I originally designed 'Graphite' as my first dedicated guy-ware collection but soon discovered that it was equally popular with my female customers! It actually makes for a great work-related collection. The design is created form an image of bull rushes in my garden and which provides the vertical 'reed' styling but, when subjected to the colour and pattern scaling techniques that I use, the end result has an almost Aztec feel with the emblem-like motifs that appear in various places. Different lighting results in a range of shimmering hues ranging from silver to black.