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since I was seventeen I have loved making jewellery. I believe the brilliant materials,
small scale and relationship to the body offer the best way to express the ideas
I want to convey. I enjoy exploring the tactile qualities, the scope for colour
and three dimensions, the sense of preciousness and permanence and most of all,
the intimacy of jewellery. I aim to create work that has a strong artistic identity.
I make all the jewellery myself, so the amount of work I can produce is limited,
and the quality is high. Since establishing my workshop in East Yorkshire
in 1975, I have regularly supplied my work to a wide range of the best jewellery
shops and galleries in Great Britain, which has included Asprey & Co., Argenta
Gallery, Boodle & Dunthorne, Liberty & Co., Scottish Gallery, the Lesley
Craze Gallery and the Oxford Gallery.My work has been shown in many national and
international exhibitions, some of which are listed below.
Group exhibitions 2008
British Silver Week.
Urban Armour at the Ringstead
Gallery. Burnham Market 2008
Form, Olympia, London. Creative Jewellers on show 2007-8
Pyramid Gallery, York.
Christmas exhibition 2007 Sieraad, RAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Creative Jewellers
on show 2007. 2006 & 2005 Aura, Burton Agnes Hall, Bridlington, Yorkshire
2006 & 2005 Sieraad,
RAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2006 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Royal Exchange
Theatre Craft Shop, Manchester 2005 On The Cuff, Goldsmiths' Hall,
London. 2005
Aura, Burton Agnes Hall, Bridlington, Yorkshire. 2005 Gilbert Collection Shop,
Somerset House, London (Showcase in association with the Castellani exhibition)
2004 Shapes of Jewelry, Pavilion of Designers, Vicenza, Italy 2002 Celebration,
Goldsmiths' Hall, London 2001 Supermodels, Goldsmiths' Hall, London 2000
Christmas Exhibition, Roger Billcliffe Gallery 1999 and every year since 1983
Goldsmith's Fair, Goldsmiths' Hall, London 1998 Artisan, EICC, Edinburgh
1995 Jewellery Show 9 and 10, Craft and Design Shop, City Art Gallery, Leeds
1991 Heartlines, Craft and Design Shop, City Art Gallery, Leeds 1990 Jewellery
Show 4, Craft and Design Shop, City Art Gallery, Leeds 1988 Rings, The Scottish
Gallery, Edinburgh 1987 Silver and Jewels, The Design Centre, London 1986
Hallmark Silver Collection, Goldsmith's Co exhibition, Nationwide 1986 A Celebration
of English Silver, Shreve, Crump and Low, Boston, USA 1986 Frankfurt International
Fair, Goldsmith's Co stand, Frankfurt 1985, 1984 & 1983 Dazzle; Assembly
Rooms, Edinburgh, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and other venues (generally
- top seller) 1984 British Silver, Bullocks Wilshire, Los Angeles, USA
1981 and every year since 1975 Loot, Goldsmiths' Hall, London, Leeds City Art
Gallery, 1979 Los Angeles County Museum, USA & 1978 Minneapolis Art Institute,
USA. 1981 Chelsea Craft Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, London 1980 Treasures
of London, Adelaide, Myer Art Institute, Perth, Western Australia Art Gallery,
Sydney, David Jones Store 1978 British Jewellers, Jaffa, Israel Solo
exhibitions 1999 Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton, West Yorkshire
1991 Broughton Place Gallery, Scottish Borders 1990 Blakesley Gallery, Blakesley
1986 Blakesley Gallery, Blakesley 1984 Westminster Gallery, Boston, USA
1984 New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham 1979 Spectrum Gallery, Wetherby 1977
Northern Artists Gallery, Harrogate Arts Festival 1976 Victoria Gallery, Harrogate
Arts Festival 1975 Galerie de Beerenburght, Ech en Wiel, Netherlands 1975
Galerie Susquehanna, Amsterdam |