Fit fo Purpose: a practical and conceptual exploration of silver
This exciting collection of work forms part of the V&A’s British Design Season and complements its major spring exhibition British Design 1948-2012:Innovation in the Modern Age.
In this exhibition, Contemporary British Silversmiths takes an imaginative look at the theme Fit for Purpose. The function of each object is explored, both practically and conceptually through the medium of silver, each piece is described by its purpose. the work demonstrates that silver, with its unique working and practical properties is also, ‘fit for purpose’ and as relevant today as it has ever been.
In addition, all work will bear the new Diamond Jubilee commemorative hallmark which will be struck only during 2012, alongside the standard 2012 UK hallmarks, making these objects historically significant and collectable.
Fit for Purpose will be on show at the V&A from 30th March to 16th September 2012
Read more about Fit for Purpose
Fit for Purpose Catalogue
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Stefan Tooke …to eat ice cream and play
Mary Ann Simmons …to sip slowly
Julie Chamberlain …to sweep and catch crumbs from a table
Clive Burr …to watch time go by
Shaun Grace …to hold and pour
Laura Golborne …to hold olives
Kevin Grey …to possess
Esther Lord …to hold and dispense tea
Victoria Coleman …to elegantly light up a room
Brett Payne …to eat with
Peter Musson …to purify, pour and drink from
Rajesh Gogna …to store, to decant and to display
Brian Wiliamson …to evoke the memories and treasures of beach-combing
Rebecca De Quin …for holding table naapkins
Alex Ramsay …to create shadow and depth
Martyn Pugh …to touch and pour
Cara Murphy …to infuse green tea
Caroline Lytton …to contain and offer chocolates
Eve Claire Taylor …to balance harmoniously and bring light
Rebecca Hill …to bring individual servings to the plate
Wally Gilbert …to hold flowers
Jemma Daniels …to serve
Lucian Taylor …to have and to hold
James Dougall …to provide easily moveable lighting
Jaqueline Harold …to serve breakfast
Stella Campion …to hold flowers or fruit
Don Porritt …to fin the palm and pour
Hazel Thorn …to explore colour and pattern
Alistair McCallum …to hold memories
Louise Mary …to dish up salad
Wally Gilbert …to hold flowers
Phil Jordan …to contain and pour liquid
Helen Mariott …to light a tabletop
harles Hall …to convey water elegantly, enhanced and purified through fine silver
Abigail Brown …to hold flowers
Pamela Rawnsley …to recall a Welsh hill winter
Shona Marsh …to be too big, too small and just right
Frances Julie Whitelaw …for flowers and contemplation
Richard Fox …to light
Martin Keane ..to get tipsy with a friend
Samantha Moore …to sip or spill
Olivia Lowe …to be looked at – to be enjoyed
Angela Cork …to present a different angle
Roger Millar …to serve oil and vinegar
Kathryn Hinton …to display and serve
Rauni Higson …to hold a flower, or not
Ben Ryan …to hold a sprinter’s fuel …for each nation a jewel
Stuart Cairns …to sever restraint/to brush away past failings
Keith Tyssen …to serve from dish to dinner plate
Howard Fenn …to move food
Jacqueline Scholes …to serve and share
Miriam Hanid …to radiate and reflect the beauty of winter
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