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Living with this artist is a "different" experience as moods and lifestyle are often dictated by the project she is involved in or what stage it is at. Depending on the above she will be distant, distracted or engaging and jolly at any given time. There is a constant process of exploration going on as she uses different materials and techniques to produce the sort of effect she needs for the particular element of the piece she is working on. I have watched closely as Dot started to invent her technique of bending wire to create models of fish, birds and animals working to the specifications established by her and the client. It began with a model cat made out of garden wire and progressed to the current, rather sophisticated method, using hallmarked silver and semi precious beads. The real skill is in the way in which she bends and shapes the wire to create the outline and framework of what becomes the finished article. It is as if she first makes a skeleton of the creation and then..