Curriculum Vitae
1992 – 2026
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2027 Solo exhibition CELF gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre
2023 Illuminating Silver Craft in the Bay, Cardiff
2013 Studio Silver Today, Solo Exhibition and Artist’s Residency, at Erddig, Wrexham.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Showcase alongside The P&O Makower Trust Collection, Ruthin Craft Centre
2025 Newforms at Newby Teas, London
2025 Collect with First of March
2023 Collect with QEST
2022 Colloquy, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff
2022 Colloquy, Nova Scotia, Canada
2022 Lle Celf at the National Eisteddfod, Wales
2022 Collect with Ruthin Craft Centre
2021 Mastery - Women in silver, Ruthin Craft Centre
2020 Collect with Ruthin Craft Centre
2019 Collect with Ruthin Craft Centre
2018 – present Cologne Fine Art Fair, Art and Antique Salzburg, Kunst & AntiquitätenMunich, and other European Art Fairs with Kunsthaus Kende
2019 Hammerclub Renewal, Dundee and London
2018 Collect with Ruthin Craft Centre, at the Saatchi Gallery, London
2017 - 2019 Made for the Table, touring exhibition, Harley Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, Holburne Museum, Goldsmiths’ Centre, Osterley House
2016 - 17 Silver Speaks; Idea to Object at the V&A Museum, London
2017 Wearable Expressions, Palos Verdes Art Center, California
2016 Festival of Silver, The Goldsmiths’ Centre, London
2015 The Silversmiths Art – Made in Britain Today, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
2014 Hammered, at Koldinghus, Denmark
2014 Crafted – Makers of the Exceptional, The Royal Academy, London
2014 A Spoonful of Silver at National Trust Belton House
2013 Contemporary Silver at Christie’s, London
2013 Crafted – Makers of the Exceptional at Somerset House, London
2013 Festival of Silver, The Goldsmiths’ Centre, London
2012 Shadows and Light, Ruthin Craft Centre
2012 Fit for Purpose at the V&A Museum, London
2012 Great Britain, the best of UK art, craft and design at the British Business Embassy, curated by the Crafts Council, for the duration of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
2007 – 2015 Goldsmiths’ Fair, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London
2010 Contemporary British Silver at Asprey, Bond St, London,.
2010 Treasures of the 21st Century, Ruthin Craft Centre, Jan-April. Previously toured the UK, and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.
2010 Side by Side, Edge to Edge, Royal Cornwall Museum
2009 Welsh Artist of the Year
2009 Side by Side, Edge to Edge, Hameenlinna Castle, Finland
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The V&A Museum, London
The National Museum of Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru, Cardiff
The Goldsmiths’ Company, London (6 pieces) (The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths)
Henley Royal Regatta
The Clothworkers Company (The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers)
AWARDS
2025 QEST Award for Excellence
2024 MBE for services to Silversmithing and Heritage Crafts in the New Year Honours
2022 QEST Scholarship
2015 – 2016 Creative Wales Award, major award from the Arts Council of Wales
2017 Silver and Bronze Awards Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship and Design awards, for the ‘Teazel’ Loving Cup
2016 Silver and Bronze awards Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship and Design awards, for the ‘Mountain Burn’ Rosewater dish
2016 First Prize Lewton-Brain Fold-form award, for ‘Meander’ dishes, Open International competition
2014 Finalist in Wesley Barrel Craft awards, ‘Vessels for Interiors’
2014 Silver award, Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship and Design awards, for Glacier (I),
2013 Second Prize in Lewton-Brain Fold-form award, for ‘Persephone’ vase.
2012 Supported by The Arts Council of Wales Career Development programme
2012 First Prize in the inaugural Lewton-Brain Fold-form award, for ‘Undersea’ Candelabra. Open International competition.
2012 British Craft Trade Fair Award for Excellence
2008 Supported by The Arts Council of Wales Career Development programme
2001 Supported by The Arts Council of Wales Career Development programme
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2024 Pair of Ceremonial Keys for CLP, Hong Kong
2024 Pair of Ceremonial Keys for The Peninsula, London
2020 Processional Cross and Acolyte Candles for Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
2021 The Prince Philip Challenge Trophy for Henley Royal Regatta
2019 The Goldsmiths’ Cup for HMS Prince of Wales, Silver and Welsh Slate
2018 Warp and Weft, Candelabra for the Worshipful Company of Weavers,
2018 Rhinoceros Loving Cup for the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries,
2017 Glacier (II) for The National Museum of Wales
2016 Teazel Loving Cup for the Worshipful Company of Clothworkers,.
2015 Mountain Burn Rosewater dish for the Goldsmiths’ Company,.
2011 Royal wedding gift (silver dish) for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Commissioned on behalf of the People of the Royal County of Berkshire
2010 Eucalyptus Flatware, 72 piece canteen, private collection,
2009 Undersea Candelabra for Aspreys, Bond St..
Higher Education
Sept 92 – June 95 Lahti Design Institute, Lahti, Finland.
Full time Degree Level 4-year course in Gold and Silversmithing and Design.
Oct 95 – June 96 School of Jewellery, University of Central England, Birmingham.
Final year of BA(Hons) Degree in 3D- Design; Silversmithing and Jewellery.
Studio established 1997