Olivia Lowe
Date of Birth:
Associations: AoBDS
Awards:
July 2007 - First Prize Winner, CONNECT Exhibition, Association of British Designer Silversmiths (ABDS)
May 2006 - Armourers & Brasiers Company Prize, The Armourers & Brasiers Company, London
May 2006 - Winner, Royal Mint Medal Competition, The Royal Mint, London
February 2006 - Precious Metal Bursary Award, The Goldsmiths' Company, London
December 2005 - South Square Trust Scholarship Award, South Square Trust
February 2005 - Commendation for Young Designer Silversmith of the Year, The Goldsmiths' Company, London
February 2004 - Precious Metal Bursary Award, The Goldsmiths' Company, London
Commissions:
Education:
2004 - 2006 MA RCA Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery, Royal College of Art, London
2001 - 2004 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
Group Exhibitions:
July 2007 - present - CONNECT, touring exhibition with the ABDS
Jun-Jul 2007 - Fircroft Summer Show, Fircroft House, Albury
Mar-May 2007 - Jewellery and Metalwork Exhibition, Modern Culture Centre, Korea
Jan-Feb 2007 - Emerging Talents, Lesley Craze Gallery, London
January 2007 - COLLECT, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Nov 2006 – Jan 2007 - Dazzle at the National Theatre, The Royal National Theatre, London
Nov 2006 – Jan 2007 - North House Gallery Winter Show 2006, North House Gallery, Essex
Sep-Nov 2006 - Petals, Figura Gallery, Windsor
Jun-Jul 2006 - New Designers 2006, Business Design Centre, London
May-Jun 2006 - The Show: One, The Royal College of Art, London
December 2005 - GSM&J Work In Progress Show 2005, The Royal College of Art, London
December 2004 - GSM&J Work In Progress Show 2004, The Royal College of Art, London
Jul–Sep 2004 - The Graduate 2004, The Metal Gallery, London
July 2004 - New Designers 2004, Business Design Centre, London
June 2004 - Summer Show 2004, BCUC, High Wycombe
Solo Exhibitions:
Travel: Nationally, Yes Internationally, Yes
Press Quotes:
Maker's Statement:
My work explores the relationship between natural objects such as flowers or fruit, and the contrasting qualities of silver, bringing the two together to create a single display piece, where both elements are of equal visual importance.
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.
In my current work I am finding new forms for vases, by examining the physical requirements of a container for cut flowers and exploring how the form of the container can control or affect the arrangement of the flowers. Rather than the vase merely performing the physical function of containment, the resulting composition is one in which the metal and the flowers combine to form a single, sculptural ‘object of beauty’.
Commissioning Procedure
Pricing Policy
Orchid Brooches - £168 / £185
Vases range from £750 to £2400
VAT Registered: No
