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Ford Hallam ( English: Ford Hallam ) (June 8, 1963, Münster , Federal Republic of Germany - August 10, 2024, Dartmouth , Devon , Great Britain) is a British goldsmith, master of traditional Japanese metalwork, expert restorer, popularizer of the art of decorating antique Japanese cold weapons. Consultant to the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum of Art , the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology , the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on conservation and interpretation of Japanese metalwork. Consultant for the program of analytical studies of Japanese cold weapon frames for the purpose of studying specific problems of traditional metallurgy (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge University).
Ford Gallam's works are kept in private collections in Great Britain, USA, Canada, France, Germany, Belgium and Japan, as well as in museums in Great Britain ( Victoria and Albert Museum of Art in London and Birmingham Museum) and Japan ( Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum in Kyoto and Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum ).