FROM THE RELIGIOUS SERIES IN THE NATURAL COLLECTION. ABSTRACT DEPICTION OF LIFE'S CYCLE, DEATH AND THE GATES OF HEAVEN. INSPIRED BY MY CHRISTIAN UPBRINGING. ABSTRACT FLOWERS ADORN THE 3D ANGELS WINGS, DEPICTING FRAGILITY IN BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD (A PATTERNED LACE OVERLAY) TO MATURITY IN A LAYERED SILK ROSE.MANY TECHNIQUES WERE USED, FROM APPLIQUE AND PADDED LAYERS TO TEXTURAL SURFACES, EMBELLISHED IN LIGHT REFLECTIVE BEADS AND SEQUINS. THE STORMY SKY OVERHEAD EMBODIES THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA FOR LOVED ONES, CREATED USING OFF CUTS IN A TRADITIONAL 'CLIPPY MATTING' TECHNIQUE FAVOURED IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND. A DRAMATIC COLOUR PALETTE OF PINKS AND MAUVE, GOLD AND SILVER, BLUE, PURPLE AND GREEN.