Art at the Crescent
Assembly Room, Buxton, 19th – 20th July 2025
The Crescent Heritage Trust first invited us to exhibit in the newly refurbished Crescent Hotel in 2022. Showcasing our work in this spectacular venue is a real honour and being at the heart of the town during Buxton’s Festival means lots of new visitors and a real buzz to the show.
We are delighted confirm we will be back again in 2025
Featuring an exciting collection of contemporary artworks from some of the best professional artists, designer makers and artisans in the Peak District, the exhibition is set in the stunning Assembly Rooms at the Crescent hotel with the artists in attendance.
The show runs from Saturday 19th to Sunday 20th July 2025 and is open 10am to 5pm daily
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I am a Derbyshire-based jeweller working with silver, gold, and Shibuichi – an alloy of silver and copper. From my workshop in Haarlem Mill, my work is inspired largely by the processes I use to make each piece. I use my background as a chemist to experiment with different reaction types to achieve the effects I want to create. These include reticulation, acid etching, oxidisation and electrolytic gold plating.
All my work is hand-fabricated and uses no pre-built components. All you see is the end result of taking raw metal + stone + design + soldering, welding, oxidising, hammering, drilling, polishing, more polishing and yet more polishing! I use recycled metals and only source precious stones from countries that do not use child labour or impose poor working conditions.
Over the past few years my work has developed to increasingly reflect the global situation, including climate change and conflict, and the impact of these on mental health. Many such pieces are still in various stages of development and not yet on this site. Scroll down to find out more about my inspiration, my process, and examples of my work. And please do visit my Instagram page to see my latest finished pieces.
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Inspiration and Design
Natural processes of decay and regrowth, industrial processes such as quarrying and their effect on the landscape,
Environmental processes of renewal and regeneration of plants and wildlife in disused industrial sites
Ancient processes used in making jewellery such as glass trade bead production, gold smelting and granulation.
Impacts of environmental stressors on mental health and the ability to recover.
Shibuichi (四分一)
Shibuichi is a Japanese copper alloy of 25% silver and 75% copper. It’s great to work with because it never reacts the same way to heat twice.
For the light-coloured ring pictured, after soldering the ring shank onto the main disc and then soldering 18ct gold bezel onto the right one for the black spinel stone, the metal had changed colour completely from copper coloured
through to black to this lighter interesting colouration.
The darker pieces show how small changes to the process generate quite different colour patterns. Each piece is unique!
Commissions
I love creating jewellery to my customer’s specification. Contact me if you’d like to discuss an idea or find out more.
Commissions are subject to my Terms of Business. By commissioning work you agree that you have read the Terms of Business and agree to be bound by them.
Workshops
I run regular workshops allowing you to to earn about and practise some of the techniques that I use.
Recent workshops have provided an introduction to enameling on copper, including scraffito, and stencils to introduce pattern. More advanced workshops include enameling on silver, using cloisonne or painting enamels to create
designs. Please contact me if you would like your own bespoke workshop!
Sustainability & Ethics
All the raw materials for my jewellery are ethically sourced – particularly important for precious stones. I melt down and reuse leftover metals, sometimes using the water casting method to create new organic silver shapes. Non-recyclable elements are kept to a minimum, with a target of zero-waste.