Exploring a diversity of textures and mediums while studying at East Sydney Technical College inspired me to continue with a plethora of amazing courses including: Julian Ashton Art School, Drawing with pencil, Botanical drawing, Folk art classes, Silver Jewellery, Polymer clay jewellery, Resin jewellery and Resin jewellery advanced.

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My jewellery design ideas come from a love of nature and the changes that accompany each season. Forming each piece from my original clay sculpture to the finished product is very satisfying. Using Resin in conjunction with recycled beads and recycled coffee pods gives each piece its own unique look. 

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Part of my early childhood was spent growing up in Yorkeys Knob in Queensland. I attended a school with only one teacher and nineteen students, and on particularly hot and humid days, the whole school would head off to the mangroves. I remember so vividly the cool water and distinctive smells with the mud between my toes giving me my first love of the natural world - a feeling that is still with me today. Using recycled coffee pods on recycled canvas seems a fitting way to continue this story. Both my works Low Tide - Black Mangrove and Low Tide - Grey Mangrove stem from those memories.

 

I hope to capture imagination through my works in a way that inspires audiences into active conservation, to re-create, reduce and reconnect, thus enabling both to pay tribute to the natural world.