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David Watkins is a British artist who has designed the medals for the
Retrieved 20 February 2018 In 2009 Graham Hughes wrote a joint biography of Watkins and his wife and fellow designer Wendy Ramshaw. In 2010 a retrospective exhibition of his work was held at theArtist in Jewellery by David Watkins.
Dezeen Magazine, 22 February 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2011
Archived here.
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David Watkins is a British artist who has designed the medals for the London 2012 Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. Watkins was also a special effects maker for the film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''.
Life
Watkins was born inWolverhampton
Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunians ...
in 1940 and he is a graduate of the University of Reading
The University of Reading is a public university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 192 ...
(1963 Fine Arts) where he met his lifelong partner Wendy Ramshaw.
Ramshaw is a Royal Designer for Industry
Royal Designer for Industry is a distinction established by the British Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in 1936, to encourage a high standard of industrial design and enhance the status of designers. It is awarded to people who have achieved "sustaine ...
and he has produced work for the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.
National Life Stories conducted an oral history interview (C960/74) with Watkins in 2006 for its Crafts Lives collection held by the British Library.Watkins, David (1 of 3) National Life Stories Collection: Crafts Lives, British Library Board: 2006Retrieved 20 February 2018 In 2009 Graham Hughes wrote a joint biography of Watkins and his wife and fellow designer Wendy Ramshaw. In 2010 a retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the
Victoria & Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...
, London, titled ''Artist in Jewellery, a Retrospective View (1972-2010)''.Dezeen Magazine, 22 February 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2011
Archived here.
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Selected publications
*''David Watkins encounters''. Barcelona: Sd-edicions-Hipòtesi joies, 2004. (With Barbara Cartlidge & Mònica Gaspar)Further reading
* ''David Watkins, Wendy Ramshaw: A Life’s Partnership''References
Further reading
*Chadour-Sampson, Beatriz. ''David Watkins, Artist in Jewellery''. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Watkins, David Living people English designers English medallists Alumni of the University of Reading Year of birth missing (living people) People from Wolverhampton