THE CHEAPSIDE HOARD: History revisited with Stephen Gallagher

This lecture celebrates the centenary of the discovery of the greatest hoard of Elizabethan and Jacobean jewellery ever to be found.

Drawing upon research carried out at the Museum of London, the V&A Museum and the British Museum, Gallagher will provide a detailed examination of this hoard - that lay undisturbed for some 300 years beneath one of London’s busiest streets – and the murky events surrounding its discovery. He will discuss how historical research informs his jewellery practice, and demonstrate the ways in which the past continues to be relevant to contemporary craft and design.

Stephen Gallagher is a Melbourne-based jeweller whose work is influenced by the Elizabethan era, and explores how research of historical material can inform contemporary practice. He has a BA in Gold & Silversmithing (Hons) and is a recipient of an Emerging Artist Mentorship in 2000 from Craft Victoria and an Ethel Oates Scholarship in 2001 from The Embroiderers Guild, Victoria. In 2008 he was awarded an Australian Arts Council - Skills and Arts Development London Studio to explore Elizabethan objects in situ. His work is represented in public and private collections around the country.

Stephen Gallagher, The Arcadian Hoard, 2009