Louise Coulson designs and creates woven and sculpted hand crafted jewelry for Kingfisher Designs. She and her husband are both designers. Don's creates knotted and braided jewelry.
She has a background as a teacher, writer and fiber artisan. She definitely has both feet firmly planted in mid-air. She designs "outside the box" with a fanciful constant questioning of the materials and their possibilities both accidental and by design
She started knitting at 5 yeas old and taught hand spinning and weaving for 12 years. She uses the silver as if it were thread or yarn. She coils, weaves, braids and sculpts the metal to create one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces that reflect the best in creativity, craftsmanship and materials.
Her bloom-where-you're-planted philosophy was created by living the life of a transient. After going to 17 schools by the time she received her degree, she and Don moved 43 times in 40 years of marriage.
From her first book (written at the age of 10), Our Rocks and Minerals to writings on diamonds and Baroque jewelry in her classes as a student, Louise has nurtured a passion for jewelry. Many years of working with fibers has given Louise a different perspective of the available materials and an array of skills to draw on.
Her design process is a journey of discovery. It consists of sketching, modeling and making practice pieces to get the proportion, technique and detail figured out before the pieces are rendered in gold, silver, titanium and copper. We incorporate the historical tradition and techniques for knitting, weaving, lace making, knotting, braiding and chainmaille in our work.
