patrickduggandesigns unique artisan jewellery

Hello, This is a short post letting you know I am taking a break from my blog for a short while. For around 18 months I have been looking for a new home and a few weeks ago I found one I love ...

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Here is my latest design for Christmas -  my "Seasons Tea Light". A last minute present for someone and still plenty of time to make before Christmas. Made to fit most votive candles or...

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A lot has been happening lately and I have been pretty busy. It has taken me awhile to show my newest beaded jar. After I finished my 'Little Night Music' jar I went straight into making a sec...

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Twelve months ago I released my KingStar Kit. I still have limited numbers of kits available in USA and in Australia. Click on the image above for a link.  Today I listed the TUTORIAL for ...

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As some of you are aware I am a member of the Macarthur Bead Society. Once a month we meet and each month the facilitator sets a challenge to be done by the next meeting. The October chall...

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I have always loved looking at "Venetian Mirrors". Whenever I pass a store that has one of these mirrors I stop and admire the sparkle, the catching of light, the etching and various layers o...

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As I mentioned in the last post I am a member of the Macarthur Bead Society . Each month we meet and each month a beading challenge is set.  The challenge for June was Op Art - see previous p...

http://patrickduggandesigns.blogspot.com/2017/09/new-inspiration-leads-to-new-designs.html

For most of this year I have hardly done any beading. No desire at all and surprisingly I didn't miss it. I was concerned for awhile as normally I wake early and spend 3-4 hours a day experim...

http://patrickduggandesigns.blogspot.com/2017/08/i-have-another-go-at-embroidery.html

Announcing the release of the tutorial for my "Ananas" necklace. This is the largest tutorial I have so far written - 30 pages with 115 full colour illustrations. I designed Ananas last y...

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In March 2016, I shared images of my "Pansyface" necklace  - one of the four classes I was to teach at Beads by Blanche, New York, in June 2016. Today I am showing the necklace again as I ...

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My first post this year..........apologies for my tardiness. Last week I released a new tutorial for a fun necklace and possibly the most colourful  piece of jewellery I have yet designed....

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Three posts earlier I showed you my collection of Christmas Tree ornaments,  something I really enjoy designing. I have designed another and I am pleased to introduce my latest tree ornamen...

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My latest published design - a pendant called 'Rosette' - first time something of mine is in Bead & Button Magazine and first time my work is on the front cover - only a small image but still t...

http://patrickduggandesigns.blogspot.com/2016/11/in-another-magazine-and-on-cover-too.html

This week my friend Regina Krawets and I went to the NSW Art Gallery to see an exhibition of Frida Kahlo's art, along with some Diego Rivera pieces. I was very glad I went as in 2008 I visit...

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It is a pleasure to introduce the most recent addition to my Christmas Collection of ornaments - "Starlight so Bright" - above. I had fun designing this one and was happy to play with the new ...

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I have just watched the movie "Julie and Julia" for probably the fifth or sixth time. I do enjoy this movie and the characters are so well played by Meryl Streep and Amy Adams - if you haven't se...

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It has been awhile since I did a post. I had every intention of doing a regular post whilst in the U.S.A. but you get caught up in meeting people and doing other things and my blog gets forgotten...

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I am in the United States and travelling to Milwaukee for the Bead & Button Show. Before I arrive in Milwaukee I visited Chicago and had a look around. What a pretty, and BIG, city. I was...

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I am getting very excited as my next trip to the USA and my second visit to the Bead & Button  show is getting closer, not to mention my teaching in New York at Beads by Blanche. I have be...

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People often ask me "Where do I get my ideas from?" and "what inspires me?" Being a teacher I have heard students say they don't know what to make, don't know what colour/s to use etc. There a...

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I am very happy to share with you my fourth class being taught in New York in June  "Venetian Mirrors" I am ecstatic to say I just finished writing the tutorial for this very intricate...

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I find it a terrible shame that a person goes to all the trouble of making a lovely peyote band design, then attaches a slide clasp on each end, leaving the  clasp mechanism in full view. ...

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In the last couple of months I have hardly touched beads - and I am missing them !! My beading area is covered with a cloth so things don't get dusty!  Sheeeesh !!!  This is not a complain...

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I designed these flowers a few years back, at a time when I didn't write tutorials.  Last ear I started writing but never got around to finishing it due to other commitments. I am now very...

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