Dorothy Hogg MBE (1945-2022) was an artist, craftswoman, and teacher who served as the Head of Silversmithing and Jewellery at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA), University of Edinburgh.
Life Hogg was born in Troon. She attended Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London.
Career Hogg was Head of the Department of Jewellery and Silversmithing at ECA from 1985 to 2007.
She was a trustee of the Crafts Council and influenced a great many jewellers during her career.
In 2008, Hogg was the first craft resident in the new Sackler Centre at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
In 2021, The Goldsmiths’ Company announced the acquisition of works by Hogg and their archives hold a number of her designs and drawings.
Her work is held in the collections of the V&A, National Museums of Scotland, the Museum of Art and Design, New York; V&A, London; The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Swiss National Museum, Zurich; and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada.
Awards and honours In 2001, Hogg received an MBE in recognition of her services to silversmithing and jewellery.
In 2019, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Medal at the Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Awards.
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