BHP Collectibles is now working alongside an amazing wire sculpture artist - Rachel Akers. Her talent with wire sculpture and what she can turn it into is outstanding.

She always says that she can make anything and loves the challenges her clients give her. All she needs is an idea and then she can flourish. She can make rugby players, motorbikes, or even a life-size football player. All she needs is the idea and she will curate and sculpt a piece from there.

"Everything I make is one-of-a-kind. It's all hand-made and unique to the client. Whatever they ask for is going to be completely original, no one's going to have anything the same.

For example, with a tree, every branch is placed and twisted differently so it never looks the same as another, it cannot be recreated.

I once made a cello player based on a lady that plays the cello as a 30th birthday present. I got sent pictures of her playing and sculpted her and her cello wearing the clothes she was in, I copied her hairstyle, so it is unique to that person."

"I've always been an artist that wants to do their own thing and create their own stuff but at university, I was lucky enough to do 6 months in America and that's when I started doing some jewellery design work and I also did my first wire sculptures. "