Emma Louise Wilson
As an artist-jeweller and silversmith, I make unique pieces of jewellery and bowls in fine silver and vitreous enamel with gold detail. I draw inspiration from the seascape around Aberdeen, endeavouring to capture the essence of stormy skies and the colours and textures of the coastline. The enamel is informed by my abstract watercolours, echoing the unpredictable but beautiful outcomes of the water and paint in the opaque and transparent glass, creating fragments of the seascape which look like mini works of art framed in silver.
My work represents memories of being by the sea, capturing the atmosphere of the coast, and emulating the organic shapes and textures of pebbles and rocks found along the shoreline. The bowls are statement pieces for interior settings, but in a quiet contemplative form.
My work represents memories of being by the sea, capturing the atmosphere of the coast, and emulating the organic shapes and textures of pebbles and rocks found along the shoreline. The bowls are statement pieces for interior settings, but in a quiet contemplative form.
2025
HARVEST, CONTEMPORARY CRAFT FAIR BY CRAFT SCOTLAND, CITY ARTS CENTRE, EDINBURGH
GOLDSMITHS' FAIR, GOLDSMITHS' HALL, LONDON
JEWELLERY NOW EXHIBITION, RUTHIN CRAFT CENTRE, RUTHIN, WALES
JEWELLERY MARKET, SUMMER EXHIBITION, DOVER STREET MARKET, LONDON
MAD ABOUT JEWELRY, MUSEUM OF ARTS & DESIGN, NEW YORK
HAG. KNOWLEDGE, POWER & ALCHEMY THROUGH CRAFT, FIFE CONTEMPORARY, DUNFERMLINE CARNEGIE LIBRARY & GALLERY
COLLECT 2025. EXHIBITION OF 100 RINGS WITH GOLDSMITHS' FAIR, SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON
ECLECTIC. RING EXHIBITION AT DIANA PORTER GALLERY, BRISTOL
2024
GOLDSMITHS’ FAIR, GOLDSMITHS’ HALL, LONDON
COLLECT 2024 AT SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON, WITH CRAFT SCOTLAND
2023
SHINE 2023 AT THE GOLDSMITHS' CENTRE, LONDON
BSOExGALERI, BRITISH SOCIETY OF ENAMELLERS SHOWCASE AT GALERI CAERNARFON
NEOS - NORTH EAST OPEN STUDIOS
FUTURE ICONS SELECTS, BARGEHOUSE GALLERY, LONDON CRAFT WEEK
DIRECTIONS, GROUP EXHIBITION AT WASPS GANNOCHY SPACE, PERTH
2022
DEEMOUTH ARTIST STUDIOS CHRISTMAS OPEN STUDIOS
FLOCK, CRAFT & DESIGN FAIR AT THE BARN ARTS, BANCHORY
ELEMENTS: FESTIVAL OF JEWELLERY, SILVER AND GOLD, SCOTTISH GOLDSMITHS TRUST, LYON & TURNBULL, EDINBURGH
NEOS - NORTH EAST OPEN STUDIOS
DEEMOUTH ARTIST STUDIOS SPRING OPEN STUDIOS
ABERDEEN ARTISTS' EXHIBITION, ABERDEEN ART GALLERY APRIL - JULY
SHOP AT THE TOP, ABERDEEN ART GALLERY, MARCH - JULY
2021
DEEMOUTH ARTIST STUDIOS CHRISTMAS OPEN STUDIOS
FLOCK, CRAFT & DESIGN FAIR AT THE BARN ARTS, BANCHORY
V&A DUNDEE FESTIVE DESIGN MARKET WITH TEA GREEN EVENTS
ELEMENTS: FESTIVAL OF JEWELLERY, SILVER AND GOLD, SCOTTISH GOLDSMITHS TRUST, ONLINE SEPT - NOV 2021, PLUS POP-UP AT ABERDEEN ART GALLERY
MADE SHOWCASE AT YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK, SEPT 2021 - MAR 2022
NEOS - NORTH EAST OPEN STUDIOS
2020
DEEMOUTH ARTIST STUDIOS POP UP MARKET
flockONLINE 2020, ONLINE MARKET RUN BY THE BARN ARTS
TEA GREEN EVENTS ONLINE MARKETS OCT - NOV
2019
FLOCK, CRAFT & DESIGN FAIR AT THE BARN ARTS, BANCHORY
WINTER EXHIBITION AT FOUND GALLERY IN DUNBAR
OPENING EXHIBITION AT THE GAIRLOCH HERITAGE MUSEUM, GAIRLOCH, HIGHLANDS
DESIGN MARKET AT THE FRUITMARKET GALLERY, EDINBURGH
HARVEST, CONTEMPORARY CRAFT FAIR BY CRAFT SCOTLAND, CITY ARTS CENTRE, EDINBURGH
GOLDSMITHS' FAIR, GOLDSMITHS' HALL, LONDON
JEWELLERY NOW EXHIBITION, RUTHIN CRAFT CENTRE, RUTHIN, WALES
JEWELLERY MARKET, SUMMER EXHIBITION, DOVER STREET MARKET, LONDON
MAD ABOUT JEWELRY, MUSEUM OF ARTS & DESIGN, NEW YORK
HAG. KNOWLEDGE, POWER & ALCHEMY THROUGH CRAFT, FIFE CONTEMPORARY, DUNFERMLINE CARNEGIE LIBRARY & GALLERY
COLLECT 2025. EXHIBITION OF 100 RINGS WITH GOLDSMITHS' FAIR, SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON
ECLECTIC. RING EXHIBITION AT DIANA PORTER GALLERY, BRISTOL
2024
GOLDSMITHS’ FAIR, GOLDSMITHS’ HALL, LONDON
COLLECT 2024 AT SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON, WITH CRAFT SCOTLAND
2023
SHINE 2023 AT THE GOLDSMITHS' CENTRE, LONDON
BSOExGALERI, BRITISH SOCIETY OF ENAMELLERS SHOWCASE AT GALERI CAERNARFON
NEOS - NORTH EAST OPEN STUDIOS
FUTURE ICONS SELECTS, BARGEHOUSE GALLERY, LONDON CRAFT WEEK
DIRECTIONS, GROUP EXHIBITION AT WASPS GANNOCHY SPACE, PERTH
2022
DEEMOUTH ARTIST STUDIOS CHRISTMAS OPEN STUDIOS
FLOCK, CRAFT & DESIGN FAIR AT THE BARN ARTS, BANCHORY
ELEMENTS: FESTIVAL OF JEWELLERY, SILVER AND GOLD, SCOTTISH GOLDSMITHS TRUST, LYON & TURNBULL, EDINBURGH
NEOS - NORTH EAST OPEN STUDIOS
DEEMOUTH ARTIST STUDIOS SPRING OPEN STUDIOS
ABERDEEN ARTISTS' EXHIBITION, ABERDEEN ART GALLERY APRIL - JULY
SHOP AT THE TOP, ABERDEEN ART GALLERY, MARCH - JULY
2021
DEEMOUTH ARTIST STUDIOS CHRISTMAS OPEN STUDIOS
FLOCK, CRAFT & DESIGN FAIR AT THE BARN ARTS, BANCHORY
V&A DUNDEE FESTIVE DESIGN MARKET WITH TEA GREEN EVENTS
ELEMENTS: FESTIVAL OF JEWELLERY, SILVER AND GOLD, SCOTTISH GOLDSMITHS TRUST, ONLINE SEPT - NOV 2021, PLUS POP-UP AT ABERDEEN ART GALLERY
MADE SHOWCASE AT YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK, SEPT 2021 - MAR 2022
NEOS - NORTH EAST OPEN STUDIOS
2020
DEEMOUTH ARTIST STUDIOS POP UP MARKET
flockONLINE 2020, ONLINE MARKET RUN BY THE BARN ARTS
TEA GREEN EVENTS ONLINE MARKETS OCT - NOV
2019
FLOCK, CRAFT & DESIGN FAIR AT THE BARN ARTS, BANCHORY
WINTER EXHIBITION AT FOUND GALLERY IN DUNBAR
OPENING EXHIBITION AT THE GAIRLOCH HERITAGE MUSEUM, GAIRLOCH, HIGHLANDS
DESIGN MARKET AT THE FRUITMARKET GALLERY, EDINBURGH
After graduating in 1995 with a degree in 3D Design from Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, Emma spent some time in Birmingham’s Jewellery quarter learning about the business of jewellery making and working from a shared workshop. After starting a family and moving back to Scotland, Emma ran a small business hand making notebooks and stationery printed with her photographic designs of flowers. She was able to return to silversmithing and enamelling while living in Glasgow, launching her first collection in 2019. Emma is now based in her own studio in Aberdeen and has exhibited her silver and enamel work widely at various events and shows, including London Craft Week, Collect Art Fair and Goldsmiths’ Fair, winning the Goldsmiths’ Fair Award in 2024.
Summer Reflections Brooch
Light Reflected Ring
Dune Brooch