The Scottish Gallery presents The Miniaturists – an intriguing collection of beautifully made works of art on a small scale. The title of the exhibition is inspired by the fictional novel of the same name, which centred around the 17th century doll’s house made famous by Petronella Oortman of Amsterdam. There is something inherently covetable about small, beautifully made, transportable objects that can be treasured forever. The Miniaturists features an international selection of artists who have made unique works in various materials encompassing glass, silversmithing and ceramics.

Exhibiting artist include: Vicki Ambery-Smith, Malcolm Appleby, Claus Bjerring, Ane Christensen, John Creed, Jack Cunningham, Patrick Davison, Jennifer Hickey, Kathryn Hinton, Adrian Hope, Kyosun Jung, Choi Keeryong, William Lee, Grant McCaig, Angus McFadyen, Cara Murphy, Anthony Scala, Yuta Segawa, Graham Stewart, Hiroshi Suzuki, Adi Toch, Andrea Walsh, Yusuke Yamamoto.

Due to the special nature of this exhibition, we are running The Miniaturists for three months.

Malcolm Appleby

Born: 1946

Place of Birth: West Wickham, London

Malcolm Appleby was born in 1946. He studied at Central School of Art, Sir John Cass and the Royal College of Art in London before establishing his studio in Scotland in 1969. A silversmith and metal engraver, known for his imaginative use of line and form, he considers gold “just another lovely material to work with.”

The Scottish Gallery has been associated with Malcolm Appleby since the 1970s; the many facets of his work have brought joy to many, each piece sold marking the beginning of a journey of discovery around this senior artist. The Gallery honoured Malcolm Appleby’s seventieth birthday in January 2016, which marked over fifty years of a creative tour de force. Malcolm Appleby has dedicated his artistic practice primarily to engraving and pushing the boundaries of metalwork; constant experimentation has made him a master of his craft and in 2014 he received an MBE for his outstanding contribution to the arts.

2019 marked fifty years since Malcolm Appleby first set up his studio in Scotland and the exhibition 50 Golden Years in Scotland, featuring both jewellery and silversmithing, recognised his unique contribution to the arts. Malcolm’s infectious enthusiasm for his craft, his willingness to work with other artists and his pleasure in sharing his skills is characteristic of his generosity and pre-eminence. The natural world that surrounds Malcolm’s studio informs every piece; the artist’s inspiration unlimited in the abundance of the world around him.

Public Collections include:
The Victoria & Albert Museum, London; The Goldsmiths’ Company, London; British Museum, London; Royal Armouries, Tower of London; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh; and Perth Museum & Art Gallery

Malcolm’s jewellery collection can be viewed here.

In August 2021 we celebrated Malcolm Appleby’s 75th birthday with Malcolm Appleby & Friends. Previous exhibitions include 50 Golden Years in Scotland in March 2019 and The Gallery also hosted a special exhibition in January 2016 to celebrate Malcolm Appleby’s 70th birthday.

Choi Keeryong

Photography by Jaro Mikos

Born: 1976

Place of Birth: South Korea

Originally from South Korea, Choi Keeryong came to Britain to complete a Master of Design at Edinburgh College of Art and in 2010, continued to embark on a PhD in Glass and Architectural Glass. Keeryong has exhibited widely across the UK whilst investigating the similarities and differences between cultural groups in terms of their aesthetic perceptions of visual experiences, particularly in relation to unfamiliar materials and surface imagery.

Choi’s motivation for creating this body of work is to explore how the ambiguity of an individual’s cultural interpretation can help to create the state of “uncanni-ness” in the audience’s visual experiences. He believes that this ‘uncanni-ness’ provokes emotions and feelings and Choi manipulates this powerful tool within his artistic practice to promote the awareness of stereotypes in an individual’s cultural understanding. Developing inlaid colouring techniques inspired by the ancient Korean “Saggam” pottery allows him to explore the state of ambiguity in visual experience by delineating geometric patterns and counterfeit letters onto glass artworks and encapsulating them in between the layers of transparent glass. The use of historical symbolism of tea and the popularity of English manufactured ceramic teapots are the metaphor for the cultural stereotype in both West and East.

