About

Only Through Shadows® jewellery is handmade by designer/maker Artemis, at her studio in England, UK. She uses only solid gold and silver, and traditional techniques, with recycled metals and responsibly sourced natural stones.

I’m Artemis Russell, from the Isle of Wight. I studied at Camberwell College of Art in London before going on to obtain a degree in Fine Art at Falmouth College of Art in Cornwall in 2001.

Focusing on photography and video installation, which has been a long standing interest of mine, I then returned to London, where I eventually found jewellery making suited my other passion for making small and intricate things. I learnt silver and goldsmithing whilst working from a manufacturing workshop in London’s jewellery quarter, Hatton Garden in 2003.

I began making my first women’s jewellery collection for a UK brand in 2007, exhibiting at Paris Fashion Week specialising in delicate designs and wax carving, I also co-designed the diamond ring and wedding ring range for over ten years.

I set up my own company - ‘Only Through Shadows’ based at my home studio on the Isle of Wight in 2020. I’m a mum to two children and we have a dog called Otter.

‘I love to make everyday jewellery that is easy to wear with anything, and which has been made in such a way as to be mindful and respectful of our planet’.

‘Jewellery should also be fun and captivating, so my children’s opinions about my designs and imagery are crucial’.

‘My studio is surrounded by the sea, woods and downs, on the most rural western tip of the Isle of Wight…so I am never in short supply of inspiration’.