FORAGED

“The stones remember, if you know how to listen they will tell you many things”
Claude Kuwanijumi, Hopi

This body of work is a quiet celebration of the biosphere. As I wander through life my eye is constantly drawn to the subtle changes I see, marking time, not by the calendar but by nature. My roots have always been firmly planted in the earth but now I am trying to walk more lightly on the land.

Foraging is an act of going place to place in search of things. My searches have been for shapes that intrigue and materials to use. Muka sourced and dyed from plants in my street, wood reclaimed from demolished buildings or fallen trees and objects found in second hand shops.

Like most jewellers I have a magpies instinct to collect and arrange things that I find.  Rather than buy new material for this show I also ‘foraged’ though my hoardings rediscovering and using materials found within.

The pieces made are impressions of treasures found and seen rather than true representations.

A number of the works became sets, requiring the wearer to select and connect pieces to make a work that fits that moment of wearing.