Through a series of short courses, I have been exploring fine metalwork and jewellery-making. Using different techniques, primarily in silver, I am building my experience and practice.

I enjoy the combination of creativity, practicality and material science, required to produce works in metal. From simply hammering, in forming a bracelet, to electro-etching a ring, the variety of techniques and outcomes provide unlimited opportunities.

Mostly taken during an extended trip through Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia), these photos are a combination of digital and traditional film.

During my travels I bought an old Pentax camera and began experimenting with using this older camera.

Using an old film camera, out of date film, and self-developing, these experiments explore the uncontrollable and celebrating the happenstance combination of flaws that can produce interesting results.

The uncontrollable nature of using out-of-date material and equipment, combined with simple ‘kitchen table’ developing, brings a sense of unpredictability to the outcomes. In opposition, to the (sometimes) dispassionate, defined, output of digital equipment, I am exploring through a more traditional and characterful process.