Aggie Beynon

Aggie Beynon
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Waterloo
OccupationMetalsmith

Aggie Beynon RCA is a Canadian metalsmith based in Waterloo, Ontario.[1] She is noted for her technique of compressing metal powder to create jewellery.[2]

Benyon graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1975.[3] She developed a patented process for Powder metallurgy.[4][5] She co-owns the Harbinger Gallery in Waterloo, Ontario and was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2007.[6]

Exhibitions

  • "Aggie Beynon, Wabi: Imperfect Beauty" Robert Langen Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, March 30-April 30, 2005[7]
  • "Canadian National Exhibition" Toronto, Canada, August 13-September 1, 1986[8]

References

  1. ^ "Aggie Beynon". L.A. Pai Gallery. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  2. ^ "Black and Almost White". Canadian Guild of Crafts. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017. The use of her particular production technique, the compression of metallic powders (powdered metal process), confers upon her jewellery an impressively wide yet subtle range of colours.
  3. ^ "Aggie and Shannon Beynon (BA 1975, BA 1998)". English Language and Literature. 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  4. ^ EP 1019556, Taylor, Terence Ernest & Hurford, Stephen Paul, "Process for manufacturing precious metal artefacts", published 2002-12-04, assigned to Engelhard-Cial UK Ltd. 
  5. ^ Beynon, Aggie K. (1982). "Metals for the Metalsmith: Powder Metallurgy". Metalsmith. 2 (4): 52–53.
  6. ^ "Cross-section of artists lauded". The Windsor Star. 23 June 2007. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  7. ^ Isherwood, Barbara (2006). "Aggie Beynon, Wabi: Imperfect Beauty". Metalsmith. 26 (2): 52.
  8. ^ Cobb, Ann (1986). "Texture and color: the jewelry of Aggie Beynon". Ornament. 10 (1): 58–63.


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