Alistair McCallum
Date of Birth: 1953
Associations: RCA
Awards:
2001 The Freedom of Goldsmiths of the City of London
1979 Crafts Council - New Craftsman Grant
1979 Littledale Award from the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
1978 Royal College of Art - Major Travel Award to visit Japan
Commissions:
1998 The King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes Trophy commissioned by De Beers.
1997 Ladle for the Millennium Canteen commissioned by Sheffield City Council
Education:
1978 Royal College of Art - MA RCA in Silversmithing and Jewellery
1975 Loughborough College of Art - BA in Silversmithing and Jewellery
1972 Teeside College of Art - Foundation Studies
Group Exhibitions:
*This is a small selection of exhibitions that Alistair has been involved in*
2003
Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sothebys London
2002
Flavour of the Month Jam Eton
Goldsmths Fair London
Chelsea Crafts Fair London
PAN Amsterdam with Jan Van Nouhuys Holland
A Field of Silver Silver in a Field
Gallery Flow London
Scottish Gallery Edinburgh
Artist in the Spotlight, Grace Barrard Design Center Nutfield, Surrey.
Silversmiths Gallery Museet pa Koldinghus Denmark
2001
Wabi-Sasbi, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Goldsmiths Fair, London
Chelsea Crafts Fair, London
PAN Amsterdam with Jan Van Nouhuys, Holland.
Chelsea Crafts Fair, London.
2000
A Feast of Silver Contemporary Applied Arts London
Winter Exhibition, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Contemporary Decorative Arts Selling Exhibition, Sotheby's, London
The Spring Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair with the A B D S, London
Mixed Exhibition Galerie Safiro, Freising, Germany
Treasures of the 20th Century, Goldsmiths Hall, London
Contemporary British Silver, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen Holland
Goldsmiths Fair, London
Chealsea Crafts Fair, London
PAN Amsterdam,with Jan Van Nouhuys Holland
1999
Inhorgenta 99, Munich, Germany
Meister Der Moderne Eine Sonderschau der 51. Internationalen Handwerksmesse Munich, Germany
`Marking the Occasion' Studio Fusion, London
`Table Manners' Cutlery Art - ancient and modern Goldsmiths Hall London
Zilver in Beweging, Schoonhoven, Holand
Goldsmiths Fair, London
25 Years of Contemporary Craft, Crafts Council Shop at the V&A
Flair des Kunsthandwerks Heim + Handwerk Munich Germany
Die Goldschmiede, Leer, Germany
Art for Christmas, The Fine Art Society, London
1998
Metalmorphosis. Traditional and Innovation in British Silver and Metalwork 1880 - 1998. Museum of Decorative Arts Prague
`The Banqueting Table' Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Inhorgenta 98, Munich, Germany
Silver Patinated and Polished, Lesley Craze Gallery, London
New Member Show, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Objects of Desire, Oxford Gallery, Oxford
Goldsmiths Fair, London
Two Person Show with Tamar de Vries Winter at Electrum Gallery, London
The Silver Show, A.B.D.S. Show Leighton House, London
Solo Exhibitions:
1999 Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
1986 Crafts Council Shop at the V&A
1981 Cobra and Bellamy, London
1980 Electrum Gallery, London
Travel: Nationally, No Internationally, No
Press Quotes:
Jan/Feb issue 1987 `Crafts'- Crafts Council
1980 `Makers'- Cafts Council
Jan/Feb issue 1979 `Crafts'- Crafts Council
Maker's Statement:
Alistair has practiced the Japanese metal working technique of Mokume Gane ( wood grain metal ) for over 20 years. The technique involves soldering different metals together to produce a sandwich. By breaking through the top layers of metal into the ones below, one is able to produce patterned sheets of metal. Due to the highly decorative surface patterns produced using this technique, Alistair strongly believes that it is best used on simple forms, where the relationship of pattern to the form is in harmony. This element of balance is something that he became aware of when visiting Japan in 1978. This experience has greatly influenced his work ever since.
Commissioning Procedure
Mokume Gane is a traditional Japanese metalworking technique and has been practiced for some three hundred years. The name Mokume Gane when translated into English means woodgrain metal or eye of the wood metal, this refers to the patterns normally produced in Japan. The technique requires a sandwich of different metals normally silver, copper and copper alloys to be joined together ether by difussion bonding or by silver soldering. Once the billet has been soldered it is then forged and milled into a sheet ready to be pattemed. The pattern can be produced in a veriety of ways but all involve breaking through the top layer of metal into the ones below. The desired pattern having been achieved,the sheet is then milled to produce a smooth patterned sheet of metal ready to be fashioned.
Pricing Policy
Alistair prices start from £800.
VAT Registered: No
