Jeweller and Designer.

Rowena Henderson is a jeweller and designer, specialising in small beadwork. Having started out working part-time in a bead shop, Rowena has over 12 years of experience in all aspects of jewellery making and design. Based on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, she works from her home studio teaching classes, designing new patterns and pieces, and working for The Beadworkers Guild as their Journal Editor.

Exhibitions and Awards.

Exhibitions:
Duncan Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee: May 2015
“Not all who wander are lost” - cast bronze medal

National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh: December 2015
“LTD EDT” - Barcelona Jewellery Collection

Goldsmiths Hall, London: March 2016
Craft and Design Awards 2016 – Smallworkers Catergory, A3 digital design board

Andrew Grant Gallery, Edinburgh: March 2016
Work In Progress exhibition – series of spun and engraved plates, mixed metals

Weiner Schmucktage Festival, Vienna: October 2016
PICS Exhibition in conjunction with three other universities – bowl, brooch, pendant

ECA Degree Show, Edinburgh: June 2017
“CRANE Collection” - graduate series of silver vessels

Business Design Centre, London: July 2017
New Designers – graduate series

 Northword Storytagging Exhibition - The Lime Tree, Fort William/Wasps Creative Academy, Inverness/Flowerfields Centre, Portstewart: June 2022
Strontium Carbonate - Small Beadwork

Awards
- British Art Medal Society: 2015 – Merit
- Goldsmiths Craft and Design Awards, 2D Smallworkers Catergory: 2016 – Bronze
- Hamilton and Inches Scholarship student: 2016
- The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths: 2016/17 – Silver Bullion Grant
- The Incorporation of Goldsmiths: 2017 – Shortlisted (final four) - Outstanding Scottish Student of the Year
- Gemmological Institute of America: 2020 – Awarded a distance learning scholarship to complete the Applied Jewelry Professional programme
- Northword Storytagging Project: 2021 – A grant of £1700 to realise a traditional Highland story in an art form, to be exhibited at an exhibition in June 2022
- Visual Arts and Crafts Makers Award 2022 - £500 to improve my practice and continue my exploration of forms in small beadwork 
- The Beadworkers Guild Annual Challenge: 2021/2022 - Winner (Matchbox Category), Winner (Members Choice Award)