Street, Victoria BC, decorated with new lanterns for the New Year.
We received some beautiful tulips last week, so thought I’d photograph them with some of our treasures.
Here are a few new pieces I’ve made in the last couple months. Some are available here.
Jade, freshwater pearls, labradorite, brass, chalcedony and velvet. © Firehorse Designs 2015.
Jade and brass on braided cord. © Firehorse Designs 2015.
Mother of pearl and brass on braided cord. © Firehorse Designs 2015.
Black jasper and brass on braided cord. © Firehorse Designs 2015.
Black jasper, pearls, velvet and copper. © Firehorse Designs 2014
Just waiting for the masses to descend 😉 – so thought I’d write a post. We’re holding these little gatherings once a month now; they are super fun. Here are a few picks:
Miss Bunny Drummond awaits the pleasure of company.
Butter tarts, mincemeat tarts and lemon sugar cookies; I haven’t quite let go of the festive season!
Some of my Firehorse Designs jewellery.
Some of GJ’s work, Teds and Objets.
Here’s a few shots of some of our Holiday Ho, Ho, Ho around the studio, plus a nice shot of the Inner Harbour in Victoria BC.
Little deer pokes out from the part of the spider plant the cats chewed away.
All our little glass animals with red and silver balls.
Birdie and brick.
Little felted wool balls strung to make colourful garlands, along with camels from India and my favourite glass fox.
That’s No Man, by GJ Pearson, all lit up for the Holidays.
Taken yesterday in front of The Fairmont Empress, looking towards the Legislature. The sky was amazing.
Oh my! I’ve been designing and making many things! I am participating in a two-day Artisan Market at the University of Victoria next week. I will be representing our online store, so as well as my own work, I will have art from GJ and our guest artists. Today was all about adding hang tags; so much still to do! But it’s been fun. Here are some pics of new work, plus the flyer for the event, in case you’re in the Victoria BC area.
New felted items, flower pins and little acorns. © Firehorse Designs, 2014.
New festive greeting cards. © Firehorse Designs 2014.
Four new necklaces. © Firehorse Designs, 2014.
A recent show at Dales Gallery featured the beautiful photography of Dag Goering. His compelling images of elephants are traveling the world to bring awareness to the ongoing challenges these magnificent creatures face. Dag and his wife Maria Coffey run Elephant Earth Initiative which “supports pragmatic, science-based approaches to elephant welfare and conservation.” They also have a wonderful adventure travel company called Hidden Places Travel.
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