Interview with the Ottawa Jewellery Collective

Artist Goldsmith, Chayle Bowen, shares her inspirations and passion for metalsmithing and jewellery making in her interview with the Ottawa Jewellery Collective. Why did you choose jewellery? I initially went to art school at NSCAD University in Halifax with the idea to take design, but in my first year I also took a blacksmithing class. I fell in love with the material and the process of forging metal with a hammer. I knew I wanted to continue with metal, so I entered in to the jewellery department and found that I filled all of my sketchbooks with design ideas for...