Judith Brown

Biography

Judith Brown has been working with wire for over twenty years. She began hand stitching with wire; a technique inspired by her degree in Embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her most recent jewellery collections, are inspired by the details in wild flowers and leaves. She uses silver wire, and stitches, loops, twists and wraps to create intricate, delicate jewellery adding glass beads for subtle colour and texture.

In recent years, she has begun to work on a larger scale with wire, creating wire drawings inspired by the flowers and plants she learned about on many walks around the Peak District. She now makes a collection of wire flower arrangements, which are a permanent reminder of walks in wild places, and wanderings along lanes and in gardens. She exhibits around the UK in galleries and at contemporary craft events. Her studio is in Leek, North Staffordshire, above Spout, a quirky cafe, where she also runs a range of workshops from wire jewellery to wire seed heads.