Hannah Keddie is a Glasgow-based silversmith and graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, working primarily with the traditional metalworking techniques of raising and chasing. These processes allow her to create bold forms with fluid surface pattern, blending sculpture with function. Her work explores themes of growth and resilience, crafting playful forms that appear to bud, unfurl and breathe, often seeming soft despite being made in silver.
Originally from the Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands, her practice is deeply informed by an intrinsic connection to the natural world, which continues to shape her affinity with living form through the tactility of metal. From her studio, Hannah produces bespoke jewellery and silverware through small-batch collections and private commissions.
Awards & Achievements
Awarded an Andrew Grant Postgraduate Scholarship to study MA Craft at Edinburgh College of Art in the class of 2027
The University of Edinburgh, June 2026
Shortlisted in the final three for the Inches Carr Craft Development Award
Inches Carr & Visual Arts Scotland, October 2025
Awarded the ‘Argex Sponsored Silversmithing Stand’ at Goldsmiths North
Goldsmiths North, Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield, June 2025
Awarded a ‘Silversmithing Graduate Apprentice’ Scholarship 2025
The South House Silver Workshop Trust, March 2025
Bronze Award in ‘3D Craft & Design Handcrafted Silverware’
Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards, March 2025
VACMA Emerging Maker Award
CABN, Scottish Borders, December 2023
Awarded the a-n Artists Information Company Bursary
Artists’ Network, March 2023
Shortlisted for the ‘Outstanding Student Award’
Scottish Goldsmiths’ Trust, March 2022
Awarded a 3-year placement as a founding tenant of the ‘Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop’
The Hugo Burge Foundation & The 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 2021 DJCAD Degree Show
V&A Dundee, May 2021
Recipient of the South Square Trust Silversmithing Grant
The South Square Trust, September 2020
'The Nacre and the Grain: Contemporary Jewellery and the Scottish Landscape’
V&A Dundee, 29th May 2026
‘HARVEST: Contemporary Craft Fair’
City Art Centre and Museum, Edinburgh, 11th-19th October 2025
‘One From The Cutting Room Floor’
Custom Lane, Edinburgh, 24th - 29th September 2025
‘The Hugo Burge Foundation Open Studios’
Marchmont Estate, Scottish Borders
September 2025, June 2025, September 2024, June 2024, August 2023
‘Visual Arts Scotland Inches Carr Showcase’
Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, 1st – 7th July 2025
‘Goldsmiths North’
Cutlers’ Hall, Sheffield, 30th May - 1st June 2025
‘Goldsmiths’ Craftmanship & Design Awards’ Exhibition
Birmingham Assay Office, March – April 2025
‘Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship & Design Awards’ Exhibition
Goldsmith’s Hall, London, March 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
Exhibitions & Events
Post-Graduate Training
Training Scholarship with Christopher Perry & Brett Payne
South House Silver Workshop Trust, Sheffield, June – July 2025
Chasing & Tool Making Masterclass with Bryony Knox
Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop, Scottish Borders, April 2025
Polishing Masterclass with Lone Lovschal
Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop, Scottish Borders, January 2025
Low-Relief Chasing Masterclass with Rod Kelly
Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop, Scottish Borders, December 2024
Hot-Forging Masterclass with Brett Payne
Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop, Scottish Borders, August 2024
Seam-raising Masterclass with Abigail Brown
Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop, Scottish Borders, April 2024
Training Scholarship with Rod Kelly
The South House Silver Workshop Trust, Shetland, February 2023
Education
MA Craft
Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh
September 2026 - August 2027
Jewellery & Metal Design BDes (Hons)
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