Silver Smithing
Silver Smithing
The Queens Drawers Projects
Event Description
Led by Silversmith and Jewellery designer Christopher Powell
In this full day workshop you will have the option to create a simple silver hammered band ring or a pair of earrings. You will be using hand tools to cut, hammer, file and shape the silver.
The Event
On Sunday 17 July jeweller Chris Powell led a full day workshop for 7 participants making not only a
silver band ring but also pairs of earrings. Using hand tools and metal working techniques
participants shaped hammered cut and filed their individual rings. Starting with finding ring size and
choosing the profile of the silver the rings were cut to size, filed, soldered, cooled in water, pickled in
sulphuric acid to clean off impurities, then finished by hammering surface decoration, then finally
polished. Earrings were first drawn out then cut from sheet silver, shaped, filed, embellished,
polished and fitted to wires. An amazing achievement to make so much work in one day with equally amazing results!!
What the participants thought
The Queens Drawers Project
This workshop was part of a series of 5 artist led events for the local community funded by the
National Lottery Awards for All fund to involve the community in creatively celebrating the Queen’s
Platinum Jubilee year!.
Julie Galano Head of Funding at the TNL community fund said
’Congratulations on your project funding. And thank you for everything you do to support your
community.’
All of the works made will be kept in Adams to go on exhibition on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4
September after which they will be returned to the maker.
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Contact Details
17 Main Street
Littleport
CB6 1PH
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