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Alex established her workshop in 2002, and has won numerous awards for her unique silverware and glass collections. See information section She specialises in contemporary tableware, combining silver with other materials such as glass and felt - undertaking a variety of work to commission, producing one off pieces for exhibition, and producing her collections using small batch production techniques. See Gallery section for commission testimonials She has recently been commissioned to make a pair of silver and glass bowls for the prestigious Goldsmiths’ Company Modern Collection. These will be exhibited as part of Treasures of the 21st Century at Ruthin Craft Centre from January 2010 In 2008 Alex was featured in an Olympic 2012 film about creative businesses in London, and a piece of her work was presented to the Mayor of Haidien province at the Beijing Games Alex’s silverware is enjoying an increasingly high profile in 2009, showing at a number of exhibitions this autumn including Goldsmiths Fair, Week 2, The International Glass and Silver Exhibition at Lesley Craze Gallery in October and a solo show at Craft Central in November This year Alex’s work has also been shown at COLLECT at the new Saatchi Gallery in London & and Silver witha Pinch of Salt, at Goldsmiths Hall. See information for more details Alex’s most recent pieces in fine silver are a development of her blown glass and silverware, where she aims to represent the glass surface in negative as a pierced pattern in the silver. These ideas reference the beauty of silver nitrate photography – of positive and negative. See Commissions section All designs and images featured are protected by The Design Protect Scheme.
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Large Double skinned fine silver bowl. 15cm diameter. 2009 |