Kirsty Eaglesfield
Jewelry Design,
United Kingdom
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After successfully completing her 1st class honours degree at Edinburgh College of Art in 2008, Kirsty then went on to work in Schoonhoven, Holland on the Silver in Motion Program for a year. She worked as an Artist in Residence at Edinburgh College of Art until August 2010 and has now moved into her own space at The Precious Metals Workshop in Edinburgh. Recent exhibitions include; Homes & Interiors Scotland 2011 at the SECC in Glasgow, Goldsmiths’ Fair 2011 at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, Collect at the Saatchi Gallery, London and Contemporary Silver at the V&A, part of the London Design Festival at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Awards include a Craft Maker Funding Award from the City of Edinburgh Council in partnership with the Scottish Arts Council and a Silver Award at the Craft & Design Selected Awards 2010.
Kirsty Eaglesfield’s contemporary silverware and jewellery is inspired by the way the sea weathers and erodes objects changing their form, colour and texture. Tumbled piles of fish crates, old buoys, pieces of sea-washed glass, driftwood and the construction and shapes of boats are all central to her work as a silversmith. Used, worn objects and the way they have been patched-up and repaired, often modified for a use different to the object’s original purpose also inspire her.
She works primarily in silver and wood, often incorporating pieces of scavenged, collected, flotsam. She enjoys exploring the different ways each material can be worked with, textured, formed and treated to convey a sense of the sea and likes to add a bit of colour to her work using enamel and semi-precious stones where possible. She uses techniques such as; raising, folding, riveting, hammer texturing, forging, etching and press-forming to create a range of cutlery, bowls, boxes, jewellery and many other objects.
Education & Residencies
Sep 09 – Aug 10 Artist in Residence, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF
Sep 08 – Jul 09 Silver in Motion: Program of Excellence, Schoonhoven, The Netherlands
Sep 04 – Jul 08 BA (Hons) 1st Class in Jewellery and Silversmithing, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF
Work Experience & Teaching
1st-5th Nov 10 Post-Graduate Professional Design Course, Goldsmiths’ Hall, Foster Lane, London, EC2V 6BN
27th Sep 10 – Present Silver Jewellery Adult Education Programme Tutor, The City of Edinburgh Council, Adult Education Office, South Bridge Resource Centre, 6 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1LT
1st Jun – 31st Jul 10 Press Forming Research & Development Project, Edinburgh College of Art in collaboration with Hamilton & Inches of Edinburgh, under the Scottish Funding Council’s Interface Innovation Voucher Scheme
18th-22nd Jan 10 Goldsmiths’ Getting Started, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, EC2V 6BN
21st Nov – 4th Jan 10 Seasonal Sales Assistant, Ocean Jewellery, 39 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH1 2DJ
22nd Oct 09 – Present Jewellery Assistant & Evening Class Tutor, Edinburgh Academy, 42 Henderson Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5BL
16th-20th Jul 07 Placement with Hannah Lamb, Coburg House Studios, 15 Coburg Street, Edinburgh, EH6 6ET
4th-7th Jul 06 Placement with Ruth Tomlinson, Cockpit Arts, Northington Street, London, WC1N 2NP
Selected Exhibitions
18th-26th Sep 10 Contemporary Silver at the V&A, The London Design Festival at the V&A, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
27th Nov – 24th Dec 10 Winter Design Collection, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
15th Apr - 17th Jul 11 craft&design Selected Award Winners Exhibition, Ferrers Gallery, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
5th-9th May 11 Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, in association with craftscotland
12th May 11 Rising Stars of British Silver Week, Pangolin Gallery, London
21st Aug – 28th Sep 11 Davy Brown Recent Works – Featuring Silversmithing by Kirsty Eaglesfield, The Laurel Gallery, Edinburgh
4th-9th Oct 11 Goldsmiths’ Fair 2011 - Week 2, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London
28th-30th Oct 11 Homes & Interiors Scotland 2011, SECC, Glasgow
5th-10th Oct 10 Goldsmiths’ Fair 2010 - Week 2, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London
18th-26th Sep 10 Contemporary Silver at the V&A, The London Design Festival at the V&A,
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
27th-29th Aug 10 Homes & Interiors Scotland 2010, SECC, Glasgow
7th-22nd June 10 British Silver Week, Styles Silver, Hungerford
29th May 10 Tooveys Contemporary Art Auction, Toovey's Antique and Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers, West Sussex
21st-30th Nov 09 PAN Amsterdam, Amsterdam
7th Nov – 9th Jan 10 Dazzle, The National Theatre, London
28th Sep – 4th Oct 09 Goldsmiths’ Fair - Week 1, Goldsmiths' Hall, London
3rd Aug – 5th Sep 09 Festival Mixed Exhibition, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
27th Jun – 9th Aug 09 Exploration, Zilvergalerie de Watertoren, Schoonhoven, The Netherlands
9th-17th Jan 09 Designer Crafts 2009, The Mall Galleries, London
14th Aug – 11th Sep 08 Second Wave, Bute Space Gallery, Cardiff
3rd-6th Jul 08 New Designers, Business Design Centre, London
14th-24th Jun 08 Degree Show 2008, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
Collections
1998 Silver Salt Boat with Spoon, Bute House, Edinburgh
2010 Forged Paddle Spoon, Jewellery and Silversmithing Department Collection,
Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh
2011 University of the Highlands & Islands Ceremonial Mace, Sterling Silver, 18ct Gold & Scottish Ash Wood, in collaboration with Hamilton & Inches of Edinburgh, Emma McCallum, Hazel Thorn & Sarah Stanford
Commissions
June 08 Salt Bowl with Spoon for First Minister Alex Salmond, Bute House
March 08 Wedding Ring & Cuff-Link Set, Private Commission
June 10 Two Tea Caddy Spoons, Styles Silver, Hungerford
August 10 Engagement Ring, Private Commission
November 10 Lennox Author Award Trophy, East Lothian Library Services
Publications
November 11 ‘Silver Service’, Country Life, no.15/22, p94-95December 10‘Lustre for Life’, How to Spend It, Financial Times, 26th Nov, p53-54
Dec 10 'John Bly's Antiques Guide', Jerseylife, issue 62, p58-59
Nov/Dec 10 'craft&design Selected Silver Award 2010: Jewellery & Precious Metal', craft&design Magazine, issue 212, p31
September 09 'A Glittering Future', ES Magazine Insert, Evening Standard
23rd September 09 'Where Silversmiths Are In Their Element', Homes & Property, Evening Standard, p10
September 09 'UK Gold Designers Shine Once Again', British Satellite News
January 09 Cover Image, Benchpeg Newsletter, issue 98
Autumn/Winter 08 'First Minister Opens Evolution House', Decades Magazine, issue 9, p3
September 08 'New', The Goldsmith Magazine, p81
Memberships
Society of Designer Craftsmen, Licentiate Membership
Contemporary British Silversmiths, Graduate Membership
January 12 The Inches & Carr Award For Jewellery & Silversmithing, Visual Arts Scotland Annual Open Exhibition 2012
January 11 Cooksons Precious Metal Sponsorship Award 2011, British Silver Week 2011
May 10 Silver Award, Craft & Design Selected Awards 2010
March 10 Craft Maker Awards, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Council & Scottish Arts Council
December 09 Cooksons Precious Metal Sponsorship Award 2010, British Silver Week 2010
April 09 Goldsmiths’ Fair Free Stand & Graduate Bursary, The Goldsmiths’ Company, London
March 08 College Silversmithing Grant, The Goldsmiths’ Company, London
January 08 2nd Prize Young Designer Silversmith Award, The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London