Emily Nixon’s work is a real inspiration for me as she, like me, is heavily influenced by the natural world. She is particularly intrigued by the organic forms she comes across where she lives, on the coast of Cornwall. I think her design influences really come through in her work, specifically through […]

I love Brunacci’s use of colour and texture in her designs. The application of the lost wax carving technique allows her to create beautifully tactile pieces that relate greatly to her influences of the natural world. For example, the silver ring below takes inspiration from the form and textures of seaweed. Tactility in design is […]

Art Nouveau  Art Nouveau was an incredibly influential movement from the late 1800s until the beginning of the First World War. It focused on the use of flowing organic lines, taking inspiration from natural forms. Art Nouveau designs are anything but plain and are stark contrasts to the art movements that follow it like Art […]

Louis Osman While scrolling through the exhibition, I was immediately drawn to Louis Osman’s sketches of his silver goblets. My eye was captured by the wonderful colour contrast between the white soft pastels he has used against the brown paper background. The designs are then brought to life by the dark charcoal or soft pastel […]

Gilbert Riedelbauch is a German designer who combines practical silversmithing techniques with modern digital design methods like auto cad. His combined use of digital and traditional making allows him to edit and view his designs before realising them as a final piece of metalwork, saving time and materials. I love Riedelbauch’s minimal style of working, […]

Ellys May Woods is a recent graduate from the Glasgow School of Art and is heavily influenced by the minimalist modern architecture of Scotland. She models her designs on the interesting shapes created by the bridges crossing the Firth of Forth, which change depending on the viewpoint. Her combination of contrasting colours and clean cut, […]

Based in London, Paul Wells is renowned for his use of scoring and folding methods in his jewellery and silverware. He is responsible for the creation of curved scores in his metal, a technique which allows the metal to be folded in beautifully unusual ways. I particularly love Wells’ insect collection (right) which explores the […]

 Sarah Cave is a Perthshire based maker who creates hand raised silverware as well as jewellery, usually working with silver and gold and on occasion, wood and precious metal combinations. Most of Cave’s designs involve contrasting metal detailing like the designs below, from gold plating to granulation. The high polished finish on some of Cave’s […]

 Hailed as one of the UK’s most prestigious silversmiths, Michael Lloyd, draws inspiration from his surroundings to create the majority of his work. His pieces are usually made from chased silver and gold and the illustrations on the surface of his vessels are a beautiful portrayal of the natural world. His designs offer a sense […]

Cornelia Parker is a British artist who is well known for her impressive installation art. Despite destroying objects to create her work, Parker is more fascinated by the idea of objects’ worth being redetermined and revalued so they might find a new purpose as an artwork. Her work ‘Thirty Pieces of Silver’ (pictured below) shows […]