Artist

Albion Smith

born Hemet, CA 1952
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Courtesy Albion Smith.
Born
Hemet, California, United States
Biography

Albion Smith learned to weld as a young boy in his father’s sheet metal shop. For a time, he lived in a school bus to save money and support his desire to make one-of-a-kind custom sculptures. Because space in the bus was limited, Smith scaled down his pieces and abandoned welded steel to become a silversmith. He enjoys the complexity of silversmithing and makes jewelry, watch cases, goblets, and teapots that display a variety of semiprecious stones.

Works by this artist (10 items)

Joseph C. Claghorn, A Florida Park, before 1935, oil on canvas mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph C. Claghorn, 1970.320
A Florida Park
Datebefore 1935
oil on canvas mounted on paperboard
Not on view
Joseph C. Claghorn, A Flemish Lady, n.d., softground etching and etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Constance Claghorn, 1971.97
A Flemish Lady
Daten.d.
softground etching and etching on paper
Not on view
Joseph C. Claghorn, On Deerfield Street (Old House at Deerfield), n.d., etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Constance Claghorn, 1971.94
On Deerfield Street (Old House at Deerfield)
Daten.d.
etching on paper
Not on view
Joseph C. Claghorn, (Nude Woman Fixing Her Hair), n.d., steel-faced copper etching plate, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Constance Claghorn, 1971.100
(Nude Woman Fixing Her Hair)
Daten.d.
steel-faced copper etching plate
Not on view