REBECCA SMITH
1962		Born, Huddersfield, England 6.1.62.
1978-1979		Year in India
1979-1980		Stroud Technical College painting and drawing, ceramics. The Guildhall spinning and weaving.
1980-1981		Art foundation course, Gloucestershire College or Art and Design.
1982-1986		BA Hons Fine Art, West Surrey College of Art and Design.
1986-1987		Year in India and China
1987-1988		Year teaching in Japan.
1988-1991		Worked as a designer for Anton Pruden, Silversmith. Studied silversmithing with Anton Pruden at Sir John Cass and West Dean College.
1988-1996		Self-employed silversmith opening a second unit at The Turner Dumbrell Workshops, designing and marketing work as Anton Pruden and Rebecca Smith.
1995		Delegate on contemporary domestic silverware symposium, as part of the Crafts Councils modern silver initiative where the ABDS (Association of British Designer Silversmiths) was conceived.
1996		Set up Pruden and Smith with Anton Pruden.
1996		Granted full membership of The Association of British Designer Silversmiths (ABDS).
2001		Made a freeman of the Goldsmiths Company
2001		Secretary of The Association of British Designer Silversmiths (ABDS).
2002-3		Post Graduate Certificate in Art and Design Education, Brighton University