Making a Ring |
My InspirationThe passion for creating things has been with me since I was a small child when I first started cutting arm holes in pieces of fabric to make dresses for my dolls! I have always worked with fabric although I came to metalwork much later in life. My love of the feel of a beautiful fabric has influenced the way I handle cold hard metal. I love to transform it into something tactile or unexpected by using different techniques, usually to change it's surface properties. Because of this, my work is rarely polished and often patinated to enhance different elements of the design.The seamstress in me also wants to create something that is three dimensional, like a garment created to fit around the human form but with the technical challenge that perspective brings to working in metal. This can be seen in some of my work that is also influenced by a stunning 400 year old sycamore in my garden. I like to enhance this perspective by using colour contrast, achieved with gold leaf or fused gold foil (the ancient Korean technique of Keum Boo) and patination alongside the silver. Latterly I have tried to inject an element of humour into my designs and so some of my more recent pieces have a tongue in cheek caption to explain my train of thought.
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