Since 2020 I have been working with jeweller Amanda Doughty on a collaborative journey investigating connections in our practice and inspiration. Both of us have Brighton and Sussex as our creative base and use our environment to inspire our work in different but interconnected ways.

Through discussions and observations of each other’s practices, we have found shared thinking and inspiration. I am inspired by the rural landscape of the Sussex Downs while Amanda’s work is informed by the urban environment of the Sussex coast. Both of us use walks to inspire us and photography as a tool to document and research ideas. We both collect found objects on our walks and keep them for inspiration in increasingly fascinating collections at our studios.

Amanda and I are now developing our informal collaborative thinking into an idea that would build a structure for a formal collaborative project – allowing our collaboration to flourish as well as sharing some of the collaborative energy with other artists and makers.

The images below document some of our early visual research journeys and tentative making processes arising from our collaborative discussions.