Scott Smith, Glasgow.
Silversmithing QEST Scholar based at The Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop.
Currently focusing on the connection between early Scottish craftspeople, repetitive mark making and meditative traditional carving techniques.
Scott Smith is an award-winning silversmith and contemporary maker whose works explore the importance of meditative craft through the processes of carving, raising and casting. Scott uses materials such as precious metals and reclaimed wood alongside a variety of repetitive and meditative practises, traditionally favoured by ancient Scottish craftspeople, to interrogate early Pictish carvings, contemplating mark making and the authenticity of replicas.
Smith often produces pieces of handheld silverware that sits comfortably on both the dining table and in the wild Scottish landscapes that shaped their designs. Responsiveness to environment and reflective practises have emerged as qualities in Scott’s recent works; a passion for meditative practises that allows for an expansive role for materials, instinctive making and spontaneous responses.
Scott Smith, Silversmithing Studio at Glasgow School of Art, 2021.
Education
2024
2018 - 2021
QEST Scholarship (Silversmithing) with Rod Kelly, Shetland
BA(Hons) Silversmithing and Jewellery, Glasgow School of Art
2016 - 2018
HND Jewellery Design, City of Glasgow College
Awards
2023
QEST Emerging Makers Scholarship (Silversmithing), Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust
Gosset Champagne Award, Goldsmith's Craft and Design Council
Gold Award, 2D Smallworkers, Goldsmith's Craft and Design Council
Inches Carr Craft Bursary – Emerging Maker, Craft Scotland.
2022
Outstanding Student Award (Shortlisted), Scottish Goldsmiths Trust
Contemporary Cutlery Design Competition (Shortlisted), The Worshipful Company of Cutlers
Goldsmiths Fair Graduate Bursary, Goldsmiths Fair
Jorum Craft Award, Craft Scotland
2021
Bullion Grant Award, Craftmasters Gallery
Silver Award, 2D Silversmithing, Goldsmith's Craft and Design Council
Gosset Champagne Award, Goldsmith's Craft and Design Council
2020
Gold Award, 2D Silversmithing, Goldsmith's Craft and Design Council
Gosset Champagne Award, Goldsmith's Craft and Design Council
Exhibitions
2024
Borders Art Fair, Border Arts Development, Kelso
Then and Now: 100 Years of Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Society of Art, Edinburgh
Collect Art Fair, Goldsmiths’ Fair at Collect, Somerset House, London
2023
Elements, Festival of Jewellery, Silver & Gold, Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh
Goldsmiths Fair, Goldsmiths Hall, London
Glasgow School of Art 2023 Artist in Residence Exhibition, SaltSpace Cooperative, Glasgow
Spotlighting: Getting Started, Goldsmiths Centre, London
Goldsmiths Craft and Design Council Award Winners Exhibition, Goldsmiths Hall, London
2022
Elements, Festival of Jewellery, Silver & Gold, Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh
Goldsmiths Fair, Goldsmiths Hall, London
Glasgow School of Art's Artist in Residence Exhibition, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow
Class of 2021, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2021
Elements Graduate Showcase, Elements, Scottish Goldsmiths Trust (Online)
Top of The Class, Crafts Council, Craft Magazine Publication
New Designers Week One, New Designers (Online)
Graduation Showcase, Glasgow School of Art (Online)
2020
Goldsmith's Craft and Design Council Award Winner's Exhibition, London
2019
Play: Design Domain Open Studios Exhibition, Glasgow School of Art
GSA Silversmithing & Jewellery Christmas Sale, Glasgow School of Art
Splendour: Exhibition in Reid Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, and publication by Glasgow School of Art in collaboration with Queen's House, Royal Museums of Greenwich
How Do We Live: Design Domain Open Studios Exhibition, Glasgow School of Art
2018
GSA Silversmithing & Jewellery Christmas Sale, Glasgow School of Art
End of Year Show, City of Glasgow College
2017
Creative City Poetry Exhibition, Mezzanine Gallery, City of Glasgow College
Elements, Festival of Jewellery, Silver & Gold, Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh
International Dark Skies Conference, Biosphere Conference Centre, Galloway
British Art Medal Society Tour, Birmingham School of Jewellery
Work in Progress, Cowan Gallery, City of Glasgow College
Experience
2023 - Present
Early Career Tenant, Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop
2021 - 2023
Silversmithing Artist in Residence, Glasgow School of Art
2022
Host a 'Make a Silver Ring' Workshop for 2 day for S1-2 pupils with more than 75 participants, Banff Academy, Aberdeenshire Council
2020 - 2021
Ethical Making Ambassador (Glasgow School of Art), Scottish Goldsmith's Trust
2019 - 2020
Student Ambassador (Glasgow School of Art), Cass Art
2018
Host a 'Make a Silver Ring' Workshop for 240 14-18yr old participants, 2 Weeks, Blair Atholl International Scout Jamborette