David A Smith MBE, signwriter and reverse glass artist

In 2020 David A Smith was awarded the MBE for services to reverse glass ornamental artistry and heritage crafts, following a nomination by Heritage Crafts.

David, from Torquay in Devon, is world-renowned for his high quality reverse glass lettering and artistry – which encompasses all the skills historically done by an array of craftspeople, including design, lettering, acid etching, brilliant cutting, silvering and angel gilding – having revived many of these skills from the point of extinction in the UK. He has had many high-profile commissions in the UK and abroad, including John Meyer, Sony Music, the Victoria & Albert Museum and Disney.