“For me the making process informs the design process. I discover shapes and forms as I work. Rather than sketching it first with a pencil and paper, I go straight to the bench”.

“My designs are contemporary and elegant”, explains Fiona. “Much of my work is organic. I discover shapes and forms and draw inspiration from the making process. Rather than sketching it first with a pencil and paper, I go straight to the bench. The making process informs the design process.”

Ideas originate in the geometry found in nature, the Fibonacci sequences that appear in everything, from the branching in trees, to the fruitlets of a pineapple, she explains. “Natural organic forms have a geometrical structure and form. I am fascinated how natural things which at first appear to be chaotic are organised and full of structure, and use these sequential patterns in my designs.”

Fiona works mainly to commission. She also remodels antique fine jewellery, something that more and more customers are now requesting. “Remodelling a piece that you won’t wear into something that you will means you still get to enjoy the emotional attachment you have to it.”