Artist Statement
Adele lives in Whaley Bridge creating jewellery in her canal side studio. For the last 20 years she has taught jewellery design and making courses in the High Peak within adult education and taught many local jewellers her skills.
She graduated in 2001 with a degree in 3D Design, specialising in jewellery and already possessing a HND in Textile Design. She has brought her knowledge of these two disciplines together and applied them within her work. In 2002, she was given an award by the Crafts Council and became a Designer in Residence at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Adele draws inspiration from the beautiful Derbyshire countryside and is fascinated by nature's colours, patterns and structures. This can be seen in her colourful hand painted and printed anodised aluminium range which depict the details she observes in flowers, grasses and insects found in our hedges and meadows. Her silver jewellery incorporates textures, organic etched patterns and sometimes set stones. Other pieces are delicately cut to echo nature's growth and form.
Her jewellery has featured in many exhibitions in the UK and abroad. Her work has also been published in several contemporary jewellery books.
If you are interested in her day workshops in jewellery or textiles at her canal side studio and other venues, please visit www.facebook.com/highpeakschoolofjewellery for more information.
Adele is a member of High Peak Artists, selling her work at The Gallery in the Gardens in the Pavilion Gardens, Buxton. Her work is also available locally at The Artful Pigeon Gallery in Glossop. Commissions welcome.
