The Goldsmiths' Company

8 Winyates Craft Centre,
Winyates,
Redditch,
Worcestershire

B98 0NR

Worcestershire

Work: 01527 502 513

Fax: 01527 502 513

martyn@martynpugh.co.uk

http://www.martynpugh.co.uk

Contact

My inspiration is rooted in the purity of natural form, taking into account the man-made geometry of engineering and architecture. I enjoy every type of challenge, taking the piece from the original concept through the making process to the finished solution. I enjoy the manipulation of silver, using its malleability to produce flowing form, its reflective quality to emphasize line. In commission work, I draw upon an element significant to my client. Whether it be an entire dinner service constructed around the precise curve of a tail feather of a rare pheasant, a ceremonial mace inspired by the form of an aeroplane wing or the proportions of a Byzantine dome echoed within a claret jug. My personal descriptive language is about balance. The ultimate goal being to achieve the perfect equilibrium between function and form.

To read the article about Martyn Pugh published in the Goldsmiths' Review 2006-2007, Please click here

Price Guide

Silver commissions from £250

Jewellery commissions from £300

Silver stock items from £120

Jewellery stock itemsfrom £100

Specialist Techniques

All silver and goldsmithing techniques - both hand and machine - necessary to produce the best design solution. This includes combining metal with glass, wood and other materials.

Training College

1976
MA Silversmithing, Birmingham Polytechnic Trained under Gerald Whiles and Eric Clements

Current Exhibition

Please see below or contact the workshop for a list of current exhibitions and retail stockists.

Exhibitions

2010
- One Man Exhibition, Roger Billcliffe Gallery

2009/10
- Desire, Richmond upon Thames
- Desire, Winchester

2009
- British Silver Week                             Nationwide

2008/9
- British Silver Week, Nationwide
- Silver With a Pinch of Salt, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London
2008
- 120^th Anniversary of SDC, SDC Gallery, London, UK                               - The Fifth Annual Art Show, St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne

2007
TEN by ABDS, Ebury Galleries, London
Goldsmiths' Fair (also 2000 and 2006, 7, 8, 9, 10)
The Fifth Annual Arts Show - St Andrew's Church, Presteigne
TEN by ABDS - Ebury Galleries, London

2006/2007
Winter Collection - Elblama Gallery, Dublin

2006
Origin UK - London
Design Collection - Roger Billcliffe

2004
Over My Shoulder - Lesley Craze Gallery
Chelsea Craft Fair - London

2003/2004
Metallic Christmas - The Metal Gallery, UK
Brilliantly Birmingham - Jane Moore Contemporary Gallery

2003
Love Story - Goldsmiths' Hall, UK

2002
British Silver, A Sterling Adventure - Royal Cornwall Museum
ABDS The Silver Show - Collins Hastie Gallery UK

2001
Silver Lives! Contemporary Silver - The Gilbert Collection, Somerset House, London, England
Silver in Micro - Goldsmiths' Hall, London, England
British Silver, A Sterling Adventure, ABDS exhibition - Washington DC, USA
Silver Design Part Two - Roger Bilcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Beatrice Royal Gallery

2000
Millennium Canteen - Barbican Centre, London, England
Treasures of the Twentieth Century - Goldsmiths' Hall, London, England
Broughton Gallery, England
Quintessence Gallery, England
The Silver Show - Leighton House, London, England

1999
Springboard - Old Chapel Gallery, England
The Ring Exhibition - Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, England
Relish, The Craft, Design & Art of Dining - Oriel Myrrddin, Camarthen, Wales
Zilver in Beweging (Silver in Motion), ABDS exhibition - Amsterdam
Christmas Exhibition - Art.tm, Inverness, Scotland
The Silver Show - Leighton House, London, England

1998
The Silver Show - Leighton House, London, England

Publications

To read the article about Martyn Pugh published in the Goldsmiths' Review 2006-2007, Please click here

Magazine Articles & Features

2010
Joint paper with Ann-Marie Carey The Santa Fe Symposium on Jewelry Manufacturing Technology
2002
Celebration in Gold & Silver

2001
December, Limited Edition Magazine October,
BBC Home & Antiques March,
Country Homes & Interiors

2000
August, The Jeweller
February, Cash supplement, The Observer
Savile Row Magazine, Vol.1, No.2; Vol.2, No.1

Books
Silversmithing, A Manual of Design & Techniques, Keith Smith, Crowood, 2000

Public Collections

The Sheffield Millennium Canteen, Sheffield and The Victoria & Albert Museum, England The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, Goldsmiths' Hall, London, England The Silver Trust, 10 Downing Street, London, England Many private collections