Education 

1973-74 Central School of Art and Design (part-time) - studied enamelling under Pat Furse

1974-75 Sir John Cass (part-time) studied engraving under Fred Fryer and Stan Reece

1963-67 Canterbury College of Art - silversmithing and industrial design four-year vocational course LSIAD in silver plate and cutlery. The course also included jewellery and some furniture.

1957-63 Dane Court Technical High School, Broadstairs, Kent

Industry

1970-72 Concord Lighting International, London - designed a wide range of lighting products

1971-73 Kwok Hoi Chan, Design Consultant, Amsterdam - developed lighting projects

1967-70 Rank Bush Murphy Ltd (Staff Design Unit) London - designed television, stereo systems, radios and other domestic electrical equipment

Teaching

2009 July - retired from University teaching

2002 London Metropolitan University - Director of Short Courses, Jewellery and Silversmithing

1999 London Guildhall University - Senior Lecturer, organiser of new short course and masterclass programmes at Sir John Cass Centre for Silversmithing and Jewellery

1997 London Guildhall University - Senior Lecturer MA Matrix Jewellery and Silversmithing

1993 London Guildhall University - Senior Lecturer, Design Studies BA CAS Programme

1989 City of London Polytechnic - Senior Lecturer in 3D Design, Modular Degree Design Studies

1985 Kingston Polytechnic - Furniture School Visiting Tutor

1984 Wimbledon School of Art - Part-time Lecturer Foundation Studies

1981 City of London Polytechnic - Part-time Lecturer Foundation Studies

1976 City of London Polytechnic - Part-time Lecturer Jewellery Department

1974 Brixton Centre - Part-time Jewellery Tutor

Exhibitions

2024 Goldsmiths' Fair at Collect Art Fair - 100 Brooches

2021 Goldsmiths' Fair

2020 Goldsmiths' Fair Digital

2019 Inscribe, Goldsmiths' Centre

        Two Lifetime Achievement Awards made for Malcolm Appleby and Wayne Parrott 

        Victoria & Albert Museum, London. New piece purchased for Collection, exhibited with Queen Victoria’s Coronet, and other new additions.

        Goldsmiths' Fair

2017 Alan Craxford at 70, Jewellery, Silversmithing and Papercuts, Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery

         Goldsmiths' Fair

2016 Roger Billcliffe Gallery, 70th Birthday Celebration Showcase  

        Silver Speaks Form, a Contemporary British Silversmiths Exhibition at Goldsmiths’ Centre London 

        Goldsmiths’ Fair exhibition The Dark Side – Erin O’Connor Selects

2015 Science Museum, the opening of relocated Clock Museum with new display of the Hand Engravers Association Paperweight Project

         Goldsmiths' Fair

2014 Shanghai, China – new works exhibited with Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery 

         Goldsmiths' Fair

2013 White Out, Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery 

         Collect Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, with Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery 

         The Paperweight Project, Hand Engravers Association, The Clockmakers Museum

         Goldsmiths' Fair

2012 Goldsmiths' Fair

2011 Treasure, Goldsmiths’ Company selection for London Jewellery Week

           British Silver Week, new silversmithing pieces

           Past Present and Future - Electrum at 40 – Electrum Gallery London

           A Sparkling Proposal, Electrum Gallery, Jewellery and Paper Cuts

2010 Desire, Richmond

         British Silver Week - work shown at four venues across the UK.

         Goldsmiths' Fair 

2009 Jewellery – What’s it All About? Electrum Gallery, London

         British Silver Week, David Fowkes Gallery, Nottinghamshire and John Higgins Modern Silver, Lindfield, East Sussex

          Transformations, Solo exhibition at Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

           Silver with a Pinch of Salt, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London

           Goldsmiths’ Fair

2008 British Silver Week, Hamilton and Inches London         

         British Silver Week, Fresh Forms, Lesley Craze Gallery, London

          Goldsmiths’ Fair

2007 Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow, Solo exhibition of new silver vessels 

          Goldsmiths’ Fair

2006 Goldsmiths’ Fair

2005 On the Cuff, an exhibition of cufflinks, wearers and makers, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London

         Goldsmiths’ Fair

2004 Looking over my Shoulder, Lesley Craze Gallery, 20th anniversary exhibition

          Jewellery Unlimited, Association for Contemporary Jewellery, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery

          Collect Art Fair, Victoria and Albert Museum, represented by Metal Gallery

          Goldsmiths’ Fair

2003 Art as a Jewel, Metal Gallery, London 

        Love Story, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London

          Goldsmiths’ Fair

2002 European Triennale Contemporary Jewellery 2002, Château de Seneffe, Belgium

           Goldsmiths’ Fair

2001 Solo Exhibition at Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

         The British are Coming, Elleard B Heffern Inc., Saint Louis, USA

          Goldsmiths’ Fair

2000 Silver 2000, Crafts Council Shop at Victoria and Albert Museum

          Goldsmiths’ Fair

1999 Contemporary British Silver, Lane Crawford Department Store, Hong Kong

          One Man Exhibition, Oxford Gallery, Oxford

           The Art of Cutlery, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London

           Group exhibition, The Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

           Goldsmiths’ Fair

1998 Tea and Silver, Goldsmiths’ Hall

          Objects of Desire, Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow

          Goldsmiths’ Fair

1997 Goldsmiths’ Fair

1996 Group exhibition, Hilde Leiss Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

         Goldsmiths’ Fair

1995 Herbst Messe, Frankfurt, Germany

         Goldsmiths’ Fair

1994 What is Jewellery? Crafts Council Gallery, London, curated by David Poston

         Chain Reaction, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

         One-Man Exhibition, Electrum Gallery, London

         Goldsmiths’ Fair

1993 The Eye of the Heart, Cecil Collins memorial exhibition at Central St. Martins, London 

          From Paper to Platinum, Leslie Craze Gallery, London

         Goldsmiths’ Fair

1992 British Goldsmiths of Today, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London

         Goldsmiths’ Fair

1991 Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Electrum Gallery, London

         Goldsmiths’ Fair

1990 Chelsea Comes to California, Orange County, California, USA

1986 Precious Elements, Usher Gallery, Lincoln 

1985 Alan Craxford – Jeweller, Victoria and Albert Museum 

Public Collections
Victoria and Albert Museum 
2018 Pendant of the Hidden Worlds, gifted by Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner  

1985 Wing earrings, engraved and carved niobium, anodised green and blue, with 18ct gold 
 

Honours
2016       Freeman of the City of London
2011-23 Vice Chair and Exhibitions organiser, Hand Engravers Association
2007-11 Elected Chair of the Hand Engravers Association 
1994       Freeman of the Goldsmiths’ Company

Publications
2016 Barbara Cartlidge and Electrum Gallery – A Passion for Jewellery, Beatriz Chadour Sampson and Janice Hosegood
2009 Transformations, exhibition catalogue, Roger Billcliffe Gallery Glasgow
2008 New Bollinger Jewellery Gallery, launch book, Victoria and Albert Museum
2007 J-DEX review of Solo Exhibition Roger Billcliffe Gallery
         Catalogue for Solo Exhibition at Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
2004 Financial Times How to spend it 
2002 Catalogue – European Triennial of Contemporary Jewellery
2001 Catalogue – Alan Craxford Jeweller – Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
2000 Jewels and Jewellery by Clare Phillips 
1999 Alan Craxford, Master Jeweller, catalogue
         Catalogue of Art of Cutlery, Goldsmiths’ Hall
1998 Spring edition of Findings (Association of Contemporary Jewellery), review of Made to Wear exhibition
         Catalogue of Tea and Silver, Goldsmiths’ Hall
1996 Financial Times How to Spend it 
1994 Financial Times - work used to illustrate an article on contemporary crafts
         Gold und Silber Magazine - full-page illustrated article
1993 From Paper to Platinum, catalogue, Leslie Craze Gallery
1992 British Goldsmiths of Today, catalogue, Goldsmiths’ Hall
1991 Goldsmiths’ Fair – exhibited for the first time
1985 Alan Craxford – Jeweller, Victoria and Albert Museum illustrated publication to accompany solo exhibition