Everything I make starts life in my garden studio in rural Dorset. It's a peaceful space a stone's throw from a river, where I can focus on creating designs that blend colour, texture and form.
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My jewellery is all about rich colours, subtle patterns and clean design. I use three principal materials - anodised aluminium which I print by hand, sea glass and cultured sea glass and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Amazing anodised aluminium
Aluminium is such an amazing material. How can the same thing build the Empire State and also end up as a colourful pair of earrings?
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Here's the science bit - anodising is an electrochemical process that lets you add permanent colour and pattern to aluminium. I start by printing a design onto unsealed aluminium using coloured inks. Then I apply anodising dyes to create the background colour Once that's done, the sheet is sealed with steam, which locks everything in and makes it completely permanent.
Inspired by nature and everyday patterns, I experiment with different colour combinations and prints. The dyeing process is always unpredictable so no two pieces are ever the same.
Stunning sea glass
I mean, who doesn't love sea glass?
The colours, the pitted irregular surface, the organic shapes - all signs of the mysterious life it lived before. What stories it could tell.
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I source my glass from all over the place - sea glass collected from UK beaches, glass tumbled to create smoother surfaces whilst retaining its organic shapes and some shaped into cabochons or teardrops.
Wherever it comes from, the essentials stay the same: luminous colour, one-of a-kind shapes, and those echoes of the sea. There's something lovely about being able to wear a little piece inspired by the sea every day, wherever you are.
Last but not least, the silver
I use 100% recycled silver sheet and wire in all my work. It's a beautiful material to work with, strong enough to shape and form but with that soft grey sheen that makes the colour sing. The contrast between the clean silver and the bold colours of the aluminium and glass is always so easy on the eye.
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By law, silver jewellery over 7.78 grams must be hallmarked. Most of my designs do not meet that silver content threshold which means they don't need hallmarking and that helps to keep the costs down. Anything over the limit is hallmarked at The Goldsmiths' Company Assay Office in London and I'll always mention it in the product description.