Tanya Ashken

Tanya Ashken
ONZM
Ashken in 2024
Born
Joan Tanya Handley Ashken

1939 (age 86–87)
London, England
Known forSculptor, silversmith
Notable workAlbatross, Frank Kitts Park, Wellington (1986)
Spouse
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(m. 1960; died 2005)​

Joan Tanya Handley Drawbridge ONZM (née Ashken; born 1939 in London, England), known as Tanya Ashken, is a New Zealand silversmith and sculptor. She was one of a number of European-trained jewellers who came to New Zealand in the 1960s and transformed contemporary jewellery in that country, including Jens Hoyer Hansen, Kobi Bosshard and Gunter Taemmler.

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