about & the Angels
& the Angels has a playful punk aesthetic;
with a reverence for craft in fashion, our bodies’ adornment and delight in natures forms; the cyclical discarding, rejuvenation and renewal.
via an investigation into the alchemy of a jewellers practice, the limitations in forming precious metals and accenting the engineering; fastenings, hinges and closures become decorative, gem stones are used in raw state and surfaces left scarred by the process.
The story of my making-
I discovered jewellery making 10 years ago. With just a few hours a week I began to learn an ancient craft that gave me a connection to earth with the metals and gems, flow in the freedom to form and fire!I was enchanted and humbled, and lucky to be taught by an angel who’s workshop is managed with equanimity and equal respect for person, idea and community. I still go to Alice’s workshops to work alongside great jewellers and learn from a master goldsmith.
When I decided to make a business from this delightful obsession I set out to situate myself amongst a community of artists and creatives and set up a workshop in a studio cluster with sculptors, ceramicists, painters and photographers. I live in a picturesque city of bookshops and writers. As I deepen my knowledge and broaden my community I feel blessed to be a part of an amorphous and inclusive industry of skilled crafters and creatives willing to share tips and tools.
The making of my stories-
There is no new. There is always what came before. A fresh collection will reference its’ consecutive chapter, maybe include the same character, line, form.
In the early stage of making I am marionettist of miniatures playing until the game pieces on my bench stand as clear sentries in an otherworld light to inspire clusters of satellite works.I call these sun pieces my hero pieces.
Hero’s bare their story of becoming with surface scarring, fire stain, telling. There are hinges, lockets, undoings, parts. They are the source of the stream that flows into work that will be polished: works that will bubble and chatter out into the light.
I currently have pieces available from the collections: eggland, my grandma, thistledown, message buoy and most recent work from a new Autumn/Winter 23 collection called Goldilocks, my porridge period.
recent work
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