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Olivia Lowe

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Olivia Lowe

Olivia Lowe

Hampshire

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About this designer / maker

Biography

Olivia specialises in designing and making sculptural silver vases. Her inspiration comes from the flowers themselves and through her work she creates innovative forms where the vase itself is as visually interesting as the flowers it holds, the two elements working together to create a single, unified composition.

For her most recent pieces, Olivia individually hand-forges four long strips of silver into two-dimensional curves, before forming and fitting them together to create a three-dimensional object. The crisp edges of the vases combine with the graceful fluidity of a linear form. The cross section widens and tapers to work with the outline of the vase, both emphasising form and controlling balance.

‘Designing and working in metal enables me to express my awareness of objects in their environment and the interest I have towards the visual interpretation of objects by people. I enjoy the challenge of finding a new way for silver to fulfil a conventional purpose, by taking a fresh approach to the requirements of a domestic object.’

Price Guide

Silver commissions from £600 to £6000

Silver stock items from £340 to £5700

Training College

2004-2006

MA Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery - Royal College of Art, London



2001-2004

First Class BA (Hons) Designed Metalwork and Jewellery - Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe



2000-2001

BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies (Art and Design) - Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham

Current Exhibition

Asprey London


167 New Bond Street


London


W1S 4AY


Telephone: 020 7493 6767


Website: www.asprey.com

Jamieson & Carry


142 Union Street


Aberdeen


AB10 1GF


Telephone: 01224.641219


Email: gems@jamieson-carry.com


Website: www.jamieson-carry.com

Exhibitions

2010

- Goldsmiths’ Fair, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London


- London Design Festival at the V&A,Victoria & Albert Museum, London


- British Silver Week (also 2008 & 2009, various venues nationwide)


- ‘Desire’ Jewellery & Silversmithing Show, Queen Charlotte Hall, Richmond (also 2008 & 2009)


- Talente 2010, Munich, Germany


- Inhorgenta, International Jewellery Trade Fair, Munich, Germany


- Contemporary Silversmiths Exhibition, Asprey, London




2009

- Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Spinningfields, Manchester


- Origin: The London Craft Fair, Somerset House, London


- SidexSide Edge>Edge, Häme Castle, Hämeenlinna, Finland


- Craft & Design Expeience, Fawley Court, Henley-on-Thames


- ‘Home Sweet Home’, Victoria & Albert Museum, London




2008
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Goldsmiths’ Fair, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London


- Group: Individual, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey


- Salone Satellite with FAB Associates, Milan


- Dazzle at the National Theatre, The Royal National Theatre, London (also 2007)



2007

- 2007 – 2009 CONNECT, a touring exhibition with the ABDS


- Fircroft Summer Show, Fircroft House, Albury


- Jewellery and Metalwork Exhibition, Modern Culture Centre, Korea


- Emerging Talents, Lesley Craze Gallery, London


- COLLECT, Victoria & Albert Museum, London



2006

- 2006 North House Gallery Winter Show, North House Gallery, Essex


- Petals, Figura Gallery, Windsor


- The Show: One, The Royal College of Art, London



2004

- The Graduate, The Metal Gallery, London

Publications

2010

- British Silver Week 2010, The Goldsmith Magazine


- ‘Olivia Lowe, Silversmith’, Craft & Design Magazine



2009

Orogon of the Specialist, Evening Standard



2008

- World of Interiors


- Sunday Times Magazine


- Antiques Trade Gazette



2007

- to Shine, BBC Homes & Antiques Magazine


- The Midas Touch, Elle Decoration


- New Designers 2006: UK Silversmithing, WGSN

Awards

2010

 


- Selected as British Silver Week 2010 Ambassador, British Silver Week


June 2009 5-day engraving Course, awarded at British Silver Week launch event



2009
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Silversmiths Business Course, awarded at British Silver Week launch event



2008

- Crafts Council Development Award, Crafts Council, London


- Goldsmiths’ Fair Free Stand and Bursary, The Goldsmiths' Company, London



2007

- First Prize Winner, CONNECT Exhibition, Association of British Designer Silversmiths (ABDS)



2006

- Armourers & Brasiers Company Prize 2006, Armourers & Brasiers Company


- Winner, Royal Mint Medal Competition, The Royal Mint, London


- Precious Metal Bursary Award, The Goldsmiths' Company, London



2005

- South Square Trust Scholarship, South Square Trust


- Commendation - Young Designer Silversmith of the Year, The Goldsmiths' Company



2004
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 Precious Metal Bursary Award, The Goldsmiths’ Company, London