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Always full of great intentions of writing regularly, the days fly past... designs to be created, clients orders need filling, other work is important and while these blogs are vital they seem to reluctantly get missed from the 'things we must do' list! We have temporarily parked the crochet scoods and accessories... time is a big factor and whole we still have some on hand to sell we will not be creating a summer range this year. However we have further developed the jewellery side. Barisa Studio now has a lovely range of 'one off', fairly chunky necklaces, cuffs and...

We're nearing the end of spring and bounding into summer which brings with it lots of markets, Christmas  and a chance to sit in the sun (which after our sodden winter will be a pleasure). It's also a chance for us to take a step forward and photograph, describe and load more items into the store.  We've added bangles and cuffs to our range. These are pure copper and come in two weights... those which were originally copper tubing and the ones which are patterned from solid 8 gauge copper wire. The patterns on the bangles and cuffs are varied...

While making jewellery there are a few different aspects to what I like to photograph. Here's the first... I like to photograph parts of the process of making (as long as I actually remember to interrupt myself and actually stop and do it!) I love having the reminder and those interested in what I'm doing seem to like seeing the process in action.... and no I don't see myself making a video any time soon! First step is selecting the stone if a stone is going to be used at all in the particular ring. It's handy to have a...

The journey from a simple market stall once a month to what has evolved into markets most weekends culminated in this website which quietly went live on the 31st of May. Like Barisa markets The Barisa Store will be a continually evolving entity. There are already other segments we want to include sooner rather then later, targeted corporate gifts, hair accessories and embroidered accessories to mention a few. We'd love our followers to consider us when needing gifts for special occasions or indeed just when the jewellery collection is needing adding to. Committing to a website was a huge step...