Ali is the designer and lampwork glass bead maker behind ‘All About the Beads’. She creates jewellery for women who love colour, drawing her inspiration from fine art and from the changing hues in the natural world around her. The rainbow of glass rods and gemstones she uses to create her glass beads and jewellery is the equivalent of her artist’s paintbox and she loves to create subtle colour combinations blending her organic-style glass beads with natural gemstones, pearls and silver.

Ali has been making jewellery since 2008 and joins Emma O’Brien for a sixth year of Open Studios. Emma is an illustrator and the creator of ‘Naughty Monsters’ – crazy and colourful soft sculpted plushes. You’ll find a warm and friendly welcome, coffee and vegan cake!