Suzanne Seed
Contemporary Silversmith

 
  • 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

  • Museum of London, Dockyards

    Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich

  • 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,

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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