Pictor, the Latin for painter and a constellation of the same name, conjures the idea that this brooch could have been one of Lowe's abstract acrylics which, after falling through a black hole, emerged in this sculptural form.

On his jewellery Lowe says: ‘My natural inclination is to work large. I approached making the jewellery sculptures by first choosing a selection of materials. Brass, copper, nickel wire and a grid mesh. I selected soldering and construction as a simple and direct approach to working. I wanted the jewellery to relate to sculpture (made rather than designed). What was interesting was that having reduced the scale and on finishing a few jewellery pieces one of them became the inspiration for a large sculpture which I am currently working on.’