The Creative Dimension Trust Spring 2027 Silversmithing Workshop
Create a free account to applyShape metal into a bowl using blocking out, hammering and planishing, then learn to use a forge and soften metal for shaping. You’ll build up to embossing and fold forming, creating leaf designs in copper.
This one-week spring workshop introduces you to the craft of silversmithing through hands-on making. You will learn how to stretch and form metal by making a bowl, using techniques such as blocking out, hammering and planishing.
You will also be taught how to use a forge and how to heat and soften the metal to shaping temperature.
As the course progresses, you will work with tools including a piercing saw, snips and files, then move on to embossing and fold forming. By combining the skills you have learnt, you will create leaf designs in copper, a material chosen for its beauty and malleability as well as its suitability for practising larger-scale work.
The workshop is designed for creative young people who want to develop practical craft skills and explore future pathways in creative, engineering and design-related careers. It is fully funded, limited to a small number of places, and expects participants to attend every day.
As part of The Creative Dimension Trust’s accreditation scheme, students on workshops of three days or more can receive a graded evaluation and written feedback.
TCDT accreditation grades: Working Towards, Pass, Merit or Distinction, with written evaluations for workshops running three days or more.
13 February 2027
Applications may close early if the workshop becomes oversubscribed.
15 February 2027, 10:00 – 19 February 2027, 16:30
Spring 2027
Location
- Aged 14-19 during the workshop dates.
- Able to make their own way to and from the venue throughout the workshop.
- Available for the full duration of the workshop.
- Be creative and have an interest in the careers listed, or similar areas.
- Good hand-eye co-ordination.
- Show a passion for working with your hands in your application.
- Must be able to attend every day of the workshop.
Fully funded by sponsors. Places are limited to 8 participants, and applications may close early if the workshop becomes oversubscribed.
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