Following graduating from the Royal College of Art my work was recognised for pioneering the use of plastics with precious metals; examples of which can be seen in permanent collections worldwide.

By preference early work culminated in primarily brooches because they corresponded most closely to the arrived images. Experiments in the 1970's with acrylic gave a particular outlet for my strong sense of colour; combining gold and silver with a synthetic material gave me then a wonderful sense of design and artistic freedom. Acrylic in particular allowed for expansion and a scale not normally associated with jewellery, wall-ornaments and small sculpture from which wearable pieces could be detached evolved from this period.

Drawing, sketches and notes on detail and materials were important stages in the early development of the work. Drawing now does not necessarily precede the jewellery; instead I build concepts around the primary source material.