insecta collection

This collection explores ideas of myth and fantasy, using the traditional silversmithing technique of chasing and repoussé for its narrative power and sensual, textural appeal. Inspired by overgrown and abandoned places, eerie landscapes, and Irish folk religions, I imagined the jewellery that might be created by the otherworldly beings of the woods. With bold use of patinas to mimic the mossy, mulchy textures of fen and forest, these pieces appear to have potentially grown up out of the soil itself. Intricate chasing & repoussé insects from houseflies to stag beetles evoke the wriggling layer of life beneath the soil, and act as potent symbols for our fears and fantasies. Etruscan style loop-in-loop chains appeal to a sense of something ancient, deep and unchanged. Lush yellow gold and semi-precious stones adorn the surfaces, capturing the eye and imagination... potentially luring a hapless traveller off the path to investigate the glint of gold in the woods beyond.