Statement

“I am a designer and maker currently based in Wasps Artists’ Studios, Glasgow. I create sustainably conscious contemporary jewellery and objects using recycled precious metals, each piece unique due to the nature of the handcrafted process.
I look to my own fragmented memories and photographs for inspiration, abstracting forms and elements to create compositions. The work celebrates the contrast and harmonies found between nature and the manmade world. Often combining bold, striking shapes with intricate, organic details achieved by traditional hand skills such as chasing and hand engraving.
I hollow form most of my work to maintain the striking scale of the finished piece whilst allowing the jewellery or objects to still be wearable. This also encourages people’s curiosity and to engage with the pieces – there is an element of surprise as scale usually coincides with weight.
The connection to material and the physical process of making is essential to the success of the work which allows for an intuitive approach to making and designing.”