Yve Sturgeon

I trained at Sir John Cass School of Art as a hand engraver before moving to Hatton Garden where the joy of the jewellery trade extended my knowledge of makery.

Eventually making my home in the border lands of Wiltshire – Dorset to follow my passion in art.

A fascination with spherical shapes led me to a natural progression to the making of the Orbs in 2001. As I fitted the animals, turning them around and around in my hands – I realised I was reaching a state of meditation.

Most of my work, like the jigsaw of life, when it is good and in harmony, it fits together such as any happy relationship.

Nature and the importance of all life on this planet, from the small, allegedly insignificant, to the large and powerful, we all need each other to function properly.