Creative Reflections

Some things stay with us because, years later, they still feel right. A reflection on personal style, design, longevity and knowing what deserves to stay.

There is something lovely about finding your way back to an object, or a special piece you once loved.

Not because it has suddenly become fashionable again. Not because someone has told you it matters. Simply because, after some time apart, it still feels right.

I’ve been thinking about this lately.

“I love it. But I don't know if I could wear it.” Usually, they are holding a piece of jewellery they have already been drawn to. They like the shape. They like its scale. They like that it is different....

There's a brooch sitting on my desk right now that I made years ago. I don't wear it every day. Some weeks I forget it's there entirely. But I never put it away. It stays on the corner of my...

There’s no shortage of conversation about what happens to women as we age. Mostly, it’s about what we lose. Our faces change. Our bodies change. We may not have quite the same energy. We become less visible in a culture...

For over twenty years I’ve been designing contemporary jewellery.

People often ask me where my ideas come from.

The truth is they rarely begin with jewellery.

They begin with observations.

A beautifully balanced chair.

A shadow moving across a building.

The way an object feels when you hold it.

The relationship between colour, material and form.

After over twenty years of designing jewellery, I’ve come to realise that beauty isn’t found in colour, proportion or material alone. It emerges when everything belongs together.

For more than twenty years I have been designing and making jewellery and sculpture.

People often ask me where my ideas come from.

The truth is they rarely begin with jewellery.

They begin with observations.

A beautifully balanced chair.

A shadow falling across a building.

The way an object feels in the hand.