I am from Lancashire, England- a landscape of Victorian Gothicka, Wuthering Heights type moor-land & dark legends. My childhood was full of Faerie & ghost stories, ancient myth & a love of the history of my homeland. As an adult I became obsessed with the Pre-Raphaelites & Victorian Romantics, each town & city around me holding collections of these symbolist, jewel-like treasures.

And so I was often found in Manchester City Art Gallery gazing lovingly at the masterpieces of Waterhouse…or Arthur Hughes…reverently lifting tapestries that covered the cases holding palettes & brushes of Rosetti…or at the Lady Lever Gallery in Liverpool with its Millais, Holman-Hunts & Maddox Browns. I also became passionate about Art Nouveau, its macabre sensuality appealing to my love of dark Faerietale, & so I soaked up the art of Lalique, Morris, Burne-Jones, Mucha, Gaudi.

These influences enhanced my other great love- British folklore & legend... be it Arthurian, Faerie lore, Celtic or fire-side tales stretching back across time. My apprenticeship was a long one, covering master-pattern making, lost wax casting, jewellery design from concept to finished product & antique jewellery reproduction. On completion of this I was left todevelop my artistic identity.

Mine is highly sculptural & mythological. All the creatures & images that ‘lived’ in my mind could become reality…I started letting all the Faeries, boggarts, elves, woodwose, unicorns & blessed damozels out!

Home is the edge of Dartmoor with my wonderful artist & folkorist fiance Marc Potts... my gallery, Ethera, is in Dartmouth, where I create alongside my brilliantly talented Mum & Dad, also artisan jewellers & artists! If you're ever here in magical Devon, why not call in for a chat? Meantime... enjoy my art here, I love creating it... hope you love it too!

Should you wish to purchase any of the items here please go to my own website www.kellymartinez.co.uk where you will find my Store pages full of fantastic art & jewellery!!