Miriam Hanid

A few weeks ago on the Saturday morning (7th Nov), my mum and I went to the National Museum of Scotland to see an exhibition/demonstration of "The Silversmith's Art".

The silversmith who was there was Miriam Hanid, who is based in Suffolk. I really like her work because it is inspired by natural things such as water and wood. One of the pieces she had in the exhibit was "Deluge" which was formed on a piece of wood.

"Deluge"
Dish, 2009

I also really liked the silver beaker she made...

and the vase...

The demonstration part was not much of a demonstration but it was still very interesting seeing her at work.  She was working on a piece of silver which, when finished, will be a shallow bowl with a snowflake design on the inside.

I really enjoyed this trip and found some of the different examples of silver-smithing very interesting to look at. I might also be interested in trying to work with silver myself at some point in the future.