About
I am a Metal Artist & Silversmith, working in precious, non-precious metals and found-metals. My work is inspired by the shapes and textues of natural forms and landscapes: fragments of sea-worn shells, the rock formations of a battered coastline, a curl of split bark, the dancing light and shadow of woodland. I also draw inspiration directly from the characteristics of the medium, working intuitively, allowing the metal to suggest a direction and to find a relationship with the subject matter.
I work from my studio in rural Herefordshire and exhibit in the UK and internationally in galleries, at exhibitions and art fairs. I also have pieces in public collections, including The Victoria & Albert Museum and Manchester City Art Gallery.
If you are interested in aquiring a piece of my work, please contact me to find out what I currently have available. I also work to commission and I am very happy to discuss your ideas.
Please email me if you would like to receive my newsletter and invitations to exhibitions and private views. Follow me on Instagram to see 'behind the scenes' images.
Email: claire@clairemalet.com
Instagram: clairemaletmetal
Twitter: @clairemalet
Portfolio
News
New representation: From October 2018 my work will be available from the Vessel Gallery in London. The Vessel Gallery was opened in Notting Hill in 1999, this stunning gallery is well worth a visit.
Homo Faber Exhibition: I am delighted that three of my gilded steel vessels will be exhibited at Homo Faber: Crafting a more human future held by The Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship at Fondazione Giorgio, San Giorgio Maggiore Island, Venice, 14th - 30th September 2018.
Commission: I have recently won a commission to make a piece in silver for the British Alliied Trade Federation to commemorate the end of the First World War. The commission, titled Silence Fell, will be on display at BATF offices in Birmingham from November 2018.
Commission: 'The Company of Old Roads' commissioned by P & O Makower for the contemporary silver collection at the National Museum Wales. On permanent loan from the December 2017.
Crafts Council 'Maker of the Week', 27th January 2017. Click here to read my interview
Collect 2018: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, represented by Bishopsland, Saatchi Gallery, London, 22nd - 25th February 2018
Melting Point, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, 11th March - 29th April 2018
Colour Theory, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, 19th March - 21st April 2018
A Fresh Start: A Spring Show of Contemporary Art, Elmslie House, Malvern, 6th - 15th April 2018
Handmade Oxford, represented by Bishopsland, Oxford Town Hall, 17th - 20th May 2018
Bishopsland: 25th Anniversay Exhibition, Dunsden, Oxfordshire, 8th - 10th June 2018
What the Light was Like, The Chapel Gallery, Bromyard, Herefordshire, 30th June - 8th July 2018.
Summer Exhibition, The Contemporary Silver Gallery, Lindfield, West Sussex, 21st June - 1st July 2018
Fragile, West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park, Vermont, USA, 7th July - 18th August 2018
Relic, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, 29th September - 10th November 2018
AFF Singapore, Manyung Gallery, 15th - 18th November 2018
Present and Collect: No Hierachy, just Harmony, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, 15th November - 24th December 2018
COLLECT 2019 Collect 2019: The International Fair for Contemporary Objects, represented by the Vessel Gallery and by Bishopsland, Saatchi Gallery, London, 28th February - 3rd March 2019
Galleries
Vessel Gallery, London
Manyung Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Las Olas Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park, Vermont, USA
Design Yard, Dublin, Ireland
Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Mike Gell, Hereford, UK
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Gallery Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Past Exhibitions
2017
Collect: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, represented by Bishopsland, Saatchi Gallery, London
Artrooms: Contemporary Art Fair, Melia White House, London
Desire, represented by Contemporary British Silversmiths, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
Present & Collect, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Paris House, Welbourne Estate, Bedfordshire
Starlight, RBSA, Birmingham
Northern Star, Platform Gallery, Clitheroe
2016
Making a Winter's Tale, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
Winter Exhibition, The Contemporary Silver Gallery, Lindfield
Silver Speaks: Form, Contemporary British Silversmiths, Goldsmiths Centre, London
The Second Half Charity Exhibition, London
Gold: Festival Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2015
Collect: The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, represented by Bishopsland, Saatchi Gallery, London
National Museum of Women Artists: Nature by Design, Royal Thames Yacht Club, London
Goldsmiths' Fair, Goldsmiths' Hall, London
Summer Exhibition, The Contemporary Silver Gallery, Lindfield
Summer Retrospective, Bishopsland, Oxfordshire
Made:London, Marylebone
The Second Half Centre: Charity Exhibition, London
2014
Goldsmiths' Fair, Goldsmiths Hall, London
Collect:The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects, represented by Bicha Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London
Sculptural Forms: A Century of Experiment, Manchester Art Gallery
Olympia Winter Art & Antiques Fair, London, represented by Tyger Glyn Gallery
The Second Half Centre: Charity Exhibition, London
Summer Exhibition, The Contemporary Silver Gallery, Lindfield
Passion Art Trail, Manchester
Bishopsland Contemporary Silver at Drapers Hall, London
Cambridge Contemporary Art, Spring Exhibition
Affordable Art Fairs: Brussels, Hong Kong, New York, represented by Bicha Gallery
2013
The Nature of Metal: Solo Exhibition, Nina's House, Kings Road, London
Cheongju International Crafts Biennale, South Korea, 12 of my pieces were on display as part of Main Exhibition 2, curated by Kenji Kaneko
Art Toronto, represented by Bicha Gallery
Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow, Design Collection
Collect 2013, Saatchi Gallery, London, represented by Bicha Gallery
Affordable Art Fairs: Brussels, Hong Kong, New York, Hampstead London, Stockholm, Singapore represented by Bicha Gallery
2012
Affordable Art Fairs: Singapore, London, Stockholm, New York, represented by Bicha Gallery
Bishopsland Retrospective 2012, Oxfordshire UK
Cambridge Contemporary Art, Spring Exhibition
Newels, New York
2011
Twenty Twenty, Shropshire
Art Toronto, represented by Bicha Gallery
Affordable Art Fairs: London, Bristol, Singapore, Brussels, Milan, New York, represented by Bicha Gallery
Art Chicago, represented by Bicha Gallery
The Pyramid Gallery, York
2010
RBSA, Birmingham
Affordable Art Fairs: Singapore, Amsterdam, London, Bristol, Paris, Brussels, represented by Bicha Gallery
Light & Movement, curated by Bicha Gallery at The Chelsea Club, London
Line, Form, Colour, curated by Bicha Gallery at The gallery@oxo, London
Solo Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2009
Collectables, The Fusion Gallery, London, curated by Jacqueline Gestetner
Steel River, Bianco Nero, Yorkshire
Metal Marvels, The Craft Centre, Leeds
Metal, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Bowlish Contemporary Art Gallery, Somerset
Affordable Art Fairs: London & Bristol, represented by Bicha Gallery
2008
Gallerie MX, Montreal
Origin: The London Craft Fair, Somerset House
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The Edinburgh Art Fair, represented by Bowlish Gallery
The Pyramid Gallery, York
Heavy Metal, Ferrers Gallery
Art in Action, Oxfordshire
Reclaim, RBSA, Birmingham
Solo Exhibition, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Affordable Art Fair: London, represented by Bicha Gallery
FORM, Olympia, London
2007
Black and White, Angela Mellor Gallery, Ely
Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair
Solo Exhibition, Sara Priesler Gallery, Birmingham
Look What I Found, Lesley Craze Gallery, London
Origin: The London Craft Fair , Somerset House
Wesley Barrell, Bristol
Solo Exhibition, The Model House, Llantrisant
dna@FORM, Olympia, London
Affordable Art Fair: London, represented by Bowlish
Quest, Bath
2006
Made in the Middle, Craftspace Touring, 2006 -2008
Brighton Craft Fair
Origin: The London Craft Fair, Somerset House
Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair
Appleyard Gallery, Norfolk
Dartington Cider Press Gallery
The Royal Exchange Theartre, Manchester
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
The Alexander Gallery, Brighton
RBSA, Birmingham
Church House Designs, Somerset
2005
Chelsea Craft Fair, London
Design Gap, NEC Birmingham
Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair
The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock
The Arts Council West Midlands, Birmingham
Galanthus Gallery, Hereford
2004
The Metal Gallery, Mayfair, London
H.art at Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire
The Lion Gallery, Herefordshire
Bio
BA Hons Contemporary Applied Art, 2005, Hereford College of Art
Senior Fellow, Bishopsland Trust
Master classes with silversmith Pamela Rawnsley 2010/11
Awards:
P & O Makower Trust, commission to make a piece in silver for the collection at National Museum Wales, 2017
Goldsmiths' Fair 2014, winner of the Best New Design Award in Week Two, awarded by Jaqueline Gestetner
Wesley-Barrell Craft Award 2014, finalist
Bishopsland Trust, Silver Bursary, 2011
Bishopsland Trust, Maker to Master Bursary, to work with silversmith Pamela Rawnsley, 2010
Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair, winner, Best Exhibit Award 2007
Craft Council, Chelsea Craft Fair, Honorary New Exhibitor 2005
Hereford Contemporary Craft Fair, winner, New Exhibitor Award 2005
Membership:
Contemporary British Silversmiths
The Goldsmiths' Company Directory
Public Collections: Victoria & Albert Museum, National Museum Wales, Manchester Art Gallery, Bilston Craft Gallery.
Press coverage: Armadillo Central , Crafts Council 'Maker of the Week', The Times, The Architectural Digest, Craft Arts International, The Art Investor, Luxurious Magazine, Period Living, CRAFTS, The Financial Times, Craft & Design, The Straits Times, Elle Decoration and BBC Homes & Antiques.
Contact
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Email: claire@clairemalet.com
Tel: +44 (0)1885 489424
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Twitter: @clairemalet.com
