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I taught silversmithing for about 15 years as an evening class for Abingdon College until 1999. Since then I have run an annual short course for the Abingdon Silver Group in the autumn. This is a 'crash' five week course covering practical and theory. Please contact me for details. From May 2008 to March 2009, I ran a set of evening classes for Oxfordshire County Council Adult Learning at St Birinus in Didcot on Thursday nights. I also taught three successful one-day workshops at Cheney School in Oxford from July 2008 to March 2009 for OCC. While I enjoyed the contact time and had very good feedback from my students, I decided that the obligations of public sector teaching did not justify the rewards. If you want private tuition let me know! As you can see from the examples of my work, I can cover a wide range of techniques. My classes generally include a short 'lesson' on a particular technique and then practical work. I start from basic cutting, filing and soldering to casting, with discourses on metals and hallmarking. By the end of a series of classes, I would expect you to understand what could be done, albeit not necessarily the full detail of how! Photos of students' work To get people started, I have a set of instructions for some straightforward pieces. If you are thinking of joining one of my classes, you may like to choose one of these. Note that the pictures below are not to the same scale.
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