Hi, I’m Clair Rigby. I’m a fun loving, forty-something with a passion for beadwork and jewellery making. Self-taught from magazines, books and on-line tutorials, the discovery of bead-weaving techniques released a ‘design demon’ and I became a little bit obsessed with teeny, tiny seed beads!

It’s the architectural nature of dimensional beadwork that appeals to me, I love watching structures and shapes develop with the addition of each new bead. The possibilities are almost endless. It reminds me a little of my childhood favourite, Lego, when I would sit for hours working out how to create new shapes and structures with the same basic materials – some things never change!

As an artist I am hugely inspired by both Art Deco and Art Nouveau and my work often appears to be created by someone with a split personality – displaying either a love of linear design, colour and geometric shapes or a love of nature, with fluidic shapes, textures and surprising details.