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Stuart Leslie Devlin
Early life and education
Devlin was born in
Career
He returned to teach in Melbourne and subsequently became an inspector of art schools. He rose to fame when, in 1964, he won a competition to design the first decimal coinage for Australia.
In 1965, he moved to London and opened a small workshop. This marked the beginning of Devlin's own style, which often took the form of limited editions, the most popular being Easter eggs and Christmas boxes, now collectors' items. He adapted and devised new techniques to produce a wide variety of textures and filigree forms, and became well known in London's West End, producing a new collection each year. He had a prestigious showroom in Conduit Street from 1979 until 1985.
In 1966 a Stuart Devlin fine silver sculpture was commissioned by Ford of Britain to celebrate the release of the new Mk IV Ford Zephyr and Zodiac range of motor vehicles.
He has designed furniture, interiors, jewellery, and commissioned pieces of all types, including trophies, clocks, centrepieces, goblets, candelabra, bowls, and insignia. Among his most popular commissions, Devlin has designed coins and medals for 36 countries throughout the world, including precious coins for the
In 1982, Devlin was granted the
Retirement
Having closed his London workshop, Devlin retired to Littlehampton, In his Littlehampton studio, he was one of the first artist to use computer aided design. By 1992, he purchased an Intergraph workstation running I/Design 3D solid modeling software to design finely detailed jewelry in 3D with photorealistic animations and output to a 3D printer. He had not yet retired.[2] West Sussex. He ceased drawing after he suffered a stroke in 2014.[3]
Devlin died on 12 April 2018 at the age of 86.[4]
Honours
Devlin was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1980 Birthday Honours for service to the art of design and an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1988 Australia Day Honours in recognition of service to the craftsmanship as a goldsmith, silversmith and designer.[5][6]
References
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- ^ Lloyd Philpótt
- ^ Edgar, Ray (7 February 2016). "Coin designer Stuart Devlin reflects on decimal currency's 50th anniversary". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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- ^ "No. 48213". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1980. p. 34.
- ^ "Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) entry for Devlin, Stuart Leslie". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 1988. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
In recognition of service to the craftsmanship as a goldsmith, silversmith and designer
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