Claire Malet is a British sculptor and silversmith.

Using metals, pre-used and ‘found’ materials, she makes pieces that aim to evoke the relationship we have with the natural world. Claire’s work can be found in the permanent collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum, The National Museum Wales and Manchester Art Gallery. Exhibitions include: Homo Faber, Venice, Collect, London, Mastery: Women in Silver, Wales, Cheongju International Crafts Biennale, South Korea, Sculptural Forms: A Century of Experiment, Manchester.

 

‘The landscape and the details within it, the changes through the year, the constant fragile cycle of growth, decay and renewal are a constant fascination’.

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Notes on Claire's works:

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'Hazel Flurry'

A ‘garland’ of 25 Hazel leaves, each individually made, with an English walnut base, carved to commission by master woodcarver Nick Barberton. A tactile sculpture, to arrange how you wish, it can be purely sculptural, or be arranged to hold nuts or fruit.

 

'In our Hands 2'

An exploration of our relationship with materials, resources and the environment: a ‘natural’ scene created using recycled oxidised sterling silver, tarmac found at road works on the A44, old piercing saw blades, aluminium cans, plastic milk carton, electrical wire from broken Christmas lights and fencing wire.

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'Louisa Bay'

A collection of five tactile pieces, a memory of the beaches and chalk cliffs of Kent.