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Graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2006 with a BA Honours in Silversmithing and Jewellery and went on to complete a MA in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing Metalwork & Jewellery, Royal College of Art, London in 2012. Jennifer is also undertaking a part-time practice-led PhD exploring how craft and design processes of re-making/reconstruction can be used to reinterpret and gain new perspectives on historical objects. Through her own practice she produces objects in a range of materials using techniques, which move in and out of the hand-made, and digital.

Graduated from GSA in 2019 and continued at the School as an Artist in Residence. Goldsmiths Company 'New Designers' award in the same year.
Her Degree Show, entitled 'Momento Vivere' (remember to live) celebrated foodstuffs and the relationships that emerge through the sharing of meals, and included a selection of pieces inspired by cabbage leaves. A popular form in porcelain, particularly majolica, these works also echo Dutch Still Life painting, another source of inspiration.

Nan Nan Liu moved from Luo Yang, China, to England where she attended a foundation course at Dudley College then perfected her skills with John Bartholomew and Malcom Appleby. Now, her work – objets d’art and accessories made from layers and layers of paper and silver and “a lot of soldering” – is inspired by nature: the age rings in trees, the forms that water can take, hair and even smoke.
Liu’s creations in silver and gold are collected worldwide, privately and by institutions such as the Victoria & Albert Museum and Goldsmiths' Company.

After studying for a City and Guilds qualification in Advanced Silversmithing in Belfast in 1968, Williamson went on to complete a B.A in 3D Design at Central School of Art and Design, London, graduating in 1974. He has held exhibitions throughout the UK and his work can be found at galleries in the UK and Europe including the V&A. He describes his work as revolving around the art and craft of silversmithing with functionalism being paramount. Member of the Society of Designer Craftsmen (MSDC).