‘Echoes of the Past’ that resonate along the surface of the Earth. I like to imagine the vibrations of ancient cities, buried treasures, crumbling walls, forgotten earthenware reaching the surface of the metal to create marks, texture, patterns, traces of what once was.
I studied Art History and Archaeology in Paris and Greece. While I was analysing the texture of handmade pottery on the Bronze Age site of Mycenae (in the land of Greek Mythology), it became a fascination to look at the worn, rough, pitted, crackled surfaces of ancient artefacts. The time they have spent buried inside the earth has given them another look and, guided by our own imagination, another meaning. I re-imagine these objects so that they can become precious memories of ancient treasures.
‘Mycenae’ Collection
A Jewellery Collection inspired by an archaeological dream of the Bronze Age site of Mycenae (Peloponnese, Greece), cited in Homer’s poems.
“ … far from him into heaven shone the bronze; and thereat Athena and Hera thundered, doing honour to the king of Mycenae, rich in gold. ”
Homer, The Iliad
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‘Unearthed’ Collection
A Jewellery Collection influenced by my interest in archaeological treasures, their texture and weathered look, the secrets they hold.
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‘Coleshill’ Collection
A Jewellery Collection based on the memory of the vanished Coleshill grand house and its secrets (located in Oxfordshire).
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‘Mythology’ Collection
Cloelea Jewellery 