The exploration of the convergence of industrial and fine materials in jewellery resulted in the production of a small range of jewellery, with brooches specifically chosen to encourage an objectification of the product. The influence of modernism informed both the conceptual practice and material processes and in conjunction with the transition of scale and form, these tangents of study ignited a definite refinement of technique and in turn outcome.
The juxtaposition between slate and silver, whilst conveying a visual tension of form and quality, also highlights the quandaries of value both intrinsic and extrinsic. As such serves to question how value is apportioned when considering cultural and historical connotations in addition to the economic worth.