Suzanne Seed
Contemporary Silversmith
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2023/ Develop Your Creative Practice Funding from Arts Council
2023 / Best Jeweller in Norfolk, vote by the public in the Muddy Stilettos Awards
2020/ A-N Artist Bursary creative practice development funding
2019 / Francis Bacon Collection, Collaboration with Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
2017 / Marshwood Arts Open Call - Highly Commended
2017 / National Trust and Crafts Council Open Call - Finalist
2017 / Huguenot New Silver Competition, 2nd place
2017 / Caddy Spoon Collectors Society Competition, 2nd place
2016 / Mark Your Mark Competition, London Assay Office, shortlisted
2016 / Graduate Member of the Contemporary British Silversmiths Association
2016 / Goldsmiths Company Silver Bullion Grant Award
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Museum of London, Dockyards
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
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2024
Landscape POV, Part Crowd Art Gallery, Toronto
Trial and Error Exhibition, Work Show Grow, Courthouse Projects, County Courts, Cleaver Street, Kennington London SE11 4DZ
Joined Up Exhibition, Welsh Contemporary Craft, Cardiff
Festival of Silver Show, Craft in Focus, RHS Wisley, Surrey
2023
Festival of Silver Show, Craft in Focus, RHS Wisley, Surrey
2022
Resident Silversmith, The Smiddy, Banff Scotland August 2022
Fairhurst Gallery Exhibition, Norwich
2021
Handmade Chelsea, Chelsea Old Town Hall, 13 - 14 November
Blackthorpe Barn at Christmas, Bury St Edmunds 11-12 December
2020
Hammer Club Exhibition Schoonhoven 2020, Netherlands, 2 June to 30 September
2019
Augustus Brandt Gallery Living Silver, Petworth, 16 November 2019 to 05 January 2020
Shine 2019, 19th September - 1st November Goldsmiths Centre, London
Craft in Focus, RHS Wisley, 2-6th May, Surrey
2018
Norfolk Contemporary Crafts Society, Christmas Show, Norwich; New Ashgate Christmas Collection, Farnham; Made for the Table, Goldsmiths Centre, London; The Contemporary Silver Gallery Summer Exhibition; Norfolk Contemporary Craft Society Summer Exhibition; Craft in Focus, RHS Wisley, Enamel Today, 78 Derngate, Northampton; Inheritance, Norwich Castle Museum Gallery
2015 - 2017
Norfolk Contemporary Craft Society, Christmas Show, Norwich; Marshwood Arts, Bridport Arts Centre; New Designers One Year On, Business Design Centre, Islington; Inspired, Goldsmiths Centre; Rising Stars, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey; Shine The Goldsmiths Centre, London; Make Your Mark, Goldsmiths Hall; Handmade at Kew, Kew Gardens; New Designers, Business Design Centre, Islington; University of the Creative Arts Degree Show, Rochester; Desire Fair, Old Town Hall, Chelsea; Boot and Shoe Exhibition, 15 Collingwood, Northampton; British Arts Medal Society Student Competition Exhibition, Duncan of Jordanstone, Dundee; The Goldsmiths Craft and Design Awards, Goldsmiths Hall, London,
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2024 / Skills developing include soldering and forming with Cara Murphy (Funded by Arts Council England)
2024 / Alloying Master Class with Patrick Davison, West Dean College (Funded by Arts Council England)
2024 / Soldering Masterclass with Warren Martin (Funded by Arts Council England)
2022 / Resident Silversmith at The Smiddy, Banff, Scotland
2022 / Polishing Masterclass with Stephen M Goldsmith at The Smiddy, Banff, Scotland
2021 / Engraving with Angus MacFadyen, West Dean College, West Sussex
2021 / Forging a spoon with Howard Fenn, via Contemporary British Silversmiths
2020 / Soldering and finishing workshop with Ray Walton, Faversham
2019 / Box Making Masterclass with Andrew MAcGowen and Abigail Brown, Goldsmiths Centre, London
2018 / Box Making with John Norgate, West Dean College, West Sussex
2018 / Introduction to Hammerwork Skills, with Abigail Brown and Rauni Higson as part of Contemporary British Silversmiths Graduate Scheme, Goldsmiths Centre, London.
2017 / A Practical Business Development Workshop with Patricia van den Akker of The Design Trust, at New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey
2017 / Hand Raising and Hammering Skills Training with Andy Putland and Tony Bedford, Goldsmiths Centre London
2017 / Getting Started, The Goldsmiths Company
2016 / Jessica Turrell Enamel Master Class, UCA Rochester
2015 March / Cut, Bend and Flex with Ane Christensen, West Dean College, West Sussex (Bursary)
2014 June / Gold Fusion Masterclass with Zoe Arnold, Bishopsland Educational Trust, Reading (Bursary)
2014 June / Silversmithing Summer School with Andrew Putland, Goldsmiths Centre, London (Bursary)
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2018 - 2024 / Silversmithing and Jewellery Tutor, Wensum Lodge, Norfolk
2023 - date Silversmithing and Jewellery Mentor
2023 Studio technician, Wensum Lodge, Norfolk
2022 -2023 Silversmithing Tutor, The Smiddy, Banff Scotland
2022 Silversmithing Consultant, The Smiddy, Banff Scotland
2017 - date / Private Silversmithing and Jewellery Tutor
2016 - date / Self employed silversmith
2016 - 2018 / Bench Assistant for Miriam Hanid
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2024 / City and Guilds Level 3 Education and Training
2017 / MA Creative Entrepreneurship (First with Distinction) UEA
2016 / BA Hons Silversmithing, Goldsmithing and Jewellery UCA Rochester
2012 / NCFE Silver Jewellery, Wensum Lodge, Norfolk