About

Tammy’s jewellery is an abstract representation of the tiny elements that exist within the natural landscape around us. Predominantly using recycled sterling silver, her work is meticulously hand crafted and inspired by the flowers, leaves, seedpods, and gumnuts that she finds on the forest floor surrounding her studio. Tammy’s considered design approach and high attention to detail allow her to delicately pierce and drill into metal to create beautiful botanical inspired objects.

Most recently she has been incorporating enamel paint into her pieces to bring the vibrancy of the garden into her work. Using a soft pastel palette she often scratches into the paint as a form of mark making. The names of each piece are inspired by the names of Australian native plants, in particular grevilleas and flowering eucalyptus, which are in abundance in her garden.

Tammy also uses the lost wax casting process in some of her work and finely carves details and patterns into the wax, playing with form and shape to create intricate pieces of jewellery.

Tammy completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours in Jewellery and Metals at Monash University in 2007, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education in 2008. Since graduating, Tammy has been teaching and refining her creative practice which has a strong ethical and sustainable focus with an emphasis on recycled materials. A mum of two energetic boys, she works from her home studio in Central Victoria, finding plenty of inspiration in the natural environment surrounding her home.