Author Archives: Maggie

Maggie Bergman is a jewellery artist & teacher. She works from her studio in Nerang on Australia's Gold Coast. Maggie specializes in teaching traditional and space-age techniques.

Textures for Metal Clay Workshop was Great Fun!

Making Textures Workshop for Metalclay or Resin

Great textures waiting to be moulded! Hard working students hand carving textures Even if you’re on crutches after a nasty fall, you can still have a lot of fun making Photopolymer plates! Using the moulding rubber was the best fun, some fantastic materials were brought in by students. They freely shared their treasures, a great…

Mum & Me Bracelet Finished

Mum& Me Bracelet - Front

Well it’s about time, lots of things interfered but now it’s finished! Read how this bracelet was conceived here. There were a few challenges along the way…… The little sections of the embroidery were not easy to fit, especially because the bracelet is double-sided. In the end I cut a special die for the little…

iPhone Fun – SketchMee

SketchMee iPhone app - color combo set to crazy

Got a new app! I think I’m a sad case! I love playing around with my photos:) This one is called SketchMee and it makes a photo into a drawing. This is me today I’ve used it for some jewellery pieces and it does a nice job of them! Okay, that’s enough of me:) Here’s…

Repurpose – Recycle

Silver Long Pod Earrings

This week I came across some long lost left-over earrings. It was a nice surprise to find them back!
I took them apart, used the PMC pods, wired them onto a bit of sterling silver chain & applied some patina.

Mum & Me – New Metalclay Mixed Media Bracelet

Possible materials Madonna Icon

I made my first drawing for this bracelet over 18 months ago, but as is often the case, life got in the way and nothing was done until now. I found all the materials I want to incorporate and I have the template done, great start, all I need now is some studio time! My…

Byron Rocks!

Pierced silver & titanium pendant

A simple drawing can lead to a nice new project, look at my ‘Byron Rocks’ pendant, the design couldn’t be simpler and I had a lot of fun doing it to boot!

A Kaleidoscope Made From A Drawing

Kelp root drawing doubled up again

This morning I came across some images I liked at Flickr, they are by Dutch artist Birgit Doesborg. Take a look at her PlantAliens: http://bit.ly/bQOPar

I felt the urge to try this with a few of my own images, so I set up some Actions in Photoshop to see how that would go. I liked the results, then did it again, this time with one of my Kelp Roots line drawings. Look what came out of that:)

Another Step in the Right Direction:)

Studio Make-over

Here’s a quick update………. Bench top colour is on:) Now I’ve got my thinking cap on for the draw fronts – I think I’ll keep it very simple – maybe with some special handles. Any ideas? Suggestions?

A Change is as Good as a Holiday (they say)

Bench cut and glued in place

I’m doing my studio make-over, a plywood wall and a strange bench top for starters!

Shigeo Fukuda’s Shadow Sculpture – Lunch With a Helmet On

Shigeo Fukuda - Lunch with a Helmet On

I got a book from the library called: ‘Masters of Deception’ Shigeo Fukuda’s work is the most incredible to me, have a look at this video…