Artist’s statement
I am endeavouring to make beautiful jewellery to enhance the wearer - classical but contemporary - striving to find balance and proportion.
Design ethos - simplicity of shape and purity of line - a timeless quality - that will look good long into the future. I am influenced by artefacts from ancient Mediterranean cultures and admire the skills of their craftsmen from eons ago - particularly evident in the wonderful collection held at the Villa Guilia in Rome
My work is made using traditional techniques and hand tools; piercing, hammering and forging high-carat gold and silver, embellished with old-cut gemstones, cabachons and pearls. Each piece is hand worked using very fine emery papers resulting in a lustrous matt finish, sometimes with burnished edges.
Further Images
22 carat gold ring with octahedral diamond
Three narrow 18 carat gold bangles
18 carat gold crossover rings with tzavarite
18 carat gold oval earstuds with kyanite cluster
22 ct chain with bead
22 carat gold chain with large hollow gold bead
22ct ring with diamond
22 carat gold ring with old cut diamond
oxidised silver and gold chain with bead
Oxidised silver; electrum and 24 carat gold chain with gold bead
22 carat gold earrings with fire opal