The attraction for working in a small format such as jewellery I think may have begun in my childhood, with a fascination with the small scale of dolls’ houses, dolls and their tiny accessories. It was perhaps a natural progression to move from making doll’s clothes into working in the jewellery medium with its [often demanding and patience – testing] intricate and intimate scale.

Finding my own style and medium of working creatively came as a bit of a revelation. Only through many years of hoarding and collecting small items from the environment, from other peoples discards, did there come a realisation in time that I was utilising a selection process with these interesting small treasures to rearrange and assemble them into a new personal form of jewellery, small objects and framed pieces.