Jane Short

JANE SHORT MBE (1954-)

Jane is an artist enameller, who combines the techniques of engraving and champlevé and basse-taille enamel to silver, producing rich painterly images on drawn from nature.

She was introduced to enamelling in 1974 while studying at the Central School of Art and Design, and every creative piece since has been enamelled. In 1976 she studied at The Royal College of Art under Professor Gerald Benney and graduated in 1979.

As one of the best known and established enamellers, Jane has taught the various enamelling skills widely throughout her career, and in 2016 she was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to the Craft of Enamelling.

She was winner of the Jacques Cartier Memorial Award awarded by the Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council in 2008 for outstanding craftsmanship.

Jane has exhibited widely and her work is represented in the collections of many important museums, such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Fitzwilliam and Ashmolean Museums, The Keatley Trust, The Silver Trust Collection for use at 10 Downing Street and the Goldsmiths' Collection.