Coppersmithing by Siân - Unusual handmade copper bowls, mirrors and boxes

Siân Elizabeth Evans, MA by Project (Metal), Cert NatSci (Open), MSDC, FRSA
Career
2007- Present	“Coppersmithing by Siân” – producing handcrafted one-off pieces of copperwork, including mirrors, bowls, vases and boxes; ecclesiastical commissions and sculptural work
1994 - 2004	Full time parent to four and Open University student
1991 – 1994	Apprenticed to coppersmith Sam Fanaroff FSDC at Glynleigh Studios in Pevensey, East Sussex. Carried out repairs and restorations on antiques and contemporary pieces. Designed and made mirrors, bowls, lamps, vases and sculptural objects. Shown and sold at numerous exhibitions. Work has been exhibited in Germany and New York.
Media
2010	Featured in Channel 4’s “Kirstie’s Homemade Home” - Series Two Episode Six
Awards
2011	Crafts & Design Magazine Selected Silver Award (Wood and Metal) - National Competition Winner
2011	Awarded Fellowship of RSA
2011	Membership of The Society of Designer Craftsmen
2011	Awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship
2009	Crafts & Design Magazine Selected Silver Award (Wood and Metal) - National Competition Winner
2008	Grants for Arts Award - Financial award for business start-up
2007	CIBAS Seed Funding Award - Financial award for business start-up (tools)
2006	New Entrepreneur Scholarship
2004	Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust – Scholar 2004
1989	Prince’s Trust Award - Grant award for hand tools
1984	Vice Chairman’s Award for Art – Bexhill High School
Qualifications
2005	MA by Project (Metal) London Metropolitan University
Exhibitions
2010	Society of Designer Craftsmen “Designer Crafts at The Mall” January 2010
2009	Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust “British Craft Fair” at GTC November 2009 Country Living Spring Fair at Islington March 2009
2008	“East London Design Show” Shoreditch November 2008
2007	“Tactile” Otter Gallery Chichester. Short-listed for national prize.
1998	Certificate of Natural Sciences - Open University

Coppersmithing by Siân The unmistakable touch of a woman's hand

Coppersmithing by Siân
The unmistakable touch of a woman's hand