Epona Smith

21/10/2026

I’m deeply honoured to have been selected as a finalist for this year’s QEST x Sanderson Rising Star Craft Award, alongside such an inspiring group of craftspeople.

Hand engraving is a slow and precise conversation between metal, light and touch. Every line is cut by hand, shaping the way light moves across the surface and translating the textures of nature into precious metal. To have this practice recognised by an award that celebrates both craftsmanship and the future of making is incredibly meaningful to me.
Thank you QEST and Sanderson for this recognition, and to this year’s judging panel for their time, generosity and belief in contemporary craft:


Lisa Montague
Debika Ray
Ruth Sleightholme


I am especially grateful to Taiwanese Ambassador for attending the event and supporting my work. As a Taiwanese artist building my practice in London, his presence made the occasion particularly special.

It was a beautiful evening celebrating the skill, dedication and stories behind making. Congratulations to all the brilliant finalists. I feel very proud to be part of this year’s cohort.

30/09/2026

The last day always feels different from the rest.
A month ago I stood in front of this space not knowing what it would hold. Today I keep finding myself walking back to the piece, just to look at it one more time — the way the light catches the gilding, the way people slow down when they notice the magpies. I don’t think I’ll get tired of watching that happen.
Homo Faber has given Echoes of Joy something I couldn’t have built alone: a place to be seen, and people willing to stop and really look. For that, my thank you goes to HOMO FABER and the Michelangelo Foundation, for trusting this piece with a home inside An Island of Light. To Alberto Vanderbilt Cavalli, for a kind of support that mattered more than I’ve said out loud. To , whose vision turned this exhibition into something none of us will forget. And to the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, for letting San Giorgio Maggiore hold all of this so beautifully.

29/09/2026

Two days left.
I lost count of how many conversations I had here…about magpies, about hand push engraving, about why the cut catches light the way it does. That‘s the part of Homo Faber I’ll miss most.
If you haven‘t made it to San Giorgio Maggiore yet, this is the moment. Echoes of Joy is waiting in An Infinite Birdsong.
📍 Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
Until 30 September

28/09/2026

Three days left.
Echoes of Joy closes with Homo Faber on 30 September, and I’m not quite ready to say goodbye to it.
Two magpies meet on a gilded branch. The piece is Britannia silver, hand-engraved, with silver wire details formed by hand after Chan Hua, a traditional Taiwanese flower-making craft. With hours and hours of engraving…

If you’re in Venice this week, come and see it in person. The engraving only reveals itself when the light moves across it.
📍 An Infinite Birdsong, Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
Until 30 September
HOMO FABER

23/09/2026

Come a little closer 👀
Tiny engraved feathers, woven rush and silver that catches the light as you turn it. A few details from my jewellery and silverware at Shine 2026.
I spend hours with these pieces at the bench, so it was lovely to see them in someone else’s hands, being turned around, looked at closely and talked about. Thank you to everyone who stopped by. I loved sharing them with you.

The exhibition continues until 22 December at The Goldsmiths’ Centre, London. Entry is free, so do pop in if you’re nearby.

Which detail caught your eye first: the birds or the woven silver plate?

Photography by Julia Skupny, The Goldsmiths' Centre

21/09/2026

13/09/2026

I’m delighted to be selected for Shine 2026, the Goldsmiths’ Centre’s annual new talent showcase for jewellery and silversmithing.

Join me for the opening night on Wednesday 16 September, from 5–8pm. Come and discover my new collection, see the hand-engraved details up close and say hello. I would love to meet you there 💛

Tickets are free, but booking is essential.
🎫 Book through the link in my bio!

The Goldsmiths' Centre

10/09/2026

One last moment for Seasons of Light ✨

Today marked the final day of the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards Exhibition 2026 at The Goldsmiths’ Centre.

I’m deeply honoured that Seasons of Light received the Senior 3D Design Silver Award at this year’s GC&DC Awards, often described as the “Jewellery Oscars”.

This pair of hand-engraved silver vessels brings together several engraving techniques with layers of colour. I wanted each engraved line to shape the light across the metal, allowing the flowers to shift between line, colour and reflection as the viewer moves around them.

Thank you to 💎 Rachael Taylor 💎 and writer Amy Wakeham for featuring my work in the exhibition article. My sincere thanks also to Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards and The Goldsmiths' Centre for presenting it with such care, and to everyone who visited, shared the exhibition, or paused to spend a little time with the work over the past two months.

The exhibition has now closed, but I’m taking its light back into the studio with me.

10/09/2026

Thank you Cultural Taiwan UK for sharing !

09/09/2026

Very happy to finally share that my work Echoes of Joy has been selected for Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light in Venice.

Seeing my work here at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on San Giorgio Maggiore feels very special. This piece brings together Britannia silver, hand engraving and hand-formed silver details inspired by Chan Hua, a traditional Taiwanese flower-making craft. Two magpies meet on a gilded branch, carrying a small story of joy, connection and good fortune.

What I loved most about Homo Faber is how beautifully every work has been given its own space and presence. The exhibition is incredibly thoughtful and beautifully curated, bringing together different materials, cultures and ways of making while still allowing the individual voice of each maker to be seen.

A very special thank you to Homo Faber and the Michelangelo Foundation for selecting my work and giving it a place within this extraordinary celebration of contemporary craft.

And thank you to Alberto Vanderbilt Cavalli, Corinne Paget-Blanc, ᴛ ᴏ ᴍ ᴀ and Andrea Tomasi , and everyone behind Homo Faber, for all the care and work that went into making this edition possible.

If you’re in Venice this September, you can find Echoes of Joy in An Infinite Birdsong at Homo Faber.

1–30 September 2026
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice ✨

HOMO FABER Contemporary Brit Silversmiths QEST Hand Engravers Association Cultural Taiwan UK 文化部駐英國代表處文化組 Taiwan in Italia