Jewellery
Studio – Upstairs Main Building
My jewellery all starts as one of these organic shapes of silver which I make by melting recycled silver and letting it flow between charcoal surfaces. I love how the shapes look like pieces of nature and how the finished jewellery can be quite dramatic but restful at the same time – like stepping out of our four walls and spending time amongst the trees.
I use recycled silver, so I see it as a kind of rewilding process, from its previous functional role in electronics or traditional jewellery, into something that follows the slow shapes of lichen or coastlines. The process of designing is like putting together beautiful pebbles or leaves.
Soon after I founded Queen’s Wood Studio in 2014, I realised I could make jewellery in a sustainable way. The silver could be 100% recycled, the stones vintage and antique rather than new-mined, the processes using kitchen cupboard ingredients instead of toxic chemicals, and the packaging recycled too. I love this way of working with what I can find, designing my jewellery like a collage artist. Every piece I make is truly one of a kind.
My inspiration is from the landscape, from art, poetry and stories, and from the eclectic nature of my materials themselves. I am currently researching my local fen landscape. The wetland reeds and sedges, squelching paths and light-reflecting pools are steadily feeding into my new work. I am also exploring local archaeology and learning about the fen people who lived in reciprocal relationship with this landscape for millennia.
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