Fronds came about through the exploration of materials and spending time in the studio pushing objects beyond what I thought they could endure.

These pieces started as fish knives, a thing of the past, held onto for many years not knowing what to do with them although knowing that they would come into their own.

The metal these pieces of cutlery were made from is a special one that i have been collecting for years and in recent years, through working with it, I have realised that heating repeatedly creates a beautiful black patina on the metal.

Hammering these pieces repeatedly for days stretched and thinned out the metal creating the wavy finish. Then these pieces were put aside, not knowing what to use as a base even though I knew what the desired look was to be. Finally I came across some thick black wine glasses.

This is where everything just came together and the light and movement were perfect.

This piece, even though is not a replication, is influenced by 'Charnia', an early fossil that was a part of earths early development but died out completely.