Holts Academy Apprentices Are Lead Towards a Path To Success
Apprentices Get Skills Training Boost To Put Them On A Path To Success
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Apprentices from Holts Academy and Higher Education students from the Birmingham School of Jewellery are set to receive an intensive week of technical skills training in Birmingham.
From 12th to 16th September 2016, experienced silversmith Andrew MacGowan taught ten young people how to transform a fixed design into a final piece at the Birmingham School of Jewellery, which has been made possible through financial support from the Goldsmiths’ Company Members’ Charitable Fund and coordination via the Goldsmiths’ Centre in London.
Silversmithing, and the technical skills that underpin it, is a rapidly changing trade seeing a revolution in design and technical possibilities. This week of training is a unique chance for students and apprentices based in Birmingham to hone traditional skills and