My work with salvaged computer junk began after I spent the summer of 1999 helping my dad’s electronics company to relocate to a new factory. Amongst boxes of components that I was instructed to throw into the giant skip bin, I discovered printed circuit boards. I became mesmerised by the bright jewel-like colours, endless variations, and intricate detail of the obsolete boards – each a miniature work of art once its electronic function was disabled.

Fuelled by science fiction worlds such as Bladerunner and The Matrix, I set out to create wearable techno-talismans for the urban tribe-dweller of the future. I got a kick out of subverting giant software companies by making sure that each piece of jewellery I made was purely unique and unrepeatable.

I also had within me a great desire to make these beautiful rejects into useful objects – rescuing the intriguing innards of the very machines that underpin modern life.

These objects are a potent reminder that what is cutting edge technology one day becomes obsolete scrap the next.