I design and make metal objects to handle or wear. Some is jewellery worn in traditional ways, other pieces are tactile objects for the fingers to explore. The work is playful, sculptural and engaging, it usually contains balls or round elements and the captive balls may be rolled between finger and thumb. There may be hidden or secure places within the work for containing something secret or precious.

The catches and closures are important to me and they are unusual. I often develop a new closure which is in keeping with a new design, it must be secure and complement the piece.

The materials used are Silver and Gold, alongside ‘base metals’ such as Copper, Brass, Bronze and Gilding Metal as well as high grade stainless steel balls (designed for body contact) which can be incorporated in the work.

Some of the chains are hand crochet ropes in silver wire, differently worked for a tight or an open knit appearance and they are flexible, long lasting and comfortable to wear. Other chains are made with linked elements, original in design and more recently may use cast elements. I develop new ideas by working directly with the metal and by drawing, I am inspired by exhibitions and the natural world and I aspire to find buyers who will appreciate the individuality and craftsmanship in my work.

After leaving school I trained as a doctor and became a General Practicioner. I travelled and worked in New Zealand and then returned to UK and settled into locum GP work before deciding to do an Art Foundation which led on to a degree in 3-Dimensional Crafts, Wood, Metal, Ceramics and Plastics at University of Brighton which I loved. I was able to do  locum GP work alongside the degree which was fortunate financially.

After this, in 2002 I was fortunate to find a large but busy practice in Tadley, in the north of Hampshire. However in 2018 I resigned from partnership to become a salaried doctor, I reduced my hours and did a part-time Masters in Metalwork which allowed me to devote real time to my creative practice and I found that working even less in medicine much more enjoyable..

I am currently the chairman of the Hampshire and Berkshire Guild of Craftsmen having been a member since 2000, and regularly exhibit with the Guild members, enjoying the fabulous variety of materials, and fine quality craft work. I have also shown work with Association of Contemporary Jewellers and ACJ Wessex. I am delighted to have recently been accepted as a member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen.

I am grateful to Bryanston for allowing me to pursue Art at A Level when I was there (1979-81) as my creative activities have sustained me through my medical work initially as a medical student, a junior doctor and then as a General Practitioner. My pleasure in Life Drawing which began at school developed significantly as I studied anatomy at Bristol and have designed and made clothes and furniture over the years and I am rarely without a pencil and small book if I want to record a new idea. I love accepting commissions and enjoy teaching beginners and intermediates the pleasures of metalwork in my workshop near Basingstoke.

Qualifications

2025                Society of Designer Craftsmen membership

2018-20           University of Creative Arts, MA Jewellery (Metalwork) (part-time)         

2000                Hampshire and Berkshire Guild of Craftsmen membership

1994-97           University  of Brighton, B.A.(Hons) Three Dimensional Crafts (full-time)

1993-94           West Surrey College of Art & Design, Foundation Studies (full-time)

1991-Current   GP Work as a Locum, then Partnership 1992-2018, and now Salaried (full and part-time)

1991                 M.R.C.G.P.

19981-86          Bristol University, M.B.Ch.B.

Exhihitions

2025          Imminent - Hampshire Open Studios 16/8/25 to 25/8/25

2025          Hampshire & Berkshire Guild of Craftsmen (H&BGOC) at New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham

2024          Winter Jewels Exhibition ACJ - Hilliers Arboretum

2024          Hampshire Open Studios at Wivelrod

2023          Making Matters Pop-Up shop - Farnham

2023          H&BGOC - Cross Barn, Odiham

2023          Hampshire Open Studios - Wivelrod

2022          Making Matters Pop-Up shop - Farnham

2022          H&BGOC - Cross Barn Odiham

2022          Hampshire Open Studios - Wivelrod

2022          Crafted - H&BGOC Exhibition - Willis Museum, Basingstoke

2022          Explore Making - H&BGOC, Hilliers Arboretum

2021          Making Matters Pop-Up shop - Farnham

2021          H&BGOC - Stockbridge Town Hall & Cross Barn Odiham

2021          Makers’ Art Collective - The Oxmarket Chichester

2020          Making Matters Pop-Up shop - Farnham

2020          Submission of Masters work entirely digitally due to Pandemic, with no final show or exhibition

2019          Saturday Market, The Maltings Farnham

2019          H&BGOC - Stockbridge Town Hall

2019          Craft Study Centre, Farnham - Student response to Items from the CSC collection - exhibition

2018          H&BGOC - Stockbridge Town Hall

2017          H&BGOC - Stockbridge Town Hall

2017          H&BGOC - Whitchurch Silk Mill

2016          H&BGOC - Stockbridge Town Hall

2016          H&BGOC - Cross Barn Odiham

2015          H&BGOC - Stockbridge Town Hall

2014          Bucklebury Christmas Craft Sale

2014          H&BGOC - Cross Barn Odiham

2013          H&BGOC - Cross Barn Odiham

2013          H&BGOC The Willis Museum, Basingstoke

2010          H&BGOC - Cross Barn Odiham

2009          H&BGOC - Cross Barn Odiham

2009          Hampshire Open Studios with Richard and Anne Hayward

2008          H&BGOC show Hilliers Arboretum ,

2008          H&BGOC  - Winchester Craft Fair

2008          H&BGOC - Odiham Cross Barn    

2007          H&BGOC - Salisbury Arts Centre

2007          H&BGOC - Odiham Cross Barn

2007          H&BGOC - Hilliers Arboretum,

2006          H&BGOC - Odiham Cross Barn

2006          Bishopsland Retrospective, Museum Reading

2006          H&BGOC - Hilliers Arboretum, Romsey

2005          H&BGOC - Walford Mill, Wimborne (Guild)

2005          H&BGOC - Winchester Cathedral (G)

2005          H&BGOC - Primavera, Hilliers Arboretum, Romsey (G)

2004          Bishopsland Retrospective, Jelly Leg’d Chicken Gallery, Reading

2003          H&BGOC - Craft in the Bay, Cardiff (Guild)

2002          H&BGOC - Highcliffe Castle, Christchurch, Dorset (G)

2002          H&BGOC - Winchester Guildhall(G)

2001          Bedazzled - ACJ - Bedales Gallery, Bedales School, Petersfield

2000          H&BGOC - Newbury Corn Exchange (G)

2000          A Sense of Wonder - Association of Contemporary Jewellery, Birmingham

2000          City Art Gallery Shop, Southampton (G)

1999          The Old Bakehouse, Fishbourne (G)

1999          Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke

1998          Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

1997          Pam Schomberg Gallery, Colchester

1997          New Designers, Business Design Centre, Islington, London

1997          Degree Show, Grand Parade, Brighton