Medal striking & casting
This page shows the stages involved in designing and casting a contemporary medal. As an example, it uses the John …
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Caring for your lead, coins & medals
An overall basic outline for caring for your lead, coins and medals. It describes the difference between the materi…
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Medals 1400-1900
The first medals derived from classical coins and flourished in Renaissance Italy.
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French Art Nouveau and Art Deco medals: 1890-1940
The many national and world fairs that took place in Paris over this period greatly benefited French medallists.…
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Commemorative medals
The first commemorative medals were made in Renaissance Italy in the 1430s. They marked significant events, people …
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Contemporary art medals
In contemporary medals the designer often questions the traditional concept of format, appearance and purpose. Thes…
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'Leda & the Hatpin', by Linda Crook, 2003
With this art medal, Linda Crook has rethought the ancient Greek myth about the God Jupiter who changes himself int…
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Metalwork in the Archive of Art & Design
The Archive of Art and Design's holdings for metalwork offer an insight into its use in an everyday setting. There …
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The New Medallists
11 February – 19 August 2012. Natasha Ratcliffe, Petra Mills, Sara Richards, Chloe Shaw, Phoebe Stannard and Heidi Hinder are the New Medallists.
Chloe Shaw - New Medallist
As part of The New Medallists exhibtion, Chloe Shaw presents her medal 'The Living Hand'
Lady Clementina Hawarden
Lady Hawarden, born Clementina Elphinstone Fleeming on 1 June 1822, married Cornwallis Maude, 4th Viscount Hawarden, in 1845. Although much of her life remains a mystery to us, it is likely that Hawarden began to experiment with photography in 1857, taking stereoscopic landscape photographs around the Dundrum estate in Ireland where she lived with her husband. In 1859 the family moved back to London. Hawarden then began to photograph her daughters, firstly making stereoscopic photographs, before moving to large-format, stand-alone portraits. Hawarden exhibited her work with the Photographic Society of London in 1863 and 1864, under the titles 'Studies from Life' and 'Photographic Studies', and was awarded the Society's silver medal in both years.
Plaquettes 1400-1550
Plaquettes are small plaques made of bronze, brass, lead or precious metals. They originated in the 1440s with the desire to reproduce coins and hardstone engravings from ancient Greece and Rome.
Plaquettes 1500-1650: The Netherlands
Plaquette-making flourished in the Netherlands in the 1500-1600s. Artists such as Jacques Jonghelinck, active in Antwerp, and Paulus van Vianen, a goldsmith in Utrecht, were most prolific in this field.
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Tan One Penny Coin Purse
A giant leather coin purse inspired by the old British coin.
Buy nowEvent - BSL Tour: The New Medallists
Fri 20 July 2012 18:30
For deaf & hard of hearing visitors: Usually cast in metal, art medals are small sculptures, made for personal pleasure or contemplation.
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