Posts by Nicholas Pike

Hello to all my readers and I hope you found it interesting reading about my early years as I began my journey into adulthood and into the world of creating jewellery. It has been the most rewarding and fulfilling career and the fact that I remain energised and passionate says something about my choice all…

Firstly, thank you to all the participants of our first 2016 Design Workshops, which we held in May and June in our studio at Highgate. The format for the evenings consisted of an introduction, a questionnaire, a survey and then general discussion. And no-one was asked to draw which was a fear of some of…

Hello everyone I hope you are all well and avoiding the change of season illnesses. From what we have experienced personally and from the news our clients bring, there have been lots of people with a myriad of colds, chest infections, and aches and pains. If you have succumbed, I hope your recovery is fast…

Welcome to my May blog. I hope you are all enjoying this change in the weather, and although it is beautiful I know there are many people wanting lots and lots more rain. I have recently been to the Clare Valley for a family party and everybody was commenting on the dry conditions and how…

Well it’s already April, and I really struggled with what topic I would cover this month as I find some months the words don’t always flow easily. But then it just happened. (By the way, I would also love your feedback if you would like me to cover any specific subject). I thought I would…

Hello and I hope you are all enjoying this amazing weather and the beginning of Mad March. As we all know, 2016 is a leap year and I hadn’t realised that an extra day every four years is needed to align the modern day Gregorian calendar with the Earth’s revolutions around the Sun. If this…

Hello to you all and a Happy New Year 2016. I hope you had a relaxing joyful and rewarding Christmas and January. I had a wonderful Christmas day with my family – because the forecast was for high temperatures, I put together some great games for the grand-kids. They normally love being outside, but because…

Hello faithful readers, I would like to open by wishing you all a safe and meaningful festive season. So here we are, it’s December and the end of 2015! What a challenging and amazing year this has been. I hope you have all had a good year and will continue to enjoy living in this…

Hi to all of you who take the time out of your busy day to read my blog. With Christmas just around the corner, I am convinced this year has been shorter than others. Maybe it’s because we all do so much in our lives that life seems to be on fast forward. Everything seems…