Sporting Trophy
Sporting Trophy
2003 (made)
2003 (made)
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This silver trophy, designed and made by Sang Hyeob-Lee, was the winner of the Young Designer Silvermith Award for 2003. This annual competition, organised by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London, began in 1994. It encourages the design of studio silver as part of the Company’s objective to promote excellence of design combined with dexterity of craftsmanship. The award is open to any student under 30 in the United Kingdom on an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course.
The design brief for 2003 was for a sporting trophy, to be contemporary and any size. The award provides experience of making a commission for a national collection in a leading workshop. Sang-Hyeob Lee, a second year South Korean student from the London Institute Camberwell College of Arts, had the opportunity of beginning his piece under the watchful, expert eyes of Richard Fox and John Cutbush in the workshop of Richard Fox in London. The finished sporting trophy was presented to the Victoria & Albert Museum on November 11th, 2003.
The design brief for 2003 was for a sporting trophy, to be contemporary and any size. The award provides experience of making a commission for a national collection in a leading workshop. Sang-Hyeob Lee, a second year South Korean student from the London Institute Camberwell College of Arts, had the opportunity of beginning his piece under the watchful, expert eyes of Richard Fox and John Cutbush in the workshop of Richard Fox in London. The finished sporting trophy was presented to the Victoria & Albert Museum on November 11th, 2003.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Sporting Trophy (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver, raised |
| Brief description | Silver, designed and made by Sang-Hyeob Lee. England, London, 2003. Winner of the Goldmiths Company Young Designer Silversmith of the Year Award 2003. |
| Physical description | This rowing trophy sits on a square base of sheet silver, wrapped over a wooden core, the underneath covered with green baize. The body rises from the centre, reducing inwards and then swelling outwards towards the apex where it curves sharply inwards towards the centre. The body is composed of four hull like sections which have been combined and twisted to allude to a rowing scull moving through the water. The crest of the rim rises to four points, equally spaced, enclosing a small, central, circular cavity. The body is bolted to the base. The external surfaces are highly polished while the interior is given a satin finish. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Credit line | Given by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths |
| Object history | This silver trophy, designed and made by Sang Hyeob-Lee, was the winner of the Young Designer Silvermith Award for 2003. This annual competition, organised by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London, began in 1994. It encourages the design of studio silver as part of the Company’s objective to promote excellence of design combined with dexterity of craftsmanship. The award is open to any student under 30 in the United Kingdom on an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course. The design brief for 2003 was for a sporting trophy, to be contemporary and any size. The award provides experience of making a commission for a national collection in a leading workshop. Sang-Hyeob Lee, a second year South Korean student from the London Institute Camberwell College of Arts, had the opportunity of beginning his piece under the watchful, expert eyes of Richard Fox and John Cutbush in the workshop of Richard Fox in London. The finished sporting trophy was presented to the Victoria & Albert Museum on November 11th, 2003. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
| Summary | This silver trophy, designed and made by Sang Hyeob-Lee, was the winner of the Young Designer Silvermith Award for 2003. This annual competition, organised by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London, began in 1994. It encourages the design of studio silver as part of the Company’s objective to promote excellence of design combined with dexterity of craftsmanship. The award is open to any student under 30 in the United Kingdom on an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course. The design brief for 2003 was for a sporting trophy, to be contemporary and any size. The award provides experience of making a commission for a national collection in a leading workshop. Sang-Hyeob Lee, a second year South Korean student from the London Institute Camberwell College of Arts, had the opportunity of beginning his piece under the watchful, expert eyes of Richard Fox and John Cutbush in the workshop of Richard Fox in London. The finished sporting trophy was presented to the Victoria & Albert Museum on November 11th, 2003. |
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| Accession number | M.61-2003 |
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| Record created | July 2, 2004 |
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