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I have always been drawn to objects behind glass, perhaps in recognition that someone from the past has preserved those things considered precious and ephemeral; mourning jewellery holding hair; bell jars holding birds, insects or dolls; dioramas and ships in bottles. The wearable pieces I make are influenced by the intimacy and hidden stories of small scale miniatures as well as by folklore and fairy tales.
I work from a studio in a village near the New Forest. Following an early training in Textile Art, I graduated with an MA in Sequential Design/ Illustration from the University of Brighton in 2013. I have exhibited regularly in the UK and abroad, creating and selling work for private and public collections for more than twenty years.
I have been fortunate to receive a number of awards over this time, from the British Toymakers Guild and the Arts Council , to a Peer Prize by fellow makers at MADE London, the internationally renowned Art & Design fair. More recently I was one of the designers who created ‘Created for Charleston’ collections for Charleston Farmhouse award winning museum shop and I am excited to be showing again as a special at Dazzle’s pop up at Oxo Tower Wharf this November.
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- Info Small articulated wooden owl £120 Handpainted and carved wooden owl jumping jack. Articlulated wings which flap and make a satisfying noise when you pull the linen threads.
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Tower neckpiece £460
One-of-a-kind neckpiece, with etched brass locks, handmade and beaten key and handpainted inserts in brass and resin settings.
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Little bird pendant (small) £120
Brass and resin setting with handmade and painted insert
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Expedition pendants £120-£180
Brass and resin setting with handmade and painted inserts, milled gold hooks and antique coral drops
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Chandelier earrings £240
Chandelier drop earrings, handpainted inserts with sterling silver hooks and reclaimed faceted glass bed drops in apple green and pale rose.
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Hades earrings £320
Worthy of an underworld party, hades earrings with handpainted resin inserts surrounded by painted brass and reclaimed white glass beads. Beading on back, rolled gold hooks. 4.5cm drop.
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Gold leaf almost cube ring £180
Brass and resin ring with handpainted insert, on a crinkly gold leaf background.
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Shoes for your ears £90
Handcut and finished wooden shoe earrings, studded with brass pins on 9ct rolled gold hooks.
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Whale in a bottle necklace £230
Hand modelled and painted whale encapsulated in resin with brass setting, reclaimed white and gold glass beads with a hook and eye clasp.
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Limbo pendant £160
Handpainted insert on a creamy white bacground. Handcut and textured petals with freshwater pearl insert.
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Oyster catcher by night pendant (large) £160
Handpainted insert, oystercatcher set against a night sky and sea with a freshwater pearl drop. Also available as earrings.
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Large decorative hanging moon £65
Hand drawn and painted large moon, sealed with matt varnish. linen thread.
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Peep brooch £100
Hand modelled painted bare torso encapsulated in resin. Oval domed brooch on black background with leather backing and stitched barrel clasp.
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Candide brooch £270
Handmade scissors, articulated but trapped in resin with an antique paste gemstone and a reclaimed clear glass bead drop.
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Tower earrings £120
5cm drop including freshwater pearl drop. Brass oval lock measures 2cm width, 3cm height
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Large articulated wooden owl £140
Handpainted and carved wooden owl jumping jack. Articlulated wings which flap and make a satisfying noise when you pull the linen thread.
