Rod Kelly
My teaching enables students to gain a detailed technical understanding of chasing and repousee as well as an appreciation of design.
What inspires your own work?
The beauty of the natural world around me, an interest in architecture and making pieces of silver to commission. I enjoy using inlaid gold details in rich areas of chased decoration.
Where can students see examples of your work?V&A Museum, AshmoleanMuseum, Fitzwilliam Museum. Birmingham Museum, National Museum of Scotland.
Where did you gain your training? Experience?
BA Ist Class Birmingham Schoool of art and Design. MA Royal College of Art
Teaching experience:Various BA courses
Is your work in any public or private collections?As above and at 10 Downing St, Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, Worshipful Company of Salters..
Professional groups and societies:Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.