Alchemy

The Alchemy Series formed part of the work I created for my 2023 degree show. Increasingly concerned with the impact of mass consumerism on the environment, I wanted to explore the value we attach to everyday objects and the things we choose to discard. The title The Alchemy Series reflects the process of transformation. Like the alchemist's ambition to turn ordinary materials into something precious, the work considers how acts of collecting, making, and reimagining can reveal new meanings within objects that might otherwise remain unseen.

Alchemy I

Alchemy I was inspired by the aftermath of a fire.

Once extinguished, it left patterns of soot across the walls and kitchen cupboards, revealing an unexpected beauty within the destruction.

In response, I transformed three ordinary metal splatter guards, embellishing them with beads to echo the intricate patterns created by the soot.

Alchemy I

Inside the Box, Hatch 2025

During a holiday in Italy, I found a well-used tea strainer, knowing nothing of its history or why it had been abandoned, I was intrigued.

By stitching the tea strainer with metallic gold thread, this overlooked object was transformed into something to be reconsidered.

Alchemy II

Alchemy III

Coquette Cornucopia, 2025