My Personal Design Philosophy
To me, designing and making is all about exploring ones creativity and finding new ways to fulfil that need to create and this is what I am exploring with my current work.
Being creative to me, simply means one who has the ability to create, whether its music, paintings, literature, dance, any thing.
My personal outlet for my creativity is making jewellery. I make jewellery for many reasons one because I have an interest in fashion and the jewellery industry is a big part of that and secondly because I feel the jewellery one wears says a great deal about that person and has a more personal quality then the clothes one wears.
The jewellery I design/make is about the simple need to create beautiful things. It is about getting back to the roots of creating and I have drawn influences from many sources such as folk art throughout the world and 40's-70's 'make and do' books.
I do not believe that in order for something to be beautiful and precious it needs to be made from a rare or expensive material such as gold or diamonds and there fore the work I make is created from carrier bags and other products created from a throw away society. I then combine these materials with resin and silver. This brings me onto the other driving force behind the work I create. By using materials that are considered junk and are usually thrown away I wish to challenge the views of consumerism, and the environment.
My work is fairly small scale and is very bright, colourful, cheerful and flamboyant. It is marketed at women of all ages that have a taste for something bright and individual.

Louise Hensby

Is a painter who records the natural forms and beauty of the landscape. Her paintings link collected materials including wire, cushion covers, ceiling tiles, carpet threads and polystyrene with painted surfaces. A lot of these materials were someones unwanted waste and most probaby been discaerded in a landfill site. Instead, by the processes of sowing and sticking, these redundant materials have been recycled,