My practice is concerned with stories told through jewellery, inspired by various different forms of visual narrative. It exploits the tensions between word and image, between jewellery and body and between artwork and audience. My work makes use of silver, gold, stones, found objects, technical materials and stuff from the scrap box to explore the ways in which we gather and assemble the precious, serendipitous and recycled ideas that form our narratives of who we are. I am a jeweller, gemmologist and writer, with an interest in narrative and a passion for ethical, sustainable jewellery practices.