Achievements & Experiences
March 2022
British Artist Blacksmithing Association, Education Fund.
April 2021
Olga Birkerts Art Prize, First place. Bengtsfors Municipality, SWEDEN.
September 2020 – Present
Metal, Wood Orientated Furniture Design and Textile Body Space departments, Tutoring; University of Gothenburg, HDK-Valand, Steneby, SWEDEN
February 2021
Metal department, WORKSHOP ORGANISER AND LEADER; University of Gothenburg, HDK-Valand, Steneby, SWEDEN
August 2019
Metalsmithing workshops, THE WELL-BEING CAFÉ
Sole facilitator, working with children and adults with learning difficulties
March – April 2019
Ferrous, HEREFORD BLACKSMITHING FESTIVAL
January – April 2019
Schools project, HEREFORD BLACKSMITHING FESTIVAL
Going to primary schools teaching metalsmithing demonstration from chasing and repoussé. Wide range across country and teaching workshops.
May 2018
Penland school of craft; North Carolina, IRON WORKSHOP
Awarded the full Jean Mclaughlin and Tom Spleth scholarship.
October – November 2017
Ferrous, HEREFORD BLACKSMITHING FESTIVAL
EXHIBITIONS
October 6th-17th 2022
Extended Family II. Stockholm Craft Week, På Sergels Torg. Sergelången 29, Stockholm, Sweden.
July 6th-10th 2022
Masters of Metal. Munich Jewellery Week. Streitfeldstraße 33, Munich, Germany.
May 2022
HDK-Valand, Steneby, Exam Show. Trädgårdsföreningen, Gothenburg, Sweden.
April-May 2022
Guerilla Heritage, customs of crafts re-examined. Konsthall, Steneby, Dals Långed, Sweden.
July 2021
One year on, HEREFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS, UK
April 2021
Exhibition, Bengtsfors Art Gallery; SWEDEN
March 2019- November 2021
150MM; INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE EXHIBITION
July 2020
Exhibition, Hereford college of arts, ONLINE SUMMER SHOW
August 2019
Stia, Italy; iron work exhibition, INTERNATIONAL
June 2019
Exhibition, FRESH AIR SCULPTURE SHOW, UK
June 2018
Penland school of craft; North Carolina, INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SHOW
September – November 2017
Exhibition, OUT OF NATURE; SCULPTURE SHOW: NEWPORT HOUSE, KINGTON, UK
June 2017
Summer show, HEREFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS, UK
June 2016
Summer show, HEREFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS, UK
PUBLICATIONS
October 2022
Dagens Nyheter, Extended Family II, SWEDEN.
May 2022
Dalslänningen, Guerilla Heritage, customs of crafts re-examined, SWEDEN.
August 2021
Artist Blacksmith magazine, One Year On, INTERNATIONAL.
April 2021
Dalslänningen, Olga Birkfelts scholarship winner, SWEDEN
EDUCATION
August 2020- June 2022
MFA Programme in Applied Arts and Design, Metal Art, UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG; Academy of Design and Craft
September 2017- July 2020
BA (Hons) Artist Blacksmithing, HEREFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS
September 2015- July 2017
Level 3 extended diploma; Art & Design
Level 3 Diploma; Art & Design, HEREFORD COLLEGE OF ARTS
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