In August 2010 Contemporary British Silversmiths member Shona Marsh was approached by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to make a replica of a damaged cross found in the Staffordshire Hoard in 2009. The objects in this Anglo Saxon hoard date from 700AD and its links to an early Christian society drew the personal attention of… Continue Reading
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SIDE x SIDE: EDGE > EDGE coming to the UK
SIDE x SIDE: EDGE > EDGE at the Royal Cornwall Museum – 18 September – 6 November 2010 Our exciting, groundbreaking exhibition of silverware is to be staged at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro – its first UK venue. “We feel extremely privileged to be providing the first UK venue for SIDE x SIDE:… Continue Reading
Whizz bang! – a spoon, a bowl, a box
A one day Silversmithing Workshop run by Rebecca de Quin, Peter Musson & Max Warren It will demonstrate how a silversmith hammers and forges a sheet or bar of silver into a familiar object. Continue Reading
Contemporary British Silversmiths at London Design Festival
A rare opportunity to see silver pieces from the Silver Trust’s Downing Street collection regularly used at state functions alongside selected works by members of Contemporary British Silversmiths. This exhibition showcases some of the finest pieces in contemporary silver which capture the artistry, variety and skill of current silversmithing practice and is being run as… Continue Reading
Design in Silver Award 2009 – Martin Keane
By Martin Keane, introduction by Mary Ann Simmons Martin Keane was our Design in Silver Award 2009 recipient and proved himself more than worthy of the judge’s choice. He is moving from strength to strength showing a dedication that is sometimes breathtaking in its speed. He has had a busy year at Bishopsland where he… Continue Reading
New Designers 2010
By Shona Marsh New Designers, the annual graduate degree show, provides the opportunity of viewing, under one roof, the budding applied artist; the talent, the trends and, more importantly the state of the many applied arts courses from around the UK. Shona Marsh offers her view on this year’s exhibition noting that silversmithing seems to… Continue Reading
A visit to Goldsmiths’ Hall Library
By Clare Ransom A few weeks ago, I paid a visit to the library at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London. During my degree course I had heard about the library as a place for research and a source of images and resources. Although I have often visited the Assay Office round the back of the building,… Continue Reading
Review of SIDE x SIDE: EDGE > EDGE
By Rajesh Gogna SIDE x SIDE: EDGE > EDGE opened at Häme Castle in Hämeenlinna attracting vast publicity within Finland which attracted 90% more visitors than usual to see this contemporary silverware showcase. The Castle set the scene for the wonderful work on display, complimented by beautiful historical architecture and its lakes. The private view… Continue Reading
Design in Silver Award 2008 – Phil Jordan
By Phil Jordan Phil Jordan: a short course with Ndidi Ekubia Contemporary British Silversmith Award I recently completed a short 3-day course with Ndidi Ekubia at her workshop in Cockpit Arts, Deptford. The course was paid for by the award from the Contemporary British Silversmiths that I won at New Designers 2008. This money also… Continue Reading
SIDE x SIDE : EDGE > EDGE
SIDE x SIDE – EDGE > EDGE is a collection of silverware by Contemporary British Silversmiths and the first exciting collaboration with the Finnish Silversmiths Association and students and staff at the Lahti University of Applied Sciences Institute of Design, the exhibition features 75 pieces of new work designed and made in response to the… Continue Reading
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