'Handwriting forms the starting point for my work. Old papers featuring handwritten messages by unknown characters are sourced, interesting sections are extracted; messages become ambiguous, they are then combined with new metalwork, and contemporary stories emerge.

The fragments of writing often appear as pattern with only hints of the original meaning; these overlapping markings reference the decorative nature of jewellery itself, and become intriguing to the viewer. Contrasts of writing styles, scale, character, line, shape and colour are all important features, and combining various characters of handwriting they create new conversations. There is a reference to the things we keep and the preciousness we give them, combined with their throw away nature.'