a bit about becky

about me:
I'm based at the Rosehill workshop in Brighton where I have been working since graduating in 1999. It is a co-operative of designer crafts people and is a happy place, if a little cold in winter. Having fallen for the 4 o'clock teatime tradition and the first floor double doors there has been no looking back.

training:
1996-99 University of Brighton: BA(hons) Three dimensional crafts
1995-96 Camberwell College of Arts: Foundation diploma in art and design

statement:
My work has always had a strongly illustrative leaning. Designs develop from drawings; both observational and imagined, or through a desire to express concepts and ideas around connectedness, relationships, and our place in the world. There are elements of narrative captured in silver and transformed into miniature scenes telling out across the surface of a brooch or hanging as a pendant.. My hope is that people recognise part of their own story hidden within my jewellery. I work with sheet silver and copper with gold for detailing. The metal is pierced out, I then apply textures or patterns to the surface using a rolling mill and templates. These components are then layered together and soldered. The pieces are finished with a mixture of matt, oxidised and polished surfaces to add depth and tone.