Crafts CouncilDirectoryMJHS ContemporarySculptorSt Ives, EnglandCeramicsTextilesJewelleryMetalworkingStone carvingSocial practiceSilversmithingFelt artistCraft educatorPrintmakingMixed mediaWebsiteE-mailInstagramAboutInfoNewsVideosAn environmental artist inspired by environments & a survivor of the 2004 Tsunami, Melissa’s work explores extreme weathers, medical intervention & discarded man made materials. Hammering metals with beach stones on the shore, collecting raw pigments & making upscaled gemstones, Future colonisation of other planets, our ancient ancestors who mined metals by hand. Some pieces contain found things, others seeds to plant on arrival to a new planet or for re-wilding parts of planet Earth.Focus:Environmental artCV:Download documentStockists:Ruup & Form Disobedient for London Craft Week 2021MJHS contemporaryLivingstone St IvesExhibition of works at Alliages2021https://alliages.org/precious-things-in-time-of-uncertaintyWork with Precious Collective at Alliages Lille France.Participant in Radiant pavilion 20214-12 Set 2021Precious things in times of uncertainty at Radiant Pavilion https://www.instagram.com/radiantpavilion/Artist in Residence with Mayes CreativeMay 2021STARLIGHT residency.Silver Moon brooch in UPPERCASE magazine issue 3801 July 2018Grateful for inclusion in this quarters UPPERCASE magazine 'METALS' You can read a bit about my work with metal throughout my practice right back to the creation of the gold foiled wall in BRIGHTON.Fun Sketch & Paint sessions during St Ives September Arts & Music FestivalSat 17th & Sat 24th Sept 2022Join me on Saturdays for fun sketching & painting sessions in St Ives this September during the St Ives September Festival. Learn & exchange new skills whilst taking in the atmosphere of the wonderful Art & music festival of St Ives Cornwall 2022. Booking required.Member of Precious Collective2019 ongoing You can find my work here & in exhibition with the wonderful international art jewellery group that is Precious Collective.Book release Black hole photograph01 June 2019The work for Pass it Along Project with Penny Akaster is finished. The book is at the printers. My pieces are all inspired by the mission to photograph a black hole, traveling to Mars & spaceports along with Our Oceans & moon. More on InstagramExhibition at Galeri Wales 2020 Jan - April10 January 2020I have been asked to showcase my Moon Brooches & necklaces During the show 'Y Galaeth" meaning Galaxy. Catch my work up close & personal.why is the news not in dat20/12/2022?testYou can now purchase a selection of my works through Livingstone St Ives.9/12/2022Excited to announce myself as an artist with Livingstone St Ives. Do visit in person if you are here in St Ives Cornwall or their sister Bristol Gallery too. For now you can purchase through their website.Working Eco-Silver with beach stones, where the land meets the Ocean.Pieces back from Hallmarking & supporting the NHSQueen Nefertiti Ring.AboutAn environmental artist inspired by environments & a survivor of the 2004 Tsunami, Melissa’s work explores extreme weathers, medical intervention & discarded man made materials. Hammering metals with beach stones on the shore, collecting raw pigments & making upscaled gemstones, Future colonisation of other planets, our ancient ancestors who mined metals by hand. Some pieces contain found things, others seeds to plant on arrival to a new planet or for re-wilding parts of planet Earth.InfoFocus:Environmental artCV:Download documentStockists:Ruup & Form Disobedient for London Craft Week 2021MJHS contemporaryLivingstone St IvesNewsExhibition of works at Alliages2021https://alliages.org/precious-things-in-time-of-uncertaintyWork with Precious Collective at Alliages Lille France.Participant in Radiant pavilion 20214-12 Set 2021Precious things in times of uncertainty at Radiant Pavilion https://www.instagram.com/radiantpavilion/Artist in Residence with Mayes CreativeMay 2021STARLIGHT residency.Silver Moon brooch in UPPERCASE magazine issue 3801 July 2018Grateful for inclusion in this quarters UPPERCASE magazine 'METALS' You can read a bit about my work with metal throughout my practice right back to the creation of the gold foiled wall in BRIGHTON.Fun Sketch & Paint sessions during St Ives September Arts & Music FestivalSat 17th & Sat 24th Sept 2022Join me on Saturdays for fun sketching & painting sessions in St Ives this September during the St Ives September Festival. Learn & exchange new skills whilst taking in the atmosphere of the wonderful Art & music festival of St Ives Cornwall 2022. Booking required.Member of Precious Collective2019 ongoing You can find my work here & in exhibition with the wonderful international art jewellery group that is Precious Collective.Book release Black hole photograph01 June 2019The work for Pass it Along Project with Penny Akaster is finished. The book is at the printers. My pieces are all inspired by the mission to photograph a black hole, traveling to Mars & spaceports along with Our Oceans & moon. More on InstagramExhibition at Galeri Wales 2020 Jan - April10 January 2020I have been asked to showcase my Moon Brooches & necklaces During the show 'Y Galaeth" meaning Galaxy. Catch my work up close & personal.why is the news not in dat20/12/2022?testYou can now purchase a selection of my works through Livingstone St Ives.9/12/2022Excited to announce myself as an artist with Livingstone St Ives. Do visit in person if you are here in St Ives Cornwall or their sister Bristol Gallery too. For now you can purchase through their website.VideosWorking Eco-Silver with beach stones, where the land meets the Ocean.Pieces back from Hallmarking & supporting the NHSQueen Nefertiti Ring.WebsiteE-mailInstagramProjectThe first Space TouristsProjectHeirloom ring for ancestor of Queen Nefertiti.ProjectBlack hole. Terraforming seed bracelet & VVM9 Textile & mixed media brooch.ProjectMedal for the Climate Change WarriorsProjectFuture gemstone jewelleryProjectPlanet Mars colonisation & Algae projectProjectElemental Moon talismans.ProjectMoon brooches.ProjectPlanets, intergalactic space travel, navigation tools.ProjectFROST RINGS - The search for water on other planetsProjectMoon rings.ProjectMaking Marks & Traces.
