MALCOLM APPLEBY

MALCOLM APPLEBY was born in Kent in 1946 and decided while still a teenager to become a designer. He studied at Beckenham School of Art, Ravensbourne School of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts and Sir John Cass from 1961 to 1966.

Following the pre-diploma he had an interest in gun engraving design and took on a mock apprenticeship with John Wilkes in London where he learnt the skills of intricate engraving on metal as a gun engraver. He visited Scotland in 1964 for the first time on a Goldsmiths' Company travel grant and was inspired by its natural beauty. He studied at the RCA 1966 to 1968 and moved to Scotland in 1970 where he remains to this day.