To make with my hands is to take time to understand every connection. Mechanical, political and aesthetic. In the instance we call on centuries of craft, a combined knowledge of a million, no a billion, makers and thinkers. Dead and Alive. Combining a high level of skill, ability and knowledge creates special objects. Passed...

Two lovers each wear a ring for their engagement; then on marriage they fit the two together to make a wedding ring. This romantic custom, using a double-hoop gimmel ring, was at a peak of popularity during the 16th and 17th centuries

I am drowning in a sea of information that relates to nothing in my everyday life. My creativity, my eyes, my brain, my fingers, my handmade things, every bit of me facing an onslaught of meaningless drivel. All so easy to expose yourself to. Flip open the laptop and its...

While researching some ideas for designs I came across a few facts that I thought might fill in a few minutes at lunchtime and make you the talk of your next dinner party! The word silver has its roots in the Anglo-Saxon word seolfor. Silver's chemical symbol comes from the...