Exhibition of works at Alliages2021https://alliages.org/precious-things-in-time-of-uncertaintyWork with Precious Collective at Alliages Lille France.
Participant in Radiant pavilion 20214-12 Set 2021Precious things in times of uncertainty at Radiant Pavilion https://www.instagram.com/radiantpavilion/
Silver Moon brooch in UPPERCASE magazine issue 3801 July 2018Grateful for inclusion in this quarters UPPERCASE magazine 'METALS' You can read a bit about my work with metal throughout my practice right back to the creation of the gold foiled wall in BRIGHTON.
Fun Sketch & Paint sessions during St Ives September Arts & Music FestivalSat 17th & Sat 24th Sept 2022Join me on Saturdays for fun sketching & painting sessions in St Ives this September during the St Ives September Festival. Learn & exchange new skills whilst taking in the atmosphere of the wonderful Art & music festival of St Ives Cornwall 2022. Booking required.
Member of Precious Collective2019 ongoing You can find my work here & in exhibition with the wonderful international art jewellery group that is Precious Collective.
Book release Black hole photograph01 June 2019The work for Pass it Along Project with Penny Akaster is finished. The book is at the printers. My pieces are all inspired by the mission to photograph a black hole, traveling to Mars & spaceports along with Our Oceans & moon. More on Instagram
Exhibition at Galeri Wales 2020 Jan - April10 January 2020I have been asked to showcase my Moon Brooches & necklaces During the show 'Y Galaeth" meaning Galaxy. Catch my work up close & personal.
You can now purchase a selection of my works through Livingstone St Ives.9/12/2022Excited to announce myself as an artist with Livingstone St Ives. Do visit in person if you are here in St Ives Cornwall or their sister Bristol Gallery too. For now you can purchase through their website.
Exhibition of works at Alliages2021https://alliages.org/precious-things-in-time-of-uncertaintyWork with Precious Collective at Alliages Lille France.
Participant in Radiant pavilion 20214-12 Set 2021Precious things in times of uncertainty at Radiant Pavilion https://www.instagram.com/radiantpavilion/
Silver Moon brooch in UPPERCASE magazine issue 3801 July 2018Grateful for inclusion in this quarters UPPERCASE magazine 'METALS' You can read a bit about my work with metal throughout my practice right back to the creation of the gold foiled wall in BRIGHTON.
Fun Sketch & Paint sessions during St Ives September Arts & Music FestivalSat 17th & Sat 24th Sept 2022Join me on Saturdays for fun sketching & painting sessions in St Ives this September during the St Ives September Festival. Learn & exchange new skills whilst taking in the atmosphere of the wonderful Art & music festival of St Ives Cornwall 2022. Booking required.
Member of Precious Collective2019 ongoing You can find my work here & in exhibition with the wonderful international art jewellery group that is Precious Collective.
Book release Black hole photograph01 June 2019The work for Pass it Along Project with Penny Akaster is finished. The book is at the printers. My pieces are all inspired by the mission to photograph a black hole, traveling to Mars & spaceports along with Our Oceans & moon. More on Instagram
Exhibition at Galeri Wales 2020 Jan - April10 January 2020I have been asked to showcase my Moon Brooches & necklaces During the show 'Y Galaeth" meaning Galaxy. Catch my work up close & personal.
You can now purchase a selection of my works through Livingstone St Ives.9/12/2022Excited to announce myself as an artist with Livingstone St Ives. Do visit in person if you are here in St Ives Cornwall or their sister Bristol Gallery too. For now you can purchase through their website.