KATHRYN HINTON (BRITISH CONTEMPORARY)
RELAXED CAKE STAND, 2008
stamped maker's mark and hallmarked for London 2008, sterling silver and lacquered sycamore
11.5cm high, 25cm diameter (4 ½in high, 9 ¾in diameter); the slice 21cm long (8 ¼in long)
Provenance:Commissioned from the artist following her RCA degree show;The Gordon Hamme Collection.
Literature:Davis, John and Gordon Hamme. Contemporary British Silver Designers: The Lion & Hamme Collections. ACC Art Books: Suffolk, 2022, p. 238, fig. 468, illustrated.Kathryn Hinton studied silversmithing and jewellery at the Kent Institute of Art & Design, before going on to study for her MA and MPhil at the Royal College of Art. Whilst studying at Kent, Hinton was introduced to computer aided design and the possibilities of making works of art with digital technologies, which she uses alongside traditional metalworking techniques to explore hammer surfaces and pattern. Hinton currently works from her studio near Edinburgh.