I am inspired by light, colour and form, texture and movement - nature in all its grandeur. It is impossible to recreate this but I hope to infuse a little part of it into my work.
I usually begin a new piece when I am attracted to a particular stone or object, often from a collection of many different elements I have gathered over the years. Sometimes I make a drawing when I visualise the finished result clearly but often ideas change during the making and the work takes on a new perspective. It is a living process.
I have lived in various countries, mainly in Mexico where I learned my craft with silversmiths from Taxco, a silver mining town where most people earn their livelihoods from silver and related industries. Designing costumes for theatre, film and opera and a certain feeling for drama has no doubt influenced my work - which comes to life when it is worn and enjoyed. Jewellery after all compliments the costume and indeed the occasion.