Sand Casting with Silver with Anna Watson

Sand casting is a process that has been used for millennia to produce metal jewellery and components. You will heat silver until it becomes liquid, and pour it into the cavity created between two layers of sand.

You will learn how to create a mould in sand using found objects such as buttons or twigs and then how to melt and pour scrap silver to make a cast copy.

15 grams of silver will be provided for the project, extra silver can be purchased if required. Pewter is provided for practice.

Please note that this is not a purpose built jewellery workshop but a great supportive environment for exploration and experimentation.

This course is suitable for all levels

Costs: £100

Days: 1 Saturday

Times: 10:30 - 16:30

Date: 8 June

Location: Red Room

Maximum: 10

Anna Watson graduated from the University of Brighton with a First Class degree in Materials Practice where she specialised in woodwork and metal. For the past eleven years she has worked in the jewellery industry for commercial designers and artisan jewellers. Anna runs her own jewellery business where she designs work for shops and creates work for national and international exhibitions. In 2018 she did a residency in Athens and has since exhibited in Germany, Greece, Portugal and China. Anna particularly enjoys teaching and encouraging students to develop their designs and ideas.

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