Shropshire Guild of contemporary craft

Contact Details

Address

Blake and Janette Mackinnon
Spring Cottage
Waterloo Lane
Orleton Common
Nr Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 4JG

Name

Blake and Janette Mackinnon

Phone

01584 831445

Email

bjm@bjmackinnon.co.uk

Web

http://www.bjmackinnon.co.uk

Upcoming Events

Ceramic designer jewellery

We have evolved a range of techniques for making ceramic beads and other components from which we make our earrings, necklaces, buttons, brooches and bracelets. A large proportion of our beads start as extrusions, which are then cut and reworked by turning, pressing, embossing or other methods. We are constantly experimenting with new techniques, shapes and combinations of materials. All our ceramic is high fired to achieve a dense, hard, non-porous quality and much of it is tumbled to a smooth tactile finish. This gives us the choice of using unglazed or selectively glazed beads along with fully glazed ones. We also use enamels and lustre's to compliment the wide range of glaze colours and pay great attention to the detail, quality of material, finish and feel of our work. We also make small boxes & slip cast clocks.

At the moment we are experimenting with computer aided design, which we hope will prove to be an interesting avenue for our beads, boxes & clocks. Commissions are taken for one off or batch production.

Our work is to be featured in an up and coming book 'Jewellery with Ceramics' by Joy Bosworth with a publication date of around May 2010.