Malcolm Appleby’s extraordinary creative output and outstanding craftmanship has the visual power to transfix the viewer, which is why the artist recently received a Lifetime of Achievement Award from The Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council.
Malcolm Appleby is known primarily as an engraver and he is considered amongst some of the finest living gun engravers and designers in the world. He is also a printmaker, a specialist in medals, silversmith, goldsmith and jeweller, making unique works and multiples. His wide-ranging commissions come from across the board: private, public and corporate sectors, local and international. His extraordinary output ranges from commemorative pieces such as the electro-formed gold Model of the Moon – a gift for the first moon landing astronauts (1969) or the Trafalgar Medal, marking 200 years since the Battle of Trafalgar (2005).
