Nova Smith is an Artist Silversmith and Designer Maker based in the UK.
At the core of my practice is a desire to create objects that are both sculptural and functional—but not utilitarian. These are not tools of necessity, but invitations to engage. I make work that holds space at the table, that offers a reason to be used and interacted with. It is a form of luxury meant to live in plain sight—not rest untouched in a cabinet.
Education
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Sheffield Hallam University, BA Jewellery, Materials and Design 2021-2024
Exhibitions, Commissions and Experience
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​Goldsmiths North, Sheffield, Exhibitor 2025.
‘Dinner for 3’ Commissioned by Sheffield Assay Office in 2024 to be the first piece hallmarked with the 2025 ‘A’ in Sheffield.
Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester, 2024
‘Boundless’ exhibition at Mint Gallery, London for LDF 2024.
New Designers 2024.
Sheffield Assay Office, Silver Awarded in 2024 to make ‘Dinner for 1’.
Collaborated on ‘Urban Nature Garden, three kinetic habitats’ with Martin Smith Studio for Natural History Museum, London, 2024.
Montebello Bergesio Award, Finalist, 2023.
Cutlers Contemporary Design Competition, Highly Commended, 2023.
‘Articulated Candelabra’ exhibited in Sheffield Millenium Gallery as part of Sheffield Assay Office’s ‘Marking 250 years of lasting impressions’ exhibition, 2023.
Sheffield Assay Office, Silver Awarded in 2023 to make ‘Articulated Candelabra’.