I am a designer, jeweller and silversmith. I love to illustrate my initial research and ideas and then think through the making process stage by stage. Then the making begins! I use traditional techniques to fabricate metal into forms that gradually evolve into my visual dreams. I hand craft one off pieces; sensitively created from conception with aesthetic functionality essential. I remain to this day enchanted with the “magic” of manipulating metal in all its forms.
Inspiration comes from many sources: natural forms, culture, antiquity, identity, sense of self, emotions, beliefs and colour. It is such specific research, design and illustration which defines my work.
Kinsella Colwell
Silver brooch with basse-taille enamel detail and moonstones
In the workshop working on a hand raised copper vessel
Art disciplines:
Jewellery, Metalwork, Traditional crafts