It can be a little bit hard to know what one should put in a blog.
But I feel the hardest task of all is the first entry. It's kind of like the first page of a visual diary. There is so much expectation that it must be amazing, profound and possibly intriguing... I usually leave this page blank!! Im tempted to leave this entry blank, but I shall resist that temptation.

Instead I feel the urge to begin to explore my relationship with jewellery. And not as one might predict my love for it, but rather, my hate.

There is alot I hate about jewellery and it was only ever so recently that I attended the JMGA conference in Perth and was surprisingly reminded of the some of the things I hate. First and foremost MINING, the impact it has on our environment, and the way we choose to ignore where a piece of jewellery came from.

Mining in general has been known to have the most detrimental effects on the environment, only yesterday was I reading an article about uranium mining and the 'accident' that has occurred recently up near Kakadu. Sadly the gold and diamond mining industries are not free of such issues.

I think it's important to think about where something we hold so dear came from. As a jeweller I feel a responsibilty for this, and in a way I think it has a great influence on why I collect random objects, rather than just buy bits of gold and make them pretty. In collecting random objects I am also collecting a story, a journey, an idea or a concept. I believe in preciousness being created through the memory, ideas and tales that we attach to it, not in how expensive, or glitzy it is.

I don't want to be a political artist but I do care about the future. I aim to find this balance.