Ursula is a gardener and her enjoyment of colour, form and light inform her jewellery making. Whilst favouring shades of blue and green, evocative of sea and sky, she also uses earth mix shades of amber, brown purple and moss. The joy of the creation process is in assembling colours and shapes in harmonious but sometimes quite random patterns.

An important aspect of Ursula’s jewellery making is that it is both environmentally and people friendly. Her aim is to make jewellery that has a unique and simple beauty but is also sustainable. She uses recycled glass beads fairly traded direct from the makers in Ghana – primarily Oklah Tetteh of Koforidua. In typically inventive fashion, his bead moulds and oven (which has to be periodically rebuilt) are made from termite clay, whilst lorry springs are used as stands in the oven. Mostly Ursula uses beads made from molten glass which are beautifully translucent with a matt finish. However, she also enjoys using vibrantly coloured and patterned beads made from powdered glass.

This is the first year that Ursula has participated in Art Weeks. She will be exhibiting earrings with hand-made solid silver findings, necklaces and bracelets with prices ranging from £10-£50. Her mounts and information tags are all hand painted with corresponding water colour designs.

Carving out time for jewellery making when she can, the winter months (when gardening work is less busy) and the periodic world cup and European football tournaments (when her husband and son are otherwise occupied) have proved particularly productive periods!

Ursula is very happy to accept commissions.