7th Sept - latest pot and latest skull necklace

Here's a photo of my latest art pot and of my latest skull necklace. The necklace was a present for my youngest daughter's birthday. I made her some tiny skull earrings too, though I forgot to take a photo of those.

22nd August 2011

So sorry I've neglected my blog for so long - main reason is that I am a full time carer for my mum as well as an artist. But still doing some of course - I'd go mad if I couldn't find a little time every day to create. Along with my friend Chris Turrel-Watts, we created a piece of public art in a magical wild area called The Butterfly Park in New Ferry Liverpool. We made dozens of larger than life glass butterflies and glass leaves and hung them from a large flowering Hawthorn tree. Looks fabulous when the sun is shining. I've also been working from home of course and have made an angel tile (see photo) but it cracked slightly when I fired it in my kiln - which was rather disappointing, to say the least. In the last few months I have really got into making my art vases, and will definitely be exploring more ideas in this direction. (see photos.) I've made a tree nymph piece too, which I really enjoyed (see photo.) Anyway, I'll be blogging on here a lot more frequently in future, so speak to you soon ....

Leandra Holder Website SALE Starts 2nd Feb. 2010

At last my website is ready to go online again after sterling work by my tecky guy Ryk Langton. I've probably driven him mad over the last month, so I do appreciate that he has kept calm with me! So tomorrow, Tuesday 2nd February, is the relaunch day - AND THE START OF MY SALE!!!!! I've reduced 120 items of jewellery - some by over half. So it's well worth your time taking an early look and snapping up some bargains. Here are just two of the pieces that will be drastically reduced. Happy shopping!

update

Well my frustration and annoyance continues - I am still not back online with my Leandra Holder website. A hacker managed to wreck my site between Christmas and the New Year and the long process of rebuilding continues. Apart from the fact it is the way I earn my living, I also hadn't realised how much a part of my daily routine it was - checking for sales and checking that all was well and functioning on my site. There'll be changes coming when my site is up and running again - and not just increased security! I plan to concentrate much more on the art side. I will be buying far less of the components like beads and charms - and plan to make far more of these myself. Which means that once the site is functioning I will be having a massive sale of all the items that no longer fit into this criteria. I will give you all a week's notice before the grand sale starts - so don't worry, you will not miss out. Thanks so much to you all for the many messages of support I have received since my website was hacked - it means a lot to me that so many of you are missing your daily fix of trawling through my website. I'll be back soon, so don't go away! peace and love Leandra x