Hello everyone and welcome to my flower garden. Here you will find out about every interesting and intricate detail of a diverse range of Australia’s flora species and genus that I have come to know and love, with a few that I am not so familiar with.

Whilst learning about these fascinating species I will allow you a peep into my creative processes, revealing how I translate the findings from my research and observations into three dimensional wearable objects.

Garigal National Park, the bushland around my home

Although, I thought I would begin by telling you a little bit about how Australia’s native flora came to be such a major influence to my jewellery practice.

I was very lucky to have grown up in Elanora Heights, a beautiful suburb in Sydney, NSW, Australia. Elanora is one of the rare places still left in Sydney where you can be just an hour away from the hustle and bustle of the city but feel like you are in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by tranquil beauty. The area is surrounded by stunning native bush that contains a vast diversity of distinctive Australian native flora species.This is where it all started for me. I spent much my childhood exploring the bush around my home and collecting any and every natural object that sparked my interest.

Fast forward several years, I decided it was about time to leave the comfort of my back garden to discover the amazing environment beyond. Looking further afield to explore the natural surroundings of places like the South Coast of WA (one of my latest and one of the most stunning hiking trips I have been on) and, a little closer to home, the Blue Mountains, where, I was lucky enough to view the very rare, pink flannel flowers. Although, the native bush surrounding home will always retain its distinctive charm for me, and with the continually changing seasons bringing different plants into bloom there is always something to be inspired by.

At the moment my creative practice has been all about flowers, flowers, oh, and more flowers. Whenever I venture into the natural landscape I can’t help but stop and look at almost every second plant I see, looking carefully at each and every detail and taking way too many photos. I use my observations along with research to construct self-interpretive jewellery pieces that are a representation of what I have seen and learned. Expressing my continual and developing passion for these wonderous beings.

So, you can see that I have fallen passionately in love with every detail that form these intriguing beings. I hope by the time you have finished reading my posts you will have too.

Stay tuned for my next post

Until then..

Welcome to my Flower Garden!!!