Working late in the studio.

After months of work and planning and model making and prototypes and CAD design and material experiments; today was the day. A five am set off left us trundling along the motorway past bristol watching the sun rise and the sky clear. Armed with all three finalists work crammed into a car that was far too small we drove the epic distance down to Dartington Crystal. The final stretch of the journey is beautiful and quite something to drive. The whole day was wonderful. It proved to be incredibly exciting and a little scary. Cant wait to see what the company think of the designs after their January meeting. 

Last minute preparations going on for the end of year assessments. Feels like its bee a very long journey and the last chapter is going to be over much to quickly. So excited to get into third year now. Final project proposals are out on display alongside the entire years work. Always great to see whole years work laid out in one space.

Design inspiration for a Gold and Diamond pendant for Jewellers Michael Jones. 

This was a fabulous brief to design a pendant for Michael Jones Jewellers. With complete free reign over inspiration and form this was and exciting and challenging project. A strict budget and the requirement to have both gold and Diamond included induced extreme size restrains. 


My usual large scale tenancies had to be curtailed while at the same time as creating something unique and beautiful. The berif also stipulated that CAD technology be used to both design and lake the final work.


Seen pictured above is the inspiration avenue i took. Based on delicate structures and ice formations the final pendant would retail at around £895 and be made in Rose Gold with an Emerald Cut Diamond.