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old jade culture in China, and the recent meteoric economic growth, there is now a demand for a different aesthetic coming
Drawing from a young age has been an advantage for Deborah, with the conceptual part of the creative process, where the ideas for stone pieces, both large and small, come together on paper. Often a maquette will be created for a stone carving, allowing for some investigation into
different possibilities with the given shape of the stone. Sometimes, especially with stone that has an appealing natural shape, carving by allowing the stone to dictate the form is the best course to take. Currently she has returned to drawing
A goal that Deborah and her colleagues share is to be able to show new works in a number of annual, international exhibitions of contemporary jade sculptures and jewellery.
One of Deborah’s colleagues lives and works in China. Perhaps the idea of showing jade carved in the “Americas” and exhibited in Shanghai will be seen as selling coal to Newcastle! But what if, with the centuries
herself in an activity that is stimulating in its immediacy and also restorative, a form of rigorous meditation! This may well be the way
She chooses understatement rather than embellishment to convey the potency in work of the “Samurai Artist” Masayuki Nagare has been a source of inspiration to her.
Deborah will continue to go the extra mile with commissioned works in stone, both semi precious or otherwise, and designing jewellery that makes her chosen pieces of jade come to life.
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