ANASTASIA YOUNG MA (RCA)
Concentrating on one-off and exhibition pieces, Anastasia Young produces intricate and unusual jewellery, which combines metal mechanical components with 'found' natural objects - bone, horn, teeth and ebony. The pieces are often embellished with engraving and precious stones.
Having graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2004, Anastasia established as a sole trader and has been making jewellery and teaching jewellery-making for Artscom @ Central Saint Martins (the adult education division of the University of Arts London) where she also lectures on the BA Jewellery Design course.
Other projects she has worked on include a consultancy for Swarovski, a commission for the British Art Medal Society , a solo exhibition of boxed installations under the title 'Experiments from the Spiders' Laboratory'.
Anastasia Young is also the author of two technical jewellery books:
'The Jewellery Materials Sourcebook' (A & C Black, 2008)
' The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques ' (Thames & Hudson, 2010).
Education MA Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery, Royal College of Art. 2002 - 2004.
BA(hons) Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. 1998 - 2001. Selected Exhibitions
Conceptual Jewellery, Art Gallery Putti, Riga, Latvia, September 2011.
London Style, Platform Gallery, London, April 2011.
After London, Sassoon Gallery, London, November 2010.
Treasure, London Jewellery Week, 2010.
Online exhibition at www.objectfetish.com , 2009.
FIDEM XXX , 30th International Congress of Medallic Art Colorado, USA, 2007.
Making Jewellery Because..., Folli Follie, 120 New Bond Stree t, London , 2007 . Experiments from the Spiders' Laboratory, solo exhibition, Stables Gallery, London, 2006 .
Goldsmiths' Craftsmanship and Design Awards 2005, Goldsmiths' Hall, Londo n. Four Squared , 6th - 29th June 2003, Gallery IOTA at the Monkey House, Ramsgate.8X8 on the Curve , 26th May - 9th June 2002, Gallery IOTA at the Monkey House, Ramsgate.A Bright Future, 1st March - 13th April 2002, Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery, London.
Inhorgenta 2002, Munich Trade Fair Centre, Germany
Publications
Significant Figures in Art and Craft Today, Derek Reay; MoTi Publishing, 2011.
The New Encyclopedia of Jewellery Making Techniques, by Jinks McGrath; Search Press, 2010
The Workbench Guide to Jewelry Techniques, by Anastasia Young; Thames & Hudson, 2010.
Mixed Media Jewellery , by Joanne Haywood; A & C Black, 2009.
The Jewellery Materials Sourcebook , by Anastasia Young; A & C Black, 2008.
The Earrings Book by Yvonne Kulagowski; A & C Black, 2007.
Spring 2007, 'The Medal' No.50 (2007), pp. 94, 98, 99. The Art of Jewellery Design by Elizabeth Olver, Quarto Publishing plc., 2002.
Awards Holts Jewellery and Design Awards Runner Up, November 2005.