by Charlotte | Oct 20, 2022 | News
You may remember me mentioning the Contemporary British Silversmiths’ “Skills Training Programme” in some of my earlier posts form 2018 and 2019 when I talked about the training I received on asymmetric raising and tray sinking whilst visiting a fellow silversmith’s... 
by Charlotte | Oct 19, 2022 | News
The jug at different stages of the making process – Left: the raising done by Christopher, Central: the finished piece, Right: the modelling stage for the handle. Back in the summer of 2020 I was commissioned to make a small Christening beaker for a little girl... 
by Charlotte | Jul 19, 2021 | News
At the beginning of 2020 Charlotte was commissioned by Barber Emeritus and former Master of the Worshipful Company of Barbers John Bootes to design and create four ceremonial goblets for use at Company dinners by those members that hold Emeritus status. The title of... 
by Charlotte | Mar 31, 2021 | News
Back in October 2020 Charlotte was awarded the South House Silver Workshop Trust Scholarship and given the choice to spend a month of intensive training with either master silversmith Rod Kelly or Brett Payne. A tough choice indeed! However, Charlotte saw the... 
by Charlotte | Sep 2, 2019 | News
Charlotte with master silversmith Rebecca De Quin and graduate silversmiths (L-R) Charlotte Duckworth, Katie Watson, Sheng Zhang, Karen Westland and Rebecca Boldra. Having received a great deal of support in fine tuning her silversmithing technique via the... 
by Charlotte | Feb 1, 2019 | News
Charlotte working on the rim of her tray during the Tray Sinking & Flat Hammering course, tutored by Ray Walton. This January Charlotte returned to Snowdonia to complete another course as part of the Contemporary British Silversmiths Skills Training Programme....