As long as I can remember I have always loved jewellery in all its shapes and forms and materials, whether it is a beautifully simple gold Minoan daisy pin or a technically complex Art Nouveau piece by Lalique.
When I was very young I used to love playing with my mother’s jewellery, she kept it in a black and red lacquer musical jewellery box with lots of little velvet lined drawers filled with beautiful antique jewellery, but I think the biggest impression on me at the age of 15 was an exhibition at The Victoria & Albert Museum in London of jewellery from through out the ages.
I moved to Sydney when I was 18 and studied jewellery design & fabrication at Randwick Technical College. After leaving Sydney I worked for manufacturing jewellers in Auckland for several years.
I have now been working from my home workshop in Karekare for the past 10years.
