2025 / Silver Make Your Mark Award, Goldsmiths Craft and Design Council

2023/ Develop Your Creative Practice Funding from Arts Council

2023 / Best Jeweller in Norfolk, vote by the public in the Muddy Stilettos Awards

2020/ A-N Artist Bursary creative practice development funding

2019 / Francis Bacon Collection, Collaboration with Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich

2017 / Marshwood Arts Open Call - Highly Commended

2017 / National Trust and Crafts Council Open Call - Finalist

2017 / Huguenot New Silver Competition, 2nd place

2017 / Caddy Spoon Collectors Society Competition, 2nd place

2016 / Mark Your Mark Competition, London Assay Office, shortlisted

2016 / Graduate Member of the Contemporary British Silversmiths Association

2016 / Goldsmiths Company Silver Bullion Grant Award

Introduction.

I am an award winning, qualified silversmith, jeweller and tutor. I design and handcraft timeless jewellery and silverware with integrity and longevity - to be worn, used, and adored. 

My practice lies between art, utility and education, all rooted in a love of recycled precious metals and the heritage craft of silversmithing. 

I have a passion for sharing my knowledge and a determination to keep the heritage craft of silversmithing alive. 

Materials.

While I work in all precious metals I’m particularly drawn to silver. It is such a lovely material to work with, naturally antibacterial, rigid yet malleable, an excellent heat conductor so warms with the heat of your hands. You learn its limits and work with it while learning its boundaries and becoming familiar with its qualities. 

I often create sets, the triples, a pair of boxes, a series of pinchpots. It gives the pieces a sense of playfulness in juxtaposition to the rigidity of their form.  

Why I do it. 

In a world of overconsumption and fast fashion, silversmithing allows me to be slow, methodical and considered. A connection with the past - the heritage craft of silversmithing- and knowing I am using the same techniques and processes as those who have created for thousands of years before me. 

The calm of working with the trinity of head, heart and hand and being totally present in the moment.

Influences and inspirations.

My designs are underpinned by the Modernist design theory of functionality, simplicity and a rejection of ornamentation and influenced by all things concrete, especially Brutalist architecture and 20th Century UK water towers. Timeless and minimal to suit your environment as you and it change over the years. My silverware is good at its utilitarian function while being pleasing to look at and enjoyable to use; longevity and value for money with buy right buy once. My work is created to be timeless in style and to last not just a lifetime but for generations.

Where it began.

As a child I regularly visited antiques fairs with my aunt and uncle and was drawn to the craftsmanship of the jewellery, especially rings and brooches. They were so full of history, each one having its own story ready for me to imagine while the gold and silver always felt good to touch, gently warming with the heat from your hand. 

During my teenage years I lived close to the UEA campus which was designed by Denys Lasdun. Spending a lot of time there (and later would go on to work, and study a Masters there), this could be where my love of bold lines and brutalist architecture developed.

Add in to the mix that my dad worked in construction, specifically with concrete, and it’s not hard to see where my visual language was born. 

My creative career history.

I was always creative and enjoyed various different mediums but when I started silversmithing and jewellery evening classes in my late 20s everything fell into place. This was the right craft for me. 

I continued with these evening classes for a decade and at 38 I decided I wanted to pursue my passion for silversmithing as a career. I wasn’t sure how to go about this so applied to do a three year BA Hons degree in Silversmithing, Goldsmithing and Jewellery at the University for the Creative Arts. This is where my creativity turned from hobby to profession.

The Present.

Since graduating I have gained an MA in Creative Entrepreneurship, attended masterclasses by some of the UKs leading silversmiths, won a Goldsmiths Craft and Design Council award, received an Arts Council England grant for Develop Your Creative Practice, and taught workshops across the UK. I strive to continuously improve my skills while splitting my time between designing and making, and sharing silversmithing with others through teaching. 

Museum of London, Dockyards

Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich

2025

Festival of Silver Show, Craft in Focus, RHS Wisley, Surrey

2024

Landscape POV, Part Crowd Art Gallery, Toronto

Trial and Error Exhibition, Work Show Grow, Courthouse Projects, County Courts, Cleaver Street, Kennington London SE11 4DZ

Joined Up Exhibition, Welsh Contemporary Craft, Cardiff

Festival of Silver Show, Craft in Focus, RHS Wisley, Surrey

2023

Festival of Silver Show, Craft in Focus, RHS Wisley, Surrey

2022

Resident Silversmith, The Smiddy, Banff Scotland August 2022

Fairhurst Gallery Exhibition, Norwich

2021

Handmade Chelsea, Chelsea Old Town Hall, 13 - 14 November

Blackthorpe Barn at Christmas, Bury St Edmunds 11-12 December

2020

Hammer Club Exhibition Schoonhoven 2020, Netherlands, 2 June to 30 September

2019

Augustus Brandt Gallery Living Silver, Petworth, 16 November 2019 to 05 January 2020

Shine 2019, 19th September - 1st November Goldsmiths Centre, London

Craft in Focus, RHS Wisley, 2-6th May, Surrey

2018

Norfolk Contemporary Crafts Society, Christmas Show, Norwich; New Ashgate Christmas Collection, Farnham; Made for the Table, Goldsmiths Centre, London; The Contemporary Silver Gallery Summer Exhibition; Norfolk Contemporary Craft Society Summer Exhibition; Craft in Focus, RHS Wisley, Enamel Today, 78 Derngate, Northampton; Inheritance, Norwich Castle Museum Gallery

2015 - 2017

Norfolk Contemporary Craft Society, Christmas Show, Norwich; Marshwood Arts, Bridport Arts Centre; New Designers One Year On, Business Design Centre, Islington; Inspired, Goldsmiths Centre; Rising Stars, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey; Shine The Goldsmiths Centre, London; Make Your Mark, Goldsmiths Hall; Handmade at Kew, Kew Gardens; New Designers, Business Design Centre, Islington; University of the Creative Arts Degree Show, Rochester; Desire Fair, Old Town Hall, Chelsea; Boot and Shoe Exhibition, 15 Collingwood, Northampton; British Arts Medal Society Student Competition Exhibition, Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee; The Goldsmiths Craft and Design Awards, Goldsmiths Hall, London,

Sept-Oct 2025 / The Hugo Burge Foundation Silversmithing Residency, Marchmont House, Scotland

July 2025 / Brooch Making with Rebecca De Quin, The Forge, London

2024 / Skills developing include soldering and forming with Cara Murphy (Funded by Arts Council England)

2024 / Alloying Master Class with Patrick Davison, West Dean College (Funded by Arts Council England)

2024 / Soldering Masterclass with Warren Martin (Funded by Arts Council England)

2022 / Resident Silversmith at The Smiddy, Banff, Scotland

2022 / Polishing Masterclass with Stephen M Goldsmith at The Smiddy, Banff, Scotland

2021 / Engraving with Angus MacFadyen, West Dean College, West Sussex

2021 / Forging a spoon with Howard Fenn, via Contemporary British Silversmiths

2020 / Soldering and finishing workshop with Ray Walton, Faversham

2019 / Box Making Masterclass with Andrew MAcGowen and Abigail Brown, Goldsmiths Centre, London

2018 / Box Making with John Norgate, West Dean College, West Sussex

2018 / Introduction to Hammerwork Skills, with Abigail Brown and Rauni Higson as part of Contemporary British Silversmiths Graduate Scheme, Goldsmiths Centre, London.

2017 / A Practical Business Development Workshop with Patricia van den Akker of The Design Trust, at New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey

2017 / Hand Raising and Hammering Skills Training with Andy Putland and Tony Bedford, Goldsmiths Centre London

2017 / Getting Started, The Goldsmiths Company

2016 / Jessica Turrell Enamel Master Class, UCA Rochester

2015 March / Cut, Bend and Flex with Ane Christensen, West Dean College,
West Sussex (Bursary)

2014 June / Gold Fusion Masterclass with Zoe Arnold, Bishopsland Educational Trust, Reading (Bursary)

2014 June / Silversmithing Summer School with Andrew Putland, Goldsmiths Centre, London (Bursary)

2018 - 2024 / Silversmithing and Jewellery Tutor, Wensum Lodge, Norfolk

2023 - date Silversmithing and Jewellery Mentor

2023 Studio technician, Wensum Lodge, Norfolk

2022 -2023 Silversmithing Tutor, The Smiddy, Banff Scotland

2022 Silversmithing Consultant, The Smiddy, Banff Scotland

2017 - date / Private Silversmithing and Jewellery Tutor

2016 - date / Self employed silversmith

2016 - 2018 / Bench Assistant for Miriam Hanid

2024 / City and Guilds Level 3 Education and Training

2017 / MA Creative Entrepreneurship (First with Distinction) UEA

2016 / BA Hons Silversmithing, Goldsmithing and Jewellery UCA Rochester

2012 / NCFE Silver Jewellery, Wensum Lodge, Norfolk