Originally trained in textiles, and with over sixteen years’ experience designing highly tactile fabrics for fashion and interiors, I now apply my perpetual curiosity for surface and materials to create bold pieces of wearable which marry my textiles practice and silversmithing.
Guided by my collages and embroidered samplers, I am interested in finding beautiful solutions to combine materials of different weights, colours and origins through embellishment and placement. I am very curious about the use of embroidery as both a decorative and construction tool within my work and I like to challenge that fine line.
Every piece of jewellery is handcrafted in my workshop and created in a very intuitive way; I like to be playful with my material choices and to juxtapose elements that you may not typically put together, such as linoleum and silk, or formica and gold. Working with found colours along the way only adds to the challenge of combining components that are inherently different in weight, structure and surface into an intriguing object which is tactile and harmonious. I also often like to create pieces using the ‘components’ of my larger works, as I find it fascinating how they can take their own direction which is separate from the intended purpose.
Alongside my design work I am also a passionate arts educator; teaching textiles at degree level and delivering creative textile workshops across West Yorkshire where I live.
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Memberships
Association of Contemporary Jewellery
Precious Collective
Jewellery Exhibitions and Awards
2022- International Jewelry Design Contest: Gold Prize Winner
2022- Goldsmiths Centre Catalyst Grant Awardee
2020- Crafts Council X Crafting Europe: iAtelier Cohort
2020- Crafts Council Hothouse
Exhibitions
May 2023: Future of Craft, Future Icons. UK
March 2023: COLLECT Art Fair. Represented by Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery
March 2023: Munich Jewellery Week rep. by House on Mars Gallery
Jan 2023: RING! Diana Porter Gallery, UK
2022
Dec 2022: Cluster Contemporary Jewellery, Koppel Project. UK
Oct 2022: MADE Showcase: Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Oct 2022: Goldsmiths Fair, UK
March 2022: Metal and Color, Athica Gallery US
April 2022: Galerie Hannah Rembeck, Germany
2021
Dec 2021: Cluster Contemporary Jewellery Fair, London
Nov 2021: Jewelry Off The Grid. NYC Jewelry Week. New York, US
Sep 2021: Precious Things in times of Uncertainty. Radiant Pavillion, Melbourne
Sep 2021: Colour. Shape. Form. Unit Twelve Gallery
Sep 2021: International Contemporary Jewelry Meeting. Backyard Arte Gallery, Spain
Sep 2021: JUROR- Mixed Materials: Precious Collective Online Jewellery Week 2021
July 2021: AJC Open. Online Collection
May 2021: Precious Things in times of Uncertainty. Alliages Gallery, Lille
May 2021: Collectible Art Fair, Belgium
May 2021: NYC X Adorn Axis. New York Design Week, US
April 2021: Crafting Europe iAtelier cohort
March 2021: Artificial Intelligems. Munich Jewellery Week
March 2021: Beyond Typography, House on Mars Gallery. Munich Jewellery Week
Feb 24th: COLLECT - Represented by House On Mars Gallery
March 18-24th: Artifical Intelligems- Munich Jewellery Week
March 18-24th, Beyond Typology- Munich Jewellery Week
Crafting Europe iAtelier cohort.
2020
Nov 2020: MADE Showcase: Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Architectural Echoes: Studio Vault
Glasshouses: ACJ
Rising Stars: New Ashgate
Live // Live: Arteria Gallery
Crafts Council Hothouse Cohort
2019
Make: Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Summer Shades: Colourful Artworks by Yorkshire Women at South Square
Lustre
Art & York
Saltaire Inspired
FIBRE. Heart Gallery, Hebden Bridge
BCTF Best Newcomer Award
R Sustainable Fashion Show. The Jam House, Edinburgh