Verdant Strata

At a time of heightened environmental awareness, her work stands as both celebration and a call to remember our collective duty to respect and protect our Earth. Layard’s vessels and jewellery are intimate meditations on fragility and renewal. Through nuanced enamelling techniques, saturated colour, and dynamic composition, she evokes growth, erosion, and ecological flux. Each piece evolves through an active dialogue between intention and process — the chemistry of powdered glass, metal, and flame mirroring the transformative forces of nature itself.

_{Faith Layard, Andean Condor, 2024. Hand-polished FS Cloisonne, copper form. 19.5 cm x 11cm x 2cm. Collection of the artist.}