"Held, Seen, Heard" is an innovative collaboration between composer David Long and jeweller Kelly McDonald. Long, normally found composing film scores, shifted focus to create a composition inspired by the visual and tactile elements of McDonald's jewellery-making.

Instead of drawing from his vast collection of instruments, Long collected the sounds of McDonald's making processes. McDonald works predominantly with discarded domestic and industrial metal artefacts and whether it was the rhythmic tapping of a hammer against an anvil or the scraping of rust from old metal signs, these sounds became the foundation of Long’s composition, giving voice to the silent work of the creative process.

The project blurs the boundaries between visual art and music, exploring the idea that creation is a multi-sensory experience. "Held, Seen, Heard" invites the audience to experience the intersection of sight and sound, where the act of creation is both seen through the jeweller’s hands and heard through the composer’s arrangement.