Ailsa Lyn

Finding Inspiration in the natural world

Natural forms, repeated patterns, hidden layers and the close detail of our natural environment, are what inspire me the most.

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My work is a direct and personal, creative response towards what I admire about what I see.

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In my collages, I try to indicate the layers within the landscape.

From a personal perspective, a traditional 2 dimensional representation, doesn't truly convey the abstract composition of our surroundings.

Using hand-painted fragments of upcycled, found papers, allows me to produce a more sincere abstract portrayal.

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My collage gifts, are a natural progression away from framed work. However, the principal of building layers to alter a surface is the same.

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Silver Artley Hare Jewellery is also based upon my interpretation of naturally occuring patterns,and shapes within the natural world.  I use flowers,  pods,  shells and found ephemera to create silver jewellery that captures the natural form in a moment of time.

Some silver pieces are made by applying silver slip to a depth which copies the form, others are created by making a mould,

and casting a direct copy in silver clay, or by tooling metal into natural forms. 

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