‘My artistic approach is inspired by my personal experiences of being in-between-ness in terms of my current cultural location.’

Choi’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally including SOFA Chicago, USA, International Glass Prize 2015, Belgium, and Collect, London, UK. Choi received the Glass Biennale 2015 National Glass Centre (NGC) Residency Award and was been selected as a Loewe Craft Prize 2023 finalist.

Public Collections include: National Museums Scotland; Museums and Galleries Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh Council); Oriental Museum, Durham University; The National Glass Centre, Sunderland; Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, USA; Corning Museum of Glass, USA.

Ane Christensen

Born: 1972

Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Demark

Ane Christensen grew up in Copenhagen and moved to London in 1993 to study HND Jewellery Design at Sir John Cass Faculty of Art. She went on to work as an assistant for two designer silversmiths and completed her MA in Metalwork & Silversmithing at the Royal College of Art, before establishing her practise in 1999. Ane lives and works in East London.

‘All my work begins with the simple geometry of bowl forms and flat sheet. I often include metal wire, used like three-dimensional line drawing in space. Applying traditional techniques such as hand piercing, drilling and soldering, I enjoy working in a variety of metals combining them in an exploration of colour and texture.’

Public Collections include: Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums; Birmingham Museum Collection; Crafts Council Silver Collection, London; FitzWilliam Museum Collection, Cambridge; Goldsmiths’ Company Collection, London; Koldinghus Museum, Kolding, Denmark; Liverpool Museum Collection; Museum for Decorative Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark; Victoria & Albert Museum

John Creed

Born: 1939

Place of Birth: Cheshire

John Creed initially studied at Liverpool College of Art before completing part-time study at Sheffield College of Art. John has won numerous awards and was elected a Fellow of the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths in 2008

“My interest is across the whole spectrum of metalwork; from one-off site specific projects within the field of architecture, sculpture as public art or for the garden, to small objects for the home such as a hat and coat stand, music stand, fruit dish, or silverware for the meal table.

My work is innovative and original. It challenges conventional thought and often uses a combination of materials to achieve a concept. Ideas and process combine to explore and develop an idea to its ultimate.” – John Creed

Vicki Ambery-Smith

Photography by Paul Read

Born: 1955

Place of Birth: Leeds, England

Vicki Ambery-Smith creates delicate and ornate small-scale jewellery and boxes inspired by real and imaginary buildings. Especially attracted to the structural clarity and minimal ornament of Romanesque and Renaissance architecture, she also uses forms reminiscent of the modernist structures of Mies van der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright.

As all her jewellery is designed to be worn, and worn comfortably, the three-dimensional architectural structures on which she bases her work must be adapted rather than merely replicated in miniature, with the effect of distancing them further from their original referent. In this way, attention is drawn to the form of the pieces, and their intricate detail and definition. Far more than a representation of a building, each becomes an exquisite study of shape, surface, light and space as Vicki explores the language of architecture herself.

Claus Bjerring

Claus Bjerring’s career began with an apprenticeship in the workshop of Danish silversmith Georg Jensen. During this time of study, Bjerring learned how to work with precious metals and was taught to adhere to tradition, including the custom of removing every tool mark from his material in order to give it a clean surface. With recent pieces, Bjerring has worked more freely with his material, playing up the metal’s inner qualities and allowing his work to develop more naturally. Exploring the plastic properties of gold, he now allows to take on an unfinished appearance, with marks from tools and technical procedures clearly visible as dynamic design elements.

In 2007, Bjerring was honored with a retrospective in the City of Copenhagen. More than 200 of his pieces were brought together in a singel exhibit that spanned three decades of work. His jewelry is in collections of Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Museum of Art and Crafts in Copenhagen

Public collections include:

Decorative Art, Copenhagen
Statens Kunstfond National Arts Foundation
Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseum, Gothenburg
Landesmuseum Schleswig-Holstein
Nordenfjeldske Decorative Art Museum, Tronhjem
Museet på Koldinghus Museum in Kolding
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Jack Cunningham

Born: 1953

Place of Birth: Glasgow

Jack Cunningham trained at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee and was head of silversmithing and jewellery at Glasgow School of Art; he was then Head of the School of Jewelley at Birmingham City University. He is a contemporary studio jeweller whose particular interest is narrative jewellery, being that which tells a story or makes a statement through visual imagery.

