I was born in the red rose county of Lancashire in England- a landscape of Victorian Gothic architecture, Wuthering Heights type moor-land & dark legends. My childhood was infused with Faerietale, ghostly stories, ancient myth and a deep love of the history of my homeland. Growing into adulthood I developed and obsession for the Pre-Raphaelites & Victorian Romantics, but then how could I not?! Each town and city around me held collections of these symbolist, jewel-like, otherworldly treasures. And so I could often be found in Manchester City Art Gallery gazing longingly at the masterpieces of  beloved Waterhouse… or Arthur Hughes… or reverently lifting the tapestries that covered the cases that held the palettes and brushes of Rosetti….. or at the Lady Lever Gallery in Liverpool with its Millais, Holman-Hunts and Maddox Browns.   I also became passionate about the Art Nouveau era, its macabre sensuality appealing to my love of dark Faerietale, and so I soaked up the art of Lalique, Morris, Burne-Jones, Dufrene, Mucha, Klimt, Gaudi.  All of these influences served to enhance my other great love- British mythology and legend…. Be it Arthurian, our native Faerie lore, Celtic history, or those local fire-side tales that stretch back across time. So when folk ask me if I believe in Faeries…. Well let me tell you I most definitely do!!   My family have always been jewellery designers and manufactures, and so I suppose it was inevitable that I would work in the field of fine jewellery. My apprenticeship was a long and rewarding one, and covered master-pattern making for the jewellery process, using the lost wax casting process, jewellery design from initial concept to finished product and antique jewellery reproduction. On completion of this, between commissions and designing for the business, I was pretty much left to my own devices to develop my own artistic identity. This became the start of an amazing journey!  I developed a highly sculptural, mythological, symbolist style... I felt as though this was what I was always meant to do… and still feel compelled to do! Finally all of the creatures and images that had ‘lived’ in my head for all those years had a way to become reality… and once I started letting all of the Faeries, boggarts, elves, woodwose, unicorns and blessed damozels out I couldn’t stop! And so all of my work is now infused with Fey, Pre-Raphaelite, Art Nouveau beings… in fact some of them even seem to create themselves, they sort of just appear!  I now live and work (with my family, dogs, parrots and cat) in Devon and, when not in my gallery in Dartmouth, am usually to be found on Dartmoor… an ancient land that simply breathes Faerie and folklore and is a place of true majick… where tiny wild ponies are happy to play for a while; where the villages and small towns are infused with the immense creative talent of some of the world’s finest artists and craftspeople.  In my work and surroundings I am truly in my element- the element where our mortal world and that of Faerie and myth meet. This is a precious time, a true Renaissance of Faerie, it is all around us, and I am very honoured to be working in this genre at this point in history. The majick that infuses all creative art is alive in my work, it is a very long and intense process. Because of this I believe that each finished piece holds a part of my psyche and my soul, it encapsulates all of my thoughts and visions of Faerie that I was allowed to see at that time, and I pass this on with each jewel! I adore creating my work, I love every minute I am blessed to be working on my art… I hope you enjoy my work too!!!  Brightest blessings, Kelly x