About
Kerry, and a bench in Southsea
Kerry founded KVI Jewellery in 2009, after an apprenticeship and with more than 25 years in the trade behind her. Badger & Fox is the same pair of hands, the same bench, and the same telephone number.
The apprenticeship came first — years of trade work, sizing, soldering and putting other people's jewellery back together before anything was sold under her own name. That order matters. Knowing exactly how a piece fails is what makes the collection wearable rather than fragile.
Her designs come out of nature, art and other people's stories: a hedgerow seed head, the line of a painting, a stone somebody's grandmother wore for forty years. Pieces are made to carry meaning rather than simply to be worn, which is why so many of them start as a conversation instead of a sketch.
Nothing here is made in volume. Kerry works alone at the bench, in silver, 9ct and 18ct gold, and the studio stays small on purpose.
“Jewellery design is my therapy, it’s my escapism.”
The workshop
Tools, benches, hands, work in progress
Everything is made here, in one room, by one person. The bench is scarred, the files are worn to fit her hand, and the kettle is always somewhere under the swarf.
Southsea & Portsmouth
Made here, not just sold here
The studio has always been in Southsea, a few streets back from the seafront, and the city is stitched through the work — the shingle, the salt, the Victorian ironwork, the light off the Solent in February.
Kerry also works alongside other Portsmouth makers. Pieces have been shown and made in collaboration with Craig Everett Artworks and Across The Courtyard, both of which keep the workshop connected to a wider local community of artists rather than sitting on its own.
- Established
- 2009
- In the trade
- 25+ years
Come and see
The best conversations happen at the bench
Appointments are free, unhurried and completely without obligation — in person in Southsea, or on a video call if that is easier.