Everyday are different but typically I wake early at 7am before everyone, I would walk into my studio with a hot cup of tea in my dressing gown and just take it all in, plan ahead for the day. I keep a studio diary and I would check what has been done and what needs to be catch up. Then generally I start the physical work from 9am. If I am filling whole sale orders I would be batch making so those days would be intensive on my hands and shoulders, I would try to balance by going for a brisk walk during breaks; I tend to leave ‘making’ day without any interruption from zoom calls or other things so I can focus, listen to podcasts but my hands does not stop. On days I am doing disconnect things would be like check my emails & website orders, packing and sending, stocktake and replenishment… there are always paperwork to do, opportunity to apply, people to catch up. I have a clean station and a fire station.

Clean station is for thinking/planning/drawing/laptop and packing. Fire station is the dusty area where jewellery are made from start to finished, from piercing, soldering, filing, sanding, to polishing. I try not to mix my fire station day to clean station day really. As I am inspired by everyday living, I tend to do my research outside of studio, it always happens when I least expected. I would drink and eat in my studio, its a habit I created for working from home, otherwise, its easily to start doing something in the house and not returning to studio.