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Wally Gilbert is a silversmith and artist, whose work takes him into a number of different fields, from printmaking to sculpture and decorative architectural metal work, exploring ideas where they lead him.
Wally’s recent commissions include the cast aluminium parapets for a road bridge spanning the Grand Union Canal (completed November 2007) and the railings for a private balcony 2008.
In 2007 he was the winner of a competition to design and make a pair of commemorative silver wine coolers for the British Jewellery and Giftware Federation for which he was awarded a 'Silver' award for 'chasing' and two Commendations for Modelling and Design by the Goldsmiths Craft Council in 2009.
In October 2008 Wally returned as an Artist in Residence on the 'Art's in Industry' program at the Kohler iron Foundry in Wisconsin, USA where he completed a series of sculptures in cast iron, and then, working with friends Julia and Shane Stratton, sculptures in bronze in Philadelphia.