Techniques
Reticulation
Use of heat to create textures on the surface of silver
Oxidisation
Treatment to ‘blacken’ silver to create an aged or ‘antique’ look. Also used to highlight through contrast the surface features created with reticulation
Granulation
A jewellery technique whereby a surface is covered in granules of precious metal
Keumboo
An ancient Korean burnishing technique used to apply thin sheets of gold to silver
Inspiration
Wabi-Sabi
Japanese aesthetic that embraces the impermanence and transience of life. ‘Wabi-Sabi’ nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished and nothing is perfect…
Kintsugi
Japanese meaning ‘golden joinery’. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise