Kelda Young is a designer and maker from the Scottish Highlands and is currently based in Wasps Studios, Glasgow. She creates sustainably conscious contemporary jewellery using recycled precious metals, each piece unique due to the nature of the handcrafted process.
Kelda’s work is centred around material connection, and the physical act of making. Using hollow forming techniques in conjunction with high pressure embossing to create tactile, enticing pieces - highlighting textures and details that might often go unnoticed. The softness of the pushed metal and the misleading perception of weight heightens curiosity and longs to be picked up. By incorporating traditional hand skills such as engraving which is often hidden creates another layer of intrigue.
Kelda strives to make timeless pieces that will be cherished forever, creating in small batches and making to order to reduce waste.
Awards, Exhibitions + Fairs
2023
Alchemy Experiment’s Festive Market
Briggait Jewellers Festive Pop Up
Tea Green Festive Market at Kelvingrove Art Gallery
Elements Festival of Jewellery, Silver and Gold
Goldsmiths Fair
Tea Green Events Summer Design Market at the V&A Dundee
Craft Scotland, COMPASS Emerging Maker Covid Interruption Bursary
2022
Tea Green Events at Kibble Palace
Elements Festival of Jewellery, Silver and Gold
Goldsmiths Fair
Craft Festival at Bovey Tracey
2021
Christmas at the Briggait - Makers Market
Flock @ The Barn Arts - Contemporary Craft Fair
Spotlight: Stars in the Making - Goldsmiths Centre
Bishopsland Retrospective Exhibition
Runner up - Emerging Designer’s Competition in Silver
100 Jewels by 100 Women – Double Door Studios
2020
Christmas at Bishopsland
Elements Graduate Showcase
Fife Contemporary New Makers Award
Here + Now Graduate Showcase – Dock Street Studios
Tayberry Gallery Prize
Alexander Leslie Russell Award