Robert Fairbank

ROBERT FAIRBANK  was one of the original three founding partners of Goldsmiths 3, and has been a professional goldsmith for over 30 years.  His expertise in the craft spans a diverse array of skills, from wax carving and casting to stone setting,  yet remains firmly rooted in the Scandinavian tradition of hand forging.  

Cultivating a love of metalwork from an early age, Robert spent several years apprenticed to Boston area goldsmiths who worked directly in the metal, achieving form and balance through the careful application of steel tools upon gold.  Through this experience, Robert gained an abiding respect for the creative opportunities that precious metals present, and how traditional, direct methods, vastly unchanged throughout history, can be used to create complex three dimensional designs, either abstract or representational. 

Largely self-taught, Robert went on to study the finer points of jewelry fabrication, becoming an expert stone setter, engraver, designer and platinumsmith.  Offering hand drawn renderings to communicate his vision, Robert has created hundreds of unique custom pieces of jewelry, artifacts and sculpture for clients near and far. 

Robert’s skill as a craftsman has kept him in demand as an instructor of specialty workshops at institutions such as the Massachusetts College of Art, the DeCordova Museum School, and MetalWerx in Waltham, MA. Preferring to ignore Geraldine’s references to him as the “senior” partner, Robert is the President of Fairbank and Perry Goldsmiths, and directs all production in the studio