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Knight, Chris
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1964-
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Born in 1964, Knight studied at Harlow Technical College before completing a BA in Three Dimensional Design: Silversmithing and Jewellery at Sheffield City Polytechnic in 1987. He went on to study at the RCA, graduating with an MA in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery in 1992. From 2003 he was a part-time Lecturer in Post Graduate Design, Jewellery and Metalwork at Sheffield Hallam University, combining this with his own work as Chris Knight Metalwork.
His practice includes sculpture and public art; he has collaborated with product, interior and landscape designers, architects, artists, engineering companies, developers, town planners and city councils. Knight was shortlisted for the prestigious Jerwood Applied Arts Prize (2005), won the Museum Sheffield National Metalwork award for his silver and stainless steel chalice titled Lest We Forget in 2010, and was lead designer of the St Leger Stakes permanent trophy. A Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, he has pieces in the Goldsmiths Collection, the V&A, Birmingham Museums and many other major public collections.
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