My work ranges from the sculptural using the technique of hand-raising to create fluid organic forms to fabricated elegant tableware. I design and make all my own work allowing me to give my full attention to creating quality modern pieces that offer a bold striking aesthetic different to the norm.
As a child my mother worked in a Japanese antique shop, herself being Japanese, where I spent much time during school holidays. I believe being surrounded by so many beautiful objects instilled in me a love for craftsmanship and a sense of aesthetic. I try to find essential true form within my designs and believe that simplicity is the key to true elegance, when something is just right proportionally it has a vitality and quality that sings out at you.
My former career of 12 years being a chef has given me the expertise and passion to enhance the experience of eating and drinking with my silverware. I understand how the full experience of presentation and process of say for example decanting a wine can enhance and accentuate enjoyment, my pieces will appeal to those who enjoy the sense of performance using my tableware will bring. Making food is a wonderful way to nourish people but it is transient. I believe as a creative maker the things I produce contain and transmit energy enriching people`s lives so I wanted to find a way I could focus and concentrate my energy into permanent tangible objects. Silversmithing is a wonderful vehicle for this using such a clean vibrant material.
My true passion is that of exploring the possibilities of the process of hand-raising. Although this is a technique stretching back millennia I want to bring a highly evolved sculptural aspect of it into my work. As my silversmith practice has developed over the years together with my technical proficiency in this area I feel very strongly drawn to revisiting themes from my background in Fine Art and driven to create forms unshackled by the need to be practical utilitarian objects. I am in the process of exploring themes with a visceral personal narrative that in turn relate to us all and the human condition.
I did a Foundation in Art and Design at the City Lit. graduating with a `distinction`; I then went on to do the first year of a Fine Art BA at Middlesex University but then switching to an Applied Arts BA, graduating in 2009 with a `First Class Honours` and did a year course at the renowned Bishopsland Educational Trust.
As a child my mother worked in a Japanese antique shop, herself being Japanese, where I spent much time during school holidays. I believe being surrounded by so many beautiful objects instilled in me a love for craftsmanship and a sense of aesthetic. I try to find essential true form within my designs and believe that simplicity is the key to true elegance, when something is just right proportionally it has a vitality and quality that sings out at you.
My former career of 12 years being a chef has given me the expertise and passion to enhance the experience of eating and drinking with my silverware. I understand how the full experience of presentation and process of say for example decanting a wine can enhance and accentuate enjoyment, my pieces will appeal to those who enjoy the sense of performance using my tableware will bring. Making food is a wonderful way to nourish people but it is transient. I believe as a creative maker the things I produce contain and transmit energy enriching people`s lives so I wanted to find a way I could focus and concentrate my energy into permanent tangible objects. Silversmithing is a wonderful vehicle for this using such a clean vibrant material.
My true passion is that of exploring the possibilities of the process of hand-raising. Although this is a technique stretching back millennia I want to bring a highly evolved sculptural aspect of it into my work. As my silversmith practice has developed over the years together with my technical proficiency in this area I feel very strongly drawn to revisiting themes from my background in Fine Art and driven to create forms unshackled by the need to be practical utilitarian objects. I am in the process of exploring themes with a visceral personal narrative that in turn relate to us all and the human condition.
I did a Foundation in Art and Design at the City Lit. graduating with a `distinction`; I then went on to do the first year of a Fine Art BA at Middlesex University but then switching to an Applied Arts BA, graduating in 2009 with a `First Class Honours` and did a year course at the renowned Bishopsland Educational Trust.
Click on this link for an interview I did for the Jigsaw website blog, entitled `The Art of Silver`, it is an article where I talk about my inspirations and creative process.