David Watkins
Illustration — His artworks • Illustration — Medals of London 2012 Olympics designed by Watkins David Watkins is a British artist who has designed the medals for the London 2012 Olympics. Watkins was also a special effects maker for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
David Watkins
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- Born
- 1940 · Wolverhampton.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- sculptor · designer · writer · university teacher
- Fields
- jewelry · jewelry design · art jewelry
- Education
- University of Reading
- Honours
- Royal Designer for Industry
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — His artworks • Illustration — Medals of London 2012 Olympics designed by Watkins David Watkins is a British artist who has designed the medals for the London 2012 Olympics. Watkins was also a special effects maker for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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David Watkins (born 1940) is a British designer, sculptor and university teacher, among other activities. The designer was born in Wolverhampton.
David Watkins studied at University of Reading. The designer worked for Art Gallery of South Australia, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and Royal College of Art and lived in London. David Watkins is active in art jewelry, jewelry and jewelry design.
Languages used include English. Works by the designer are held at Aberdeen Art Gallery, CODA Museum and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, among others. David Watkins received Royal Designer for Industry.
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David Watkins studied at University of Reading. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is jewelry, jewelry design and art jewelry. Residence is recorded at London. Employment is recorded with Royal College of Art, Art Gallery of South Australia and Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Work by David Watkins is recorded in the collections of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Paul Derrez collection, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Donna Schneier Collection and Helen Williams Drutt Collection. Distinctions recorded are Royal Designer for Industry.
Watkins was born in Wolverhampton in 1940 and he is a graduate of the University of Reading (1963 Fine Arts) where he met his lifelong partner Wendy Ramshaw. Ramshaw is a Royal Designer for Industry and he has produced work for the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C960/74) with Watkins in 2006 for its Crafts Lives collection held by the British Library. In 2009 Graham Hughes wrote a joint biography of Watkins and his wife and fellow designer Wendy Ramshaw. In 2010 a retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, titled Artist in Jewellery, a Retrospective View (1972–2010).
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• David Watkins encounters. Barcelona: Sd-edicions-Hipòtesi joies, 2004. (With Barbara Cartlidge & Mònica Gaspar)
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- 1.London 2012: Olympic medals go into production in Wales. BBC News, 27 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- 2.London 2012 Olympics: medal designs unveiled. The Telegraph, 27 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011. Archive here.
- 3.Great British jewellery designers: Wendy Ramshaw. thejewelleryeditor.com. 2016-08-08.
- 4.Wolverhampton designer wins contract for Olympic medals. Express & Star, 28 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- 5.Watkins, David (1 of 3) National Life Stories Collection: Crafts Lives, British Library Board: 2006. Retrieved 20 February 2018
- 6.Artist in Jewellery by David Watkins. Dezeen Magazine, 22 February 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2011. Archived here.
- 7.Graham Hughes. David Watkins, Wendy Ramshaw: A Life's Partnership. Starcity. 2009. 978-0-9526653-4-2.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Graham Hughes. David Watkins, Wendy Ramshaw: A Life's Partnership. Starcity. 2009. 978-0-9526653-4-2.
- Chadour-Sampson, Beatriz. David Watkins, Artist in Jewellery. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2008.
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