For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by what we wear, both clothes and jewellery. For me, jewellery is portable art. As human technology developed so did jewellery and I am passionate about studying these ancient crafts.

I love being in my workshop always, it’s a cocoon filled with ideas and the means of production. I love seeing the finished work on the body of its wearer and how they interact and interpret the piece of work and make it their own. The creation of an object is time well spent for me.

I’m a storyteller, I tell stories about the history of jewellery through the creation of contemporary objects. I create collections of jewellery that highlight the technology I have used to create them. Each of my collections is a celebration of the craft skills I have used in to bring to life a design.

I opened my first studio a few weeks after I graduated from college in 1986. I found a derelict building in an unfashionable part of East London and taught myself how to plumb and fix glass windows, build jewellery benches and put up shelves. I built extra jewellery benches for my friends and invited them to come and share the space with me.