I initially gained a City and Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate in Diamond Mounting at Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, London. The focus being on the technical and traditional aspects of jewellery making. I then extended this by completing a three year Art and Design B. A. Hons Degree majoring in jewellery at Central St Martins, London.

My work has been exhibited and sold in the U.K, Germany, Spain, Czechoslovakia, U.S.A, Japan, Singapore, Australia and N.Z. Since returning to New Zealand in 1994 I have taught on an itinerant basis at UNITEC, MIT, ASA and part time at Hungry Creek School of Art and Craft.