Alison Bailey Smith

Website - www.abscraft.com

Blog - www.abscraft.blogspot.com

Email - abs1000@hotmail.com

 

The work of Wirral based, ALISON BAILEY SMITH has spanned almost 2 decades and three different countries since leaving Edinburgh College of Art in 1990.The motivation behind Alison's work comes from being the child of post war parents, Scottish thriftiness and an avid watcher of Blue Peter! Her need to re-use, re-develop and re-create can be seen in her wide use of ordinary materials with extra-ordinary results.

Although her training was initially in Jewellery and silver-smithing, she has crossed over successfully into the world of textiles, costume and fashion - evident in her numerous awards

Training

BA Hons Jewellery at Edinburgh College of Art 1985-1989 with Dorothy Hogg
Post Graduate Diploma in Design at E. C. A. 1989-1990 with Dorothy Hogg

Awards

2000 Fibre Award (First), Toronto Outdoor Art Show, Canada.

1999 New Artisan scholarship, One of a Kind Show, Canada.
1999 Ed Harder Construction Prize (with Karen Dueck), Insights exhibition, Wellington County Museum, Canada.

1999 Fibre Award (Hon. Mention), Toronto Outdoor Art Show, Canada.

1998 Innovation Prize, Navigations, Threadworks, Wellington County Mus., Canada.

1997 The Silver Thread Award, Insights, Wellington County Museum, Canada.

Publications

2001 Wire in Design by Barbara MacGuire, pub. by Krause, U.S.A

2000 Wirework by Michael Ball, published by New Holland, U.K.

1998 Jewellery Moves, N.M.S Publishing, Edinburgh Scotland

Collections:

1996 Purple Slippers, Royal Museum of Scotland, Edin., U.K.

1996 The First Hat, Royal Museum of Scotland, Edin., U.K.

1995 Hatpin from The Platinum Award, R.M.S, Edinburgh, U.K.

1992 2 prs.slippers, Turner Johns Corporation, U.S.A.

1990 Ball Neckpiece, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, U.K.