‘I am motivated by the construct of our relationship with family, place, of recollection and memory, life and death. I am also interested in the dialogue that is consequently established between the maker – the originator of the artefacts statement, the wearer – the vehicle by which the work is seen, and the viewer – the audience who thereafter engages with the work.’
Public collections include: National Museums of Scotland, Musee des Arts Decoratif in Montreal.

He has exhibited widely in the UK and abroad and was a shortlisted finalist for the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize 2000.

Patrick Davison

Born: 1988

Place of Birth: Maidstone, UK

Patrick Davison studied at the Glasgow School of Art and Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence. He has worked for several goldsmiths and at the Royal College of Art. Patrick is a member of the Contemporary British Silversmiths and has won several awards including Best New Design at Goldsmiths Fair 2016. Patrick has been working as a jeweller and silversmith since graduating and has spent time exploring and researching mixed metal techniques.

‘I hope to encourage students by introducing new techniques to then find their own approach to it. I like to investigate different ways that metal is used and manipulated but also constructed, investigating or representing the physical building of materials.’

Jennifer Hickey

Born: 1979

Place of Birth: Dublin

Jennifer Hickey was born in Dublin and after graduating from the National College of Art and Design in 2002, she subsequently moved to St.Ives. Following an extended time there she returned to Dublin to set up a studio where she is currently based. Jennifer has recently been selected for the Irish Craft Portfolio Critical Selection 2017/2018 and her work is included in the The Office of Public Works Ireland and in numerous National and International private collections.

Hickey’s most recent body of work involves sewing wafer-thin parts of porcelain together or meticulously stitching them on to tulle. The physicality of the making process allows a different kind of consciousness to be expressed through the completed forms. As the pieces progress spatially, they gain in strength and energy from the repetition in their making.

‘I am drawn to the beauty and subtlety of the natural world. Themes of fragility, ephemerality and translucency are central to my work. The rituals of making, the physical rhythms, the process and time involved are very important aspects of my practice. To sense but not to recognise is a common thread throughout my work. The natural properties of my primary materials porcelain and bone china demand particular discipline and delicacy that are a necessary component of the finished pieces. Each piece is made from wafer thin parts that are hand sewn together to create larger sculptural forms.’ Jennifer Hickey, 2018.

Kyosun Jung

Born: 1984

Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea

Kyosun Jung’s work exudes a striking combination and contrast of simple forms with expressive decoration. Her designs are well considered, thoroughly developed and beautifully crafted with inspiration drawn from nature informing the surface patterns. Kyosun completed a BA Hons Silversmithing, Goldsmithing & Jewellery course at the University for the Creative Arts in Rochester in 2014. She is currently working from the workshop of the internationally renowned silversmith Clive Burr at the Goldsmiths’ Centre in London.

‘Research, original design and decorative features made to the highest standards is fundamental to my work. My technical work requires focused concentration and skill. I am always extending my technical learning and manufacturing capabilities and I am very interested in reviving traditional techniques in combination with technology i.e. Puk welding. This combination of old and new creates a different visual identity and the main techniques I use at present are; wire applications, hand engraving, puk welding, engine turning and enamelling. I find and utilise inspiring research from nature and geometry with its infinite creations for patterns and textures. For example, observing the linear qualities of water provide plenty of material for the decorative detailing in my designs and I also incorporate aspects of Korean and European aesthetics. My designs start as freehand drawings that are then taken into 3D forms with models and maquettes that are subsequently transferred onto the computer. I work well using both hand and machine technical skills to realise my designs and concepts. With my recent work, I have taken my enamel pieces inspiration from the night sky, sunset and sunrise. I love the sky’s different colours – it’s always changing; days and night, seasons.’

Public Collections include:
Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; The British Museum, London; The Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers

William Lee

Born: 1973

Place of Birth: Incheon, Seoul, South Korea

William Lee lives and works in Seoul, South Korea. He completed his BA (hons) in Silversmithing & Metalwork at Camberwell College of Arts, University of London in 2004, before becoming Artist in Residence in the Jewellery & Metalwork department at Sheffield Hallam University in 2006.

‘I use a basic technique that is central to my artistic practice. Through the process of raising from one disc of silver, only by hand hammering, I construct innovative forms and surfaces inspired by oriental traditional philosophy. By recreating the form and shape of traditional Korean ceramics, I seek to interpret a cultural code in restrained vessel forms. Flowing lines and subtle marks appear to be melt on the surface.

As an artist, l place the greatest importance on continuously creating works. This can be interpreted in a number of ways, but what I mean here is that it is important that the present work and its end-product become a reason and driving force for the future’.

Public Collections include:

Pembroke College, University of Cambridge Grocers’ Company, London, UK; Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, UK; Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA; Goldsmiths’ Company, London, UK; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Grant McCaig

Born: 1974

“Working in silver is inspiring and creative, technical and expressive. Using the traditional techniques of the silversmith as my foundation, I build pieces that explore the relationship between functionality and self-expression. I want my work to be individual in design and concept and give pleasure to the user. There is something magical about silver. When it arrives in the brown paper and card board packaging, which is promptly unwrapped and examined, a voyage of discovery begins. I have never once look at a sheet of silver and thought nothing of it. My mind skips to the possibilities and the ideas that I originally purchased the metal for tend to pale in the face of the endless possibilities that lie before me. Soft and rounded, or crisp with sharp edges and plain bold surfaces! Silver, you will find, can do it all.” – Grant McCaig

Angus McFadyen

Born: 1962

Angus McFadyen trained in 3-Dimensional Design at Manchester Polytechnic, before completing a PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University. Now based in Derbyshire, he has since become a member of Contemporary British Silversmiths and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. He is the current Chair of the Hand Engravers Association, where he teaches on the short course programme.

Angus taught himself to engrave through trial and error, carefully translating designs from his sketches onto silver forms. McFadyen’s Fern Vase, commissioned by the Goldsmiths’ Company, is one of the first items he made using fine (99.9%) silver, which, due to its softness, is easier to raise. The motif for McFadyen’s Honeysuckle vase is inspired by a wallpaper pattern by British Arts and Crafts designer Lewis Foreman Day (1845 – 1910). Flowers engraved in low relief are set against a background pattern of slightly elongated dots cut at right angles to one another, which allows light to reflect from different decorative elements with each turn and from every angle.

Public collections include: The Rabinovitch Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Goldsmiths’ Company, London; The Pearson Silver Collection

Public commissions include: Silver for Derby Cathedral, Staff and Pectoral Cross for the Bishop of Gloucester, Silver for Lismore Castle, Silver for Chatsworth House, Ceremonial Mace for Manchester Metropolitan University

Angus’ work was featured in A Natural Selection, May 2019 and in The Miniature Menagerie, December 2020. He presents new work in Malcolm Appleby & Friends, August 2021.

Cara Murphy

Born: 1969

Place of Birth: Northern Ireland

Cara Murphy trained at Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. She applies traditional silversmithing techniques to craft innovative and sculptural functional silver tableware, which is inspired by the natural environment, creating a silver landscape for the dining table.

“Using traditional silversmithing techniques the work addresses the concept of a silver landscape that challenges the boundaries of functional silver tableware. The sculptural silver forms aim to challenge the users’ established knowledge of silverware by not alwayshaving an obvious function and questions the user’s perception of function.The use of silver evokes a sense of ritual and ceremony. Functionality has always been a fundamental aspect of the work and for several pieces this is the driving force behind it. Working with a variety of materials, predominately silver, the work investigates the organic grown form.” Cara Murphy

Public Collections include:

Aberdeen Art Gallery, Arts Council an Chomhairle Ealaion, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, National Museum of Ireland, Queens University Collection Belfast, St. Anne’s Cathedral Belfast, The Silver Trust Collection at 10 Downing Street, Ulster Museum Belfast, Shipley Art Gallery and the Irish Embassy Collection.

Anthony Scala

Born: 1978

Anthony Scala initially trained as an architecturalmodel maker at the Kent Institute of Art andDesign before joining London Glassblowing in 1999,founded by the eminent glass artist Peter Layton, wherehe soon became a competent glass blower in his ownright. Over the next 17 years Anthony specialised inmastering cold working, laminating and assemblagetechniques which are now synonymous with his work,winning him international recognition as early as 2005,when he became the youngest ever recipient of theprestigious Glass Sellers Award. He currently worksfrom his studio in London.

“My inspiration is drawn from the optical effects glassand light can induce upon one another, and in turn, howthese shifting qualities can manipulate the perceivedimage of an object. Through them it is possible tocreate objects in which the laws of light, shadow, andreflection combine in ways only nature can dictate,thereby allowing us a tantalising yet transitory glimpseof refractive creations forever beyond our grasp.”

Yuta Segawa

Born: 1988

Place of Birth: Shizuoka, Japan

Originally from Japan, Yuta Segawa lives and works in London specialising in producing miniature pottery. He honed his ceramic skills in Japan, China, and London; completing a BA at Musashion Art University, Toyko and his MA at Camberwell College of Arts, London. All of Segawa’s miniature pots are thrown individually by hand and he has more than five hundred original glazes which he applies to each miniature. Working in miniature poses a real challenge – testing the limits of what a human body can make on such a small scale. Segawa’s work has been exhibited both in the UK and internationally.

Graham Stewart

“Lettering can be the starting point of a piece of work or the final detail. Either way, I use words in my silversmithing just about every day. I was taught the proportions of Roman Capitals as a school boy. Later on, at Art School in the early 70’s, some understanding and ability to design letter forms was still part of the basic tool kit. This good foundation has allowed me to create my own style of lettering, which varies with each new piece.” Graham Stewart, July 2014

Graham Stewart is a designer, gold and silversmith who has been running his workshop and gallery in Dunblane, Scotland since 1978. Working along with his small team of skilled and long established craftsmen, he produces innovative, clean-lined, sculptural pieces of silver from high profile commemorative presentation pieces to fine quality functional silver. The silver is produced using traditional techniques such as raising, spinning, cold forging, planishing, and chasing. Graham specialises in fine hand-cut engraving. He also designs and makes a small range of fine jewellery.

Selected Public & Private Collections:

HM The Queen

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

HRH The Princess Royal

Baroness Thatcher

Victoria & Albert Museum

LondonThe Scottish Parliament,Holyrood, Edinburgh

The British Embassy, Washington D.C., USA

The Bute House Millenium Collection, Edinburgh

The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London

The Worshipful Company of Engineers, London

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums

The University of Stirling

Hiroshi Suzuki

Born: 1961

Born in Japan, Hiroshi Suzuki initially trained in Industrial design in Tokyo before moving to London in 1994 to study metalwork at Camberwell College and then at the Royal College of Art. After establishing a studio in England in 1998, he now lives and works in Japan and is a Professor at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo. Hiroshi Suzuki has had two solo exhibitions at The Scottish Gallery. His hammer raised vessels are iconic and his work is recognised internationally for its outstanding quality. In 2010, he was honoured with a retrospective exhibition at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London. Hiroshi Suzuki is represented by Adrian Sassoon, London.

“Intuition and feeling are core to my creative process, allowing me to maintain sensitivity with the material. The thematic influences in my work explore the subtleties within fluidity and sensuality, a very personal expression applied with an all-encompassing hand.”

Public Collections include: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums Aberdeen, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London, Royal College of Art, London, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, National Museums Liverpool, Merseyside, The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.

Hiroshi Suzuki’s work featured in the exhibition A Japanese Design in August 2020.

Adi Toch

Born: 1979

Adi Toch’s practice as a metalsmith centres on making engaging vessels and containers that investigate colour, movement, sound and tactility. Following a BA in Metal at Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem, Adi completed an MA with distinction at the Cass, London in 2009. Her work is exhibited internationally and has won prestigious awards including a Gold Award from The Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council UK. In 2017 she was a finalist of The Loewe Craft Prize and won a Wallpaper* Design Award. In 2018 she won the European Prize for Applied Arts. Adi was recently the recipient of an important commission by the V&A Gilbert Trust to create a response to the restitution of an historic gold ewer from The Gilbert Collection to Turkey. Her artwork Place to Place is on permanent display at The Gilbert Galleries, V&A Museum, London. Adi is currently a lecturer at The Royal College of Art and a visiting lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem.

‘Vessels convey a story of gathering, holding, storing – from edge to edge and through a division of inside and outside they form boundaries between material and space. Pouring vessels have the duality of being able to both absorb and give.’ Adi Toch, 2017.

Public Collections include:

Victoria & Albert Museum, London; National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh; Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Applied Arts Collection; The Jewish Museum, New York; Crafts Council permanent collection, London; The Goldsmiths’ Company, London; Turnov Museum, Czech Republic; and The National Museums Wales, Cardiff.

Andrea Walsh

Born: 1974

Place of Birth: Stockport, England

Andrea lives and works in Edinburgh and set up her studio in 2005 following the completion of a degree in fine art, and postgraduate study in glass, at Edinburgh College of Art. She has since received invaluable support from the Crafts Council (UK) and Creative Scotland, enabling the continued creative development of her practice that pushes the boundaries of her chosen materials – ceramics and glass. A significant contribution to her practice has been the award of residencies including the ‘Artist Into Industry Residency’ through the British Ceramics Biennial – a project with the ‘Minton’ brand based at the Wedgwood ceramics factory in Stoke-on-Trent (UK), which facilitated learning directly from master craftsmen, and allowed privileged access to historical archives. This opportunity continues to influence her practice to the present day. Andrea has established a growing exhibition profile in the UK and internationally. Her work has been shortlisted for the British Ceramics Biennial Award on three occasions, purchased for major public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum and National Museums Scotland, and in 2017 was one of twelve finalists in the BBC Radio 4/V&A/Crafts Council ‘Woman’s Hour Craft Prize’.

‘My work is an exploration of the box and vessel form, through which I am interested in ideas of containment, materiality, preciousness and value. Working with glass in combination with fine bone china, I seek to celebrate their shared material qualities including purity and translucency and am influenced by their alchemic nature and rich historical associations. Contained Boxes are my most recent series of work. In each piece the vessel is kiln cast in glass, forming an individual vitrine, which cradles a small ceramic box within. Intimate in scale, the work embraces tactile investigation due to it’s form, size and proportion and evokes a response akin to jewellery, eliciting the desire to hold and to cherish. Each single work in this series results in an entirely unique study of interior and exterior, their direct relationship, and captures a subtle, timeless presence. The opacity of the container can conceal, or if translucent can veil, the contained box held within, which is revealed only when the viewer is drawn closely to look inside from above. Therefore the display of these pieces is integral to the work, where differences and relationships between the pieces can be experienced, and yet where they are also afforded the space to breathe.’ – Andrea Walsh, 2018.

Yusuke Yamamoto

Born: 1979

Place of Birth: Kanagawa, Japan

Yusuke Yamamoto was born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1979 and now lives and works in North Wales. He trained in silversmithing at the renowned Musashino Art University, Tokyo. In 2011 Yusuke met Anna Gordon (currently the Head of the Silversmithing and Jewellery at Glasgow School of Art) and she invited him to take up an academic research position at GSA in 2012. In 2011 he visited Musashino Art University in Tokyo which has a world class reputation for metalwork, headed by Professor Hiroshi Suzuki.

Yusuke shapes metal by hammer raising and chasing techniques and draws inspiration from the natural world. With each stroke of the hammer, he tries to evoke an expression, atmosphere and emotion.

Public Collections include:
The Goldsmiths’ Company, London; The Clothworkers’ Company, London; The New College, Oxford

Yusuke’s work featured in the exhibition A Japanese Design in August 2020. Yusuke presents new work as part of Malcolm Appleby & Friends, August 2021.

The Miniaturists

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