28 March – 14 June 2026
For over 45 years, the P&O Makower Trust has commissioned major objects of silver to go on long-term loan to national museums throughout the UK including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Ashmolean, National Museums Scotland and Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.
The original collection, comprising ten pieces, moved to National Museum Cardiff in 2006, from its previous home at the Crafts Council. Since then, several newly commissioned pieces have been added by the makers Sarah Denney (2007/08), Theresa Ngyuen (2009/10), Kevin Grey (2011/12), Adi Toch (2013/14), Claire Malet (2016/17) and most recently by William Romeril with his piece ‘The Royal Game of Urm…?’, commissioned in 2024 and accessioned in 2025.
This exhibition in Ruthin Craft Centre’s CELF space, is the first time the entire P&O Makower Collection, held by National Museum Cardiff, has been brought together in one space, with all thirteen silversmiths’ work on display.
Featuring a display by North Wales silversmith Rauni Higson.
Exhibitors: David Bromilow, Ane Christensen, Angela Cork, Sarah Denny, Ndidi Ekubia, Diana Greenwood, Kevin Grey, Marion Kane, Chris Knight, Claire Malet, Theresa Nguyen, William Romeril, Adi Toch
Curated by Gregory Parsons