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The Salt with gold- plated interior stands 7cm. tall (including the wooden base which is 3cm.tall). This piece was fabricated whilst I was a student with Ernst Pfenninger. The design was a joint effort (the result of a challenge to demonstrate that the hinge of an object need not be on the object itself but can cantilever from a separate wooden base. The fabrication was my own under Ernst's expert guidance.
The Mustard Pot was commisioned by a client who had seen an original Georgian antique mustard pot of similar construction. This object was entirely hand-fabricated with the exception of the cast shells (one on the lid itself and one is the finial for the matching mustard spoon). This piece also has a clear glass liner. The Mustard Pot stands around 5.5 cm tall.
The Seahorse Wasabi Bowl stands 4cm. tall. Its design was a serendipitous accident! Having had in my collection a piece of titanium that had been heated to an attractive paua-shell like colour and also a cast sterling silver seahorse that needed a raison d'etre this piece seemed to create itself!
The Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet was also a serendipitous design. It had been forged in a sling shape and was obviously too large for a bracelet. A steel sphere was then used to create two half -sphere curves and the bracelet wound itself into a semi spiral - all a happy accident! Imagine my astonishment when on a visit to Copenhagen a year or two afterwards I saw in Georg Jensen new Spring collection a ring of almost exactly the same design!
The Fish Spoon is about 17cm in length. It is made entirely from scrap silver which has been smelted into an ingot, then forged into its present shape. A rather lengthy and arduous process and achieved almost entirely without the help of a rolling mill!
'The Spider' This piece came into existence after a holiday in the Cook Is. and the purchase of the pearl which is now the body of the spider. The spider's head is a pale pink zircon. The degree of difficulty in fabricating this piece is due to the number of solder points - around 14 separate solder points achieved with a certain amount of trepidation as I anticpated the entire piece melting at any moment.
The Mokume Gane Butterfly. This piece came about after a workshop at The Goldsmith School on the creation of Mokume Gane. This technique (of Japanese origin) involves the layering of multiple layers of copper and silver, sandwiched alternately and then fused together. The result is then drilled, hammered and milled to a thin layer and after the distressing with the hammer and filing the patterns emerge. The result is often random and immediately I saw the outcome of my workshop efforts I knew I had some butterfly wings!
The Maltese Cross is set with a lapis lazuli and is now in New York.
Lyn Guthrie - Silversmith
Welcome to my web site.
If you are visiting for the first time and don't know me, I am a Silversmith, practising my craft on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia. I specialise in the fabrication of unique, handmade silver jewellery and silverware for table use. My design influence has been the work of the German and Scandanavian silversmiths, particularly the Danish workshop of Georg Jensen.
For six years, I was a student with well-known Swiss Silversmith Ernest Pfenninger, who is based in Sydney. (Ernst's commissions included maces for the Federal Court of Australia and The Australian Catholic University.) After moving to the Sunshine Coast in 1999, I was a student with The Goldsmith School, Bardon, Brisbane.
I regularly exhibit at the Buderim Craft Cottage and have also taken part in the "Art at Mandalay" Exhibitions. I am a member of the Jewellers, Metalsmiths and Goldsmiths of Qld. (JMGQ) and exhibit in their exhibitions. In 2006 I exhibited in the 'Expeditions '06' Exhibition at Meta Lab, in Sydney.
In 2002, I was a runner-up in the Metalwork and Jewellery Section of the Caloundra Art and Craft Show and in 2003 I won first prize for a sterling silver tea strainer. I am to be included in the forthcoming publication "Australian Silversmiths' Marks" by Christine Erratt (a reference book on makers' and retailers' marks on Australian silver).
I hope you enjoy viewing examples of my work and I would value your comments. .... Thank You .... Lyn.
The Salt with gold- plated interior stands 7cm. tall (including the wooden base which is 3cm.tall). This piece was fabricated whilst I was a student with Ernst Pfenninger. The design was a joint effort (the result of a challenge to demonstrate that the hinge of an object need not be on the object itself but can cantilever from a separate wooden base. The fabrication was my own under Ernst's expert guidance.
The Mustard Pot was commisioned by a client who had seen an original Georgian antique mustard pot of similar construction. This object was entirely hand-fabricated with the exception of the cast shells (one on the lid itself and one is the finial for the matching mustard spoon). This piece also has a clear glass liner. The Mustard Pot stands around 5.5 cm tall.
The Seahorse Wasabi Bowl stands 4cm. tall. Its design was a serendipitous accident! Having had in my collection a piece of titanium that had been heated to an attractive paua-shell like colour and also a cast sterling silver seahorse that needed a raison d'etre this piece seemed to create itself!
The Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet was also a serendipitous design. It had been forged in a sling shape and was obviously too large for a bracelet. A steel sphere was then used to create two half -sphere curves and the bracelet wound itself into a semi spiral - all a happy accident! Imagine my astonishment when on a visit to Copenhagen a year or two afterwards I saw in Georg Jensen new Spring collection a ring of almost exactly the same design!
The Fish Spoon is about 17cm in length. It is made entirely from scrap silver which has been smelted into an ingot, then forged into its present shape. A rather lengthy and arduous process and achieved almost entirely without the help of a rolling mill!
'The Spider' This piece came into existence after a holiday in the Cook Is. and the purchase of the pearl which is now the body of the spider. The spider's head is a pale pink zircon. The degree of difficulty in fabricating this piece is due to the number of solder points - around 14 separate solder points achieved with a certain amount of trepidation as I anticpated the entire piece melting at any moment.
The Mokume Gane Butterfly. This piece came about after a workshop at The Goldsmith School on the creation of Mokume Gane. This technique (of Japanese origin) involves the layering of multiple layers of copper and silver, sandwiched alternately and then fused together. The result is then drilled, hammered and milled to a thin layer and after the distressing with the hammer and filing the patterns emerge. The result is often random and immediately I saw the outcome of my workshop efforts I knew I had some butterfly wings!
The Maltese Cross is set with a lapis lazuli and is now in New York.
