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Rauni Higson MBE is a leading British Silversmith known for her distinctive sculptural work often responding to and inspired by the natural world and landscape. Much of her work is made to commission, for celebration and commemoration, contemporary designs created using traditional silversmithing techniques, principally by forging and hammer-forming sheet silver. She set up her studio in the dramatic landscape of Snowdonia in 1997, after training at Lahti Design Institute in Finland, her mother’s native country. Her work is in many collections, including the V&A Museum, six pieces in the Goldsmiths’ Company Collection, and the National Museum of Wales. Commissions include a Processional Cross for Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral and the Prince Phillip Challenge Trophy for Henley Royal Regatta.

Victoria Lansford is an artist and educator who combines historical metalsmithing and illumination processes with cutting edge technology to create contemporary interpretations of centuries-old craft forms. With a creative career spanning over 35 years, her genre-busting and award-winning art explores feminine power and ranges in scale from intricate art jewelry and miniatures to architectural metalwork. Exhibitions and publications of Victoria’s artwork include the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Rochester Institute of Technology, the Georgia Museum, and Metalsmith magazine. Commissions include a copper room divider and Eastern repoussé doors for one of the world’s largest superyachts.