Hannah Keddie is an award-winning silversmith whose practice is rooted in the traditional techniques of raising and chasing. These methods allow her to craft bold, fluid forms enriched with intricate surface pattern.
Intrinsically drawn to the ocean’s flora and fauna, Hannah’s work celebrates the resilience and peculiarities of the living world, inviting a tactile connection through detailed and organic forms sculpted in silver.’
Inspiration
From an early age, Hannah felt instinctively drawn to the shoreline and its creatures. As her creative interests grew, she became increasingly attuned to the forms, patterns, and textures hidden among the rocks and sands.
Within her practice, Hannah merges visual elements from different marine creatures, crafting imagined forms in metal. Her pieces are characterised by tactile ridges, flowing contours, and organic surfaces — echoing the fluidity and textures discovered while exploring the shore.
Awards & Achievements
‘Silversmithing Graduate Apprentice Scholarship’ Award 2025
The South House Silver Workshop Trust, March 2025
Bronze Award in' ‘3D Craft & Design Handcrafted Silverware’
Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards, March 2025
Shortlisted for the ‘Outstanding Student Award’
Scottish Goldsmiths’ Trust, March 2022
Awarded a 2-year placement as one of three emerging silversmiths chosen to take tenancy in the newly built ‘Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop’
The Hugo Burge Foundation & Scottish Goldsmiths’ Trust, March 2022
Shortlisted for the ‘Design in Silver Award’
Contemporary British Silversmiths, August 2021
Visual Arts Scotland’s Graduate Showcase Finalist
Visual Arts Scotland, August 2021
Selected as a favourite of the 2021DJCAD Degree Show
V&A Dundee, May 2021
Recipient of the South Square Trust Silversmithing Grant
September 2020
Exhibitions
‘Visual Arts Scotland Inches Carr Showcase’
Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh
1st – 7th July 2025
The Hugo Burge Foundation Open Studios
Marchmont Estate, Scottish Borders
June 2025, September 2024, June 2024, August 2023
Goldsmiths North
Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield
May 2025
Goldsmiths’ Craftmanship & Deign Awards Exhibition
Birmingham Assay Office
March – April 2025
‘New Traditions; From First Sketch to Last Hammer Strike’
Coburg House, Edinburgh
February 2025
‘A Decade of Design’
Lamb Gallery, University of Dundee
May - August 2024
‘Visual Arts Scotland Centenary Show’
Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith
August 2024
Elements Festival of Silver and Gold
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh
October 2023
The ‘Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop’ Opening Weekend; ‘At Home with Silver’
Marchmont House, Scottish Borders
March 2023
Visual Arts Scotland Graduate Showcase
RSA National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
March - April 2022
Post-Graduate Training
Training Scholarship with Brett Payne
South House Silver Workshop Trust, June – July 2025
Chasing & Tool Making Masterclass with Bryony Knox
Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop, April 2025
Polishing Masterclass with Lone Lovschal
Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop, January 2025
Low-Relief Chasing Masterclass with Rod Kelly
Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop, December 2024
Hot-Forging Masterclass with Brett Payne
Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop, August 2024
Seam-raising Masterclass with Abigail Brown
Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop, April 2024
Chasing Training Scholarship with Rod Kelly
The South House Silver Workshop Trust, February 2023
Education
Jewellery & Metal Design Batchelor of Design (Honours)
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee
September 2018 - June 2021
HNC Jewellery and Ceramics
Dundee & Angus College
August 2017 - June 2018