Bob Kingsmill began making ceramic objects in Winnipeg under the tutelage of Muriel Guest. In 1967 he moved to Kelowna and in the Okanagan Mission opened his first studio where he produced stoneware and raku-fired pieces. He initiated the "Mission Hall Sale" which in 2007 will celebrate 40 years in existence, helping Okanagan potters gain recognition for their fine work. In the 70's Bob moved to the coast and set up a studio on Bowen Island, where he put together his first book, A Catalogue of B.C. Potters. In 1979 Bob Kingsmill opened the studio on Granville Island in Vancouver, which he continues to maintain while making his home and keeping a studio in the Okanagan again, in Coldstream, near Vernon.

Teaching for Capilano College, Malaspina College, and for the Outreach Program of Emily Carr College of Art and Design, and giving workshops, Bob has travelled extensively through the province and encouraged many people to engage in creative process with clay.

Bob Kingsmill produces an extravagant variety of stoneware and raku-fired pieces. His masks are widely collected and his wall murals hang in homes and public buildings in many countries of the world. A teaching college in Japan, the Vancouver Childrens' Hospital, St. Andrew's Theological College at the University of British Columbia, a professor's retreat in Cambridge, England, two public buildings in Victoria, Kelowna's Community Theatre and private collections in Canada, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Korea, and Africa are but a few of the places they are appreciated.