Her work is funky and fresh, and one of the most striking aspects of Amanda’s designs is her innovative use of glass. The jewelry in her Etsy store, Ebb and Flo, spans the range from an elegant wire-wrapped glass necklace to an edgy felted and beaded choker.

Amanda found many of the glass cabochons used in her designs on Etsy. “When I first found the fused glass cabochons here on Etsy I had to have them as they were so sweet (almost edible). The actual use of them in a design came much later as I worked out how to incorporate them. When I see handmade glass for sale I’m usually first attracted by the colour or unusual colour combinations and then the shape,” Amanda explains, “I’m more attracted to orphans as they are so unique but I also get pulled in by sets of fused glass in a colour that makes me go Wow!”

Women who wear Ebb and Flo jewelry are “passionate about what they wear and aren’t afraid to wear something that isn’t being worn by the masses.” The unexpected combination of glass with other materials is a fantastic aspect of Amanda’s designs. “I like to combine materials, hence the use of fibre, felting, ribbon and wire crochet in some pieces,” Amanda said of her designs, “I’m exploring polymer clay and chainmaille too. It’s fascinating to try matching the fused glass cabs with other materials I have.”

One material having a big impact on Amanda’s current jewelry line is sea glass, collected from her hometown in Scotland. “On the beach I see interesting shapes and collect them, or I know roughly what shape will work or I’ll have a rough idea in my mind. Right now I have a Willow Glass cab and a piece of beach glass which match and I’m excitedly trying to wire them into something wearable!” She later created this intricately wired pendant.

Despite the large size of her sea glass collection, each piece of glass used in her designs is meaningful. “I really like my sea glass to go to a good home as it comes from where I grew up” Visit ebbandflo.etsy.com to give a good home to one of her fabulous handmade pieces.