NDIDI EKUBIA: A Britannia standard silver vase

London 2008

London 2008
Hand-raised, embossed and chased with an undulating textured surface, height 21.5cm, weight 41.9oz.

Ndidi Ekubia MBE

Born in 1973. Her training began at Wolverhampton Polytechnic, (now the University of Wolverhampton), 1992-1995, where she undertook a 3D design course involving wood, plastics and metal. Particularly intrigued by the possibilities of metalwork, she did a year at the Bishopsland Educational Trust, (1995-1996) a post graduate training program for silversmiths and jewellers which led to her completing an MA in silversmithing and jewellery at the Royal College of Art (1996-1998).

Her work is already represented in important public collections of contemporary craft throughout Britain including The Victoria and Albert Museum, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Aberdeen Art gallery, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery and the Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Crafts Council, London, P & O Makower Trust. She is represented in several institutional collections including the Goldsmiths' Company, the Grocers' Company, the Weavers' Company and Winchester Cathedral.