Just because it’s jewellery it doesn’t mean we have to clam up and be well-behaved.

As an artist I recognise that I have been brought up Pākehā, but am intrigued about addressing this mixing of culture in my life and society as a whole. I interpret this in different ways in my work, and have no answers.

I need to make my work back in New Zealand again, I need to live there again.

Starting points for new things jump in occasionally. Recently I started some new pieces after being blown away by snow.

I consciously worked with ‘influence’, purposely using elements from other people’s work in my own. This was exciting at first.