EDUCATION

Encouraged by my interest in the traditional jewellery made in the countries I had visited, I joined Adult Education jewellery courses in London in 1989.

In 1996/97 I did a LOCF 3 Jewellery Design course and in 1997/98 a BTEC HNC course in Art and Design / Jewellery, both at South Thames College in London. This was followed by a third year at (98/99) doing a BTEC Art & Design Personal Development Certificate at the same college.

EXHIBITIONS

Battersea Arts Centre – graduate exhibitions in 1998 and 1999

Farnham Maltings, Festival of Crafts – 1999

West Sussex Visual Arts Group – Petworth Park in 2000 and Ash House, Midhurst in 2001

Dulwich Craft Fair in Wimbledon – 2000, 2001 and 2002

South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell – 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003

Crafts in Focus at Twickenham in 2001, Guildford and Twickenham in 2002 and 2003, Henley in 2004.

Exhibition with Kaleidoscope and Friends at the Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington in 2001 and 2002, and Guildford Gallery in 2003.

JEWELLERY

On the whole I don’t make ranges of jewellery as I prefer to make one-offs, although I might do a few pieces based on one idea if I feel it is successful. When using stones I generally base my design around the particular stone I am working with and what I feel will suit it – in other words I enjoy experimenting and trying new shapes, designs and techniques!

I work mainly in silver and like contrasting textures and metals so I sometimes use 18 ct. gold, or a variety of textured pieces of silver, to achieve the effect I want.