“As a maker of jewellery I am interested in how the process of touching and being touched by art objects enhances the relationship between object and observer. My object-based work encourages a physical engagement by incorporating moveable parts that are reliant on the involvement of the viewer. Also, by working with the miniature, my work encourages closer inspection of itself and therefore has the ability to draw an audience in more closely to examine and engage.  The miniature object also draws attention to our tactile relationship with objects by it being to the scale of the human hand.

My objects incorporate elements that refer to childhood play, as it is during childhood that our ability to engage with objects is most intense.  I utilise the techniques of the crafts that I learnt during my childhood such as model making, beading and sewing and I use materials that reference my childhood such as those sourced from toy shops, hobby shops, 2nd had shops and haberdashers.”