Silver is at the cutting edge of contemporary design and is thriving.
Silversmiths are developing new techniques and the ’look’ of silver is as exciting now as it must have been at any of the highpoints of the past.
With the closure of many manufacturing firms in recent years, attention is focussing on individual craftsmen and women and limited production ranges in small workshops. A potential purchaser has a huge choice of objects with a variety of forms, functions and finishes, to choose from.
You can commission a piece or buy silver from shops or at fairs.
Selection of relevant articles in back issues of the Society’s Journal:
Louise Hofman, Contemporary Judaica made in Britain and America, no21 (2006)
Vanessa Brett, Jerwood Applied Arts Prize 2005: Metal, no21 (2006)
Michael Lloyd, Shelf life, no19 (2005)
Martin Ellis, Collecting contemporary silver at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, no16 (2004)
Richard Hill, A cone cut obliquely; the work of Michael Rowe, no16 (2004)
Kevin Coates, The angel’s wing, no5 (1994)
Christopher English, The Silver Trust, no13 (2001)
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Websites:
The Goldsmiths’ Company
Association of British Designer Silversmiths
Regular events in the UK include:
Collect : at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in February
Goldsmiths’ Fair : at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, in October
Origin : at Somerset House, London, in October
Photo: The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths.
Sidsel Dorph-Jensen, three vessels, 2003.