Post by judithbeads on Nov 5, 2013 7:19:42 GMT -5
Hi, I'm Judith, I live in Brighton in the UK with my long suffering husband, next month we will have been married for 25 years (eek!). We have two adult children, my son Robert who has temporarily moved back home after finishing university in Manchester and my daughter Natalie who is in her last year at Sussex university.
I make lampwork glass beads and jewellery. I started bead weaving and making jewellery about 15 years ago and moved on to lampworking in 2002 when it was almost impossible to find equipment in the UK. I make jewellery using my own beads and sterling silver, sometimes I stray into copper or other metals but I love the way silver looks with glass.
Originally I sold my beads on Ebay untill it became impossible to rise above the tide of imported mass produced beads and so moved to my own website and Etsy. I am hugely disappointed that Etsy has gone the same way and hope that by coming together as a team we can make an impact for handmade artists.
I make lampwork glass beads and jewellery. I started bead weaving and making jewellery about 15 years ago and moved on to lampworking in 2002 when it was almost impossible to find equipment in the UK. I make jewellery using my own beads and sterling silver, sometimes I stray into copper or other metals but I love the way silver looks with glass.
Originally I sold my beads on Ebay untill it became impossible to rise above the tide of imported mass produced beads and so moved to my own website and Etsy. I am hugely disappointed that Etsy has gone the same way and hope that by coming together as a team we can make an impact for handmade artists.
