These pieces derive from walking and drawing in landscapes both here in the UK and abroad. Our lives and memories are made up of moments in time. Looking up and focussing on big skies and the land and sea below can help you forget for a moment some of the conflict and troubles in the world today.
Each piece comprises basse-taille enamel on silver with cloisonné details. Transparent enamels are used like watercolours, building up thin veils of tiny touches of colour over hand engraved silver, often with painted details in cloisonné enamel birds flying across sunset skies. They evolve over a succession of firings, typically anything from six to a dozen or more. Each fine layer of enamel is fired separately for 1-2 minutes in the kiln. Finally the piece is finished by polishing with diamond grits and polish to achieve a fine, perfect smooth and tactile surface.