After two and a half years as a Guest Designer with Jewellery Maker TV I have decided to stand down to allow myself more time to persue other activities. I have very much enjoyed my time with JM, so it was with some reluctance that I came to this decision, but at the same time I am very excited about …
Actors are warned never to work with animals or children. Perhaps TV demonstrators should be warned not to work with tiny, glass seed beads! They certainly fought back when I tried to sew them into some sort of order on my most recent appearance on Jewellery Maker TV. The first difficultly is that I have to work with them at …
It was great to be able to demonstrate in the masterclass on Jewellery Maker how to use beading threads, such as Fireline, in kumihimo designs. Each type of cord or threading material used for beaded kumihimo will bring its own special qualities to the design, but it will also bring its own challenges! People are often put off using something …
Yesterday was a big day for me because it was my return show to Jewellery Maker. I last appeared on a show in May and since then I have been taking a few months off to spend time on my book and on developing new designs for the Prumihimo disk. I got a great welcome back from the team at …
One of the great features of the Prumihimo disk is that it makes it easy to use unusual shapes of bead and it is reasonably straightforward to work out how to position them on the braid as you wish to. I really love the challenge of a new bead shape and often find that the results of a little bit …
The date is 3rd October, 2016 and it is a very big day for me because it is the publication date of my book, The Prumihimo Disk – A fresh approach to kumihimo I would like to say a massive thank you to all those who have placed pre-orders either on this site or with on-line book sellers, such as …
I have long wanted to write a book and over the last couple of years I have considered various different options. The development of my Prumihimo disk gave me the idea of writing a handbook for the disk and I started looking into the feasability of this over a year ago. The disk was launched in November 2015 and its …
My new delivery of Prumihimo disks has arrived safely, are back in stock on this website and are ready to find new homes! They can be purchased either as a single disk with a tutorial for a lovely necklace or as a 2 disk pack without the tutorial. I can ship to most countries directly. The exception to this is …
When I first developed the Prumihimo disk I hoped that it would open up new design opportunities, but at that early stage I did not know exactly what they would be. The more I use my disk the more I become aware of what may be possible with it. In particular the braid lends itself brilliantly to embellishment with bead …
As part of my continuing committment to support people who have bought my Prumihimo disk I have just posted a new free necklace tutorial. My aim is to provide a selection of fairly simple tutorials to help to get people started on their journey with the new disk. The first free tutorial was for a bracelet with beads on two …
