Biography

Philip Nelson graduated at Buckingham University in 1968 with an honours degree in three-dimensional design specialising in metal. He went on to a career in product design, silversmithing and jewellery making, working in Holland and England, at which time his work was shown in galleries in the UK, Europe and USA. After a period of teaching, Philip was inspired  by the work of Joe Campoli, and now applies his craftsmanship  around the glass pieces that Joe produces. Each piece is worked individually, allowing the structure, colour and form of the glass to suggest the end design. Hence the  variety of styles and techniques expressed in the finished pieces. 

Joe Campoli, who hails from New England has always had an interest in the translucency, colour and reflective qualities of glass. After art college in Boston he studied stained glass in Pittsfield Massachusetts, followed by glass blowing courses at the Berkshire Centre for Contemporary glass, and at the Fellerman and Raab studios in Sheffield, Mass. Joe has developed techniques in traditional kiln work through fusing slumping and casting. Each piece is individual, experimenting with unusual materials. When integrated with the silversmithing expertise of Philip Nelson produces one-off pieces of jewellery with unique qualities

All our work is hand made in our own workshop in the UK, and has the London Assay Office hallmark.

We exhibit with the Sussex Guild and work can always be viewed at the Sussex Guild Shop in Lewes