Designing & Making

Making Rain - A new collection for Goldsmiths' Fair 2022

21/09/2022

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Making Rain - A new collection for Goldsmiths' Fair 2022

I wanted to create something spectacular and fresh to celebrate 40 years of Goldsmiths' Fair. My new Rain Collection evolved from a series of observations of droplets in nature - combined with complex technical explorations clustering and intertwining pear or 'raindrop' jewels in granulation. I'm entranced by glistening dewdrops suspended from leaves and shimmering raindrops nested in gossamer webs - each individual and perfect. I have always been drawn to natural formations and th...

Making Adorn - Hidden Treasures Revealed

15/09/2019

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Designing making

Making Adorn - Hidden Treasures Revealed

My new 'Adorn' collection, launching at Goldsmiths' Fair 2019, has been in germination for some time. The first seed was sown with the creation of my Hidden Ring, a concept piece and my first work in gold. Designed almost ten years ago, the original piece features an 18ct gold dome - edged with delicate granulation and also completely adorned with hidden granulation underneath. A beautiful and exceptionally decadent secret - unbeknown to all but the wearer. The curved form is created...

New Collections For Goldsmiths'

25/09/2018

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Designing making

I've been busy creating a completely new Sea Urchin collection to preview at Goldsmiths' Fair (Week 2), inspired by the exquisite linear patterns found on sea urchin shells. I've collected these marvels of nature since I was a child and have always been drawn to their mesmerising form. In the new work, silver spine settings form a contemporary structure, which is meticulously embedded and scattered with combinations of gold and silver granulation. Sea urchins can be found in many differ...

Developing Tide

13/09/2017

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Designing making

Inspired by the ebb and flow of the sea - the crests of waves are coiled in precious metals and encrusted with droplets of granulation in my new Tide Collection. The creative process began with a technical exploration into linking and interconnecting forms using granulation to create pieces with greater height and depth. Drawn to the undulating movement of wave formations andthe elegant curved lines in nature, such as those hidden on the underside of fungi, I began to sketch ideas and ...

Stretching into Clear Spaces

15/05/2017

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Designing making

I love working on design developments - refining my technical processes and exploring new creative ways to work with granulation. For me the natural flow and visual movement that can be created with granules is really interesting and I recently started employing a new soldering technique which enables me to work in an even freer way. In particular this new technique allows me to granulate within wider, more open spaces. I’m fascinated by the interplay of granule configurations within negati...

The Oval Frame Collection

01/09/2015

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Designing making

Oval Frame is one of my signature collections. Delicate granules are captured within fine oval frames or laced together to form oval formations. Each shimmering configuration creates an intriguing interplay between the granulation and negative spaces within the oval. This Oval Frame necklace is a bespoke variation of a piece in collection, commissioned in 18ct gold by a client in Australia, who discovered my work through the show Dazzle. It is one of my most extravagant and complex pieces t...

Journal

Making Rain - A new collection for Goldsmiths' Fair 2022

Making Adorn - Hidden Treasures Revealed

New Collections For Goldsmiths'

Developing Tide

Stretching into Clear Spaces

The Oval Frame Collection