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My initial interests in jewellery design stemmed from experiments using pyrograpgy on wood to create necklaces. Its smells as good as a log burning fire, which alone makes it a great technique.

I made my debut piece of jewellery with pyrograghied beads and a duffel toggle for the centre section (see image).

After this, I knew the process of making jewellery was something I would pursue. I'm not at all interested in the final product being a glamorous piece, but one which is well considered . Creating with the intention of making jewellery has allowed me to carve small pieces of material to make a menagerie of miniature sculptures, a scale which suits me.

Technique and craft was always something that I obsessed over at art school. Mainly because I felt that I wasn't being taught enough (if any) techniques from my tutors. I would rip, sand, melt, crush and fold materials in a childish exploration to find out how far i could push a material. So for me, burning with pyrography and sanding bone is a return to my old habits.
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    About Surtsey/Ellie Macindoe
    I set up this blog to keep a visual diary of my developements in design and to allow you to see the progression of my work. Its also a good way to remind myself what stage i'm at and to inspire me to continue making work. I studied textiles for a year at Glasgow School of Art, and, feeling it was too fashion based, I decided change to the Fine Art department. But four years of Fine Art later, I found that my sculptural work was developing a more textiles look to it. I was very interested in texture, layers and material manipulation. And for my degree show in 2006 I exhibited works made with rubber, rip stop (kite fabric) and brushed wax. Now in 2011, i'm developing a body of work based on jewelry design using bone, wood and acrylic. I have been experimenting with pewter as a means to eventually make work with silver. I plan to develope a body of work that will show experimentation and a childish curiosity with materials at the root of the design.
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