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Ekubia enjoys working the silver to its limits by stretching and manipulating it through repeated rounds of embossing and chasing, techniques of applying decoration to the front and back of the metal. The careful tool marks on the surface emphasise the fluid form of the vase. \r\n\r\nNdidi Ekubia trained at Wolverhampton Polytechnic, (now the University of Wolverhampton), from 1992-1995  where she undertook a 3D design course involving wood, plastics and metal.  She then attended Bishopsland Educational Trust (1995-1996) a post graduate training  programme for silversmiths and jewellers and then completed an MA in Silversmithing and Jewellery at the  Royal College of Art (1996-1998).  Her work  characteristically combines traditional silversmithing techniques with innovative design.  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