Vicky Sewart Victoria’s first involvement with the School was between 1988 and 1990 when she completed the Higher National Diploma (Design Crafts) in Jewellery. Upon graduation she established her freelance practice in Plymouth designing and making jewellery and exhibiting at venues such as the Spring Fair, NEC, Top Drawer, IJL, and the British Craft Trade Show at Harrogate. For ten years she lectured on jewellery at Plymouth College of Art & Design; the last two years being enriched by her attendance as a part-time student on the School’s MA programme. Since 2006 she has been
77 the owner and manager of the first gallery for contemporary jewellery in Plymouth – situated in a prime location at the Barbican. She sells collections from over 40 designers who, between them, use the full range of materials – diamonds to feathers. Local designers are well represented and the provision of space allows Victoria to offer a range of jewellery making classes in the workshop on the top floor.
www.victoriasewart.com
Shadi Vossough Shadi came to the School in 2002 for the BA course, returning two years after graduation to study for her MA as a part time student. Since 2009, and the completion of this course, she has lived in Keswick, Cumbria, where her practice continues. Her current work layers colour and images with resin to make wearable objects. Each piece is unique though based on a fragment of her body and, while giving the impression of a tattoo, usually draws the viewer’s attention with an unusual placement. Her work has been shown as part of ‘Life Lines’ at Siamo Qui, Florence (2008) and
78 ‘Autumn Leaves’ at String of Passion, Manchester, as well as ‘Badgingham’ in Taking Time: Craft and the Slow Revolution, BMAG (both 2009). In 2010 Shadi was selected for the Talente exhibition at the Handwerk Messe, Munich. This city is also the venue for exhibitions featuring her alumni group – Life’s a Bench – showing at the Schmuck festival each year since 2009.
(www.crafthaus.ning.com/) shadivossough@yahoo.co.uk