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Goldsmiths North Sheffield July 2024

We will be exhibiting at Goldsmiths North in Cutlers’ Hall Sheffield, from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 July 2024. For further information see www.goldsmithsnorth.com This is our only exhibition this year, very reluctantly not applying for Goldsmiths Fair London due to the imminent completion of a significant  3 year project. We will post photos of […]

Goldsmiths’ Fair 2023

We are delighted to be taking part in Goldsmiths’ Fair this year during the second week, Tuesday 3 October – Sunday 8 October, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London EC2V 6BN. Stand 53.
Full details at goldsmithsfair.co.uk

Goldsmiths North Sheffield July 2023

We are looking forward to exhibiting at Goldsmiths North in the wonderful Cutlers’ Hall Sheffield, from Friday 7 to Sunday 9 July 2023. This is billed as an international shopping experience bringing the finest contemporary Silverware & Jewellery from the UK and Europe. For further information see www.goldsmithsnorth.com

Elements: Festival of Jewellery, Silver, & Gold, Edinburgh 28 – 30 October 2022

On public display for the very first time, Fred’s award winning Fair Game Vases will be displayed during the Elements Festival in Edinburgh. Saturday 29 October Fred will be giving a short talk about the Vases. For full details including the programme of events see festivalofsilver.co.uk.

Goldsmiths’ Fair 2022

We are delighted to be taking part in Goldsmiths’ Fair this year during the first week, Tuesday 27 September – Sunday 2 October, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London EC2V 6BN.
Full details at goldsmithsfair.co.uk

Goldsmiths North Sheffield July 2022

We are very much looking forward to exhibiting at Goldsmiths North in the wonderful Cutlers’ Hall Sheffield, from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 July 2022. This is an international selling fair bringing together the finest contemporary silverware and jewellery from the UK and Europe.

Open each day 10am to 5pm. Entry from £10.00

For further information see www.goldsmithsnorth.com

Goldsmiths’ Fair 2021

We are delighted to be taking part in Goldsmiths’ Fair this year during the second week, Tuesday 5 – Sunday 10 October, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London EC2V 6BN.
Full details at goldsmithsfair.co.uk

Fred wins the prestigious Jacques Cartier Memorial Award at the recent Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards

A discretionary award given for exceptional and outstanding craftsmanship, this is the fourth time Fred has achieved this high accolade, on this occasion with his wonderful Fair Game Vases.

Goldsmiths’ Fair 2020

Goldsmiths’ Fair will be staged online only for the first time in its 38 year history. See details at goldsmithsfair.co.uk

Major commission finally completed

After 3 years in the making, Fred has completed a stunning pair of vases which stand half a meter high.

Goldsmiths’ Fair 2019

We will be taking part in week 2 of Goldsmiths’ Fair, Tuesday 1 to Sunday 6 October, Goldsmiths’ Hall, London EC2V 6BN.
Full details at goldsmithsfair.co.uk

Goldsmiths North July 2019

We are delighted to be taking part in the first Goldsmiths North at Cutlers’ Hall Sheffield, from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 July 2019. This is an international selling fair bringing together the finest contemporary silverware and jewellery from the UK and Europe.

Open each day from 10.00am to 5.00pm, and last entry 4.30pm. Entry £5.00

For further information see www.goldsmithsnorth.com

Fred Rich Enamel Design at RHS Garden Wisley 3-7 May 2018

We will be taking part in the Spring Contemporary Craft & Design Fair at RHS Garden Wisley GU23 6QB 3-7 May 2018.

Fred Rich at Collect 2018

Street Tweets II is one of three pieces we have on the Goldsmiths Fair stand at Collect 2018, an amazing selection of 40 galleries from four continents, bringing together a spectacular array of objects for sale at Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, Kings Road, London SW3 4RY, Thursday 22 – Sunday 25 February.

Goldsmiths’ Fair 2017

We are delighted to be taking part in Week 2 of Goldsmiths’ Fair 3 – 8 October, stand 42. Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, EC2v 6BN. Further details at goldsmithsfair.co.uk.

Apologies for not replying to messages

Unfortunately we have had a technical issue with our AOL email account and we have not received a single message sent via our website. If you have sent a message and we have ignored it, we apologise, but we simply haven’t received it. We have now found a way around this problem, so please feel free to […]

Master of Culinary Arts Medals

Intriguing medals leave our workshop. Fred designed and produced the original medal back in the 1980s, and has been producing them ever since.

Hidden Hedgerows Beaker

A silver and enamel beaker incorporating 22 carat gold wires, and expressing the hidden mass of colours and textures in the hedgerows.

Inspired 2017 Goldsmiths Centre 3 – 6 May

Hidden Hedgerows is the result of an interesting project to create a painting and a piece of enamelled silver in tandem, ie. working on the two independently over a period of time. Fred formulated his ideas, based on hedgerows, in a small watercolour, and from this he created an enamelled beaker and a larger scale […]

Fred Rich launches new website

We are delighted to launch our new website, beautifully designed and constructed by Richard Webb of Webb London. We were a little daunted at the thought of putting together a new site, with so many images to include, but Richard listened to what we wanted, put forward many helpful suggestions and tips, and we think the result is brilliant. We hope you do too!

Hendrix & Clapton Tankards

Fred has recently completed this stunning commission, a pair of one pint tankards, celebrating Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton through a depiction of some of their iconic guitars, including ‘Blackie’, ‘Ivan the Terrible’, and ‘Love Drops’.