Words and the English language are often used in Art and Design, sometimes their meanings influencing the works (The paintings of Cy Twombly, The treachery of Images by Magrittte, or works by Mel Bochner being several high profile examples in fine art) and sometimes not (Jewellery is a field where text is often applied to a work [i.e. engraving etc] for either a sentimental idea or purely for the image of the text itself).
This portfolio aims to create objects, jewellery and artefacts through research aimed at understanding the relationships that exist between language, words, objects and the body. Drawing on previous research surrounding the humanising effects of language in abstract art the works in this portfolio look to create and reflect on languages interaction with objects through the form and narratives within the works. Rather than placing words on objects for aesthetic appearance or readability: meaning, words and form are combined to create three-dimensional works. It is this aim to combine these relationships and in the process have them dictate form, which separates this work from others in the fields of Applied Arts.

The relationship between object, body and language is the most important aspect of this research however other aspects are evident: The relationship between sculpture and jewellery (or the worn and the artifact), recording speech and vernacular use, highlighting of word play especially in regard to disfluenices and sound collage. These works subverting the medium of English language has recently been highlighted by the exhibition Subversive Design where works in this portfolio are compared with original editions of Tristram Shandy as well as works Grayson Perry, Vivienne Westwood and David Shirgley.

I have won multiple awards for this body of works, including being named one of the Young Applied Artists of the Year by the BKV European Young Applied Artist of the Year 2012 award. The work has been displayed internationally and presented at events such as Collect at the Saatchi Gallery with Gallerie Marzee and as part of the Pushing Boundaries and Chasing Challenges Exhibition, in the World of Art Museum in Beijing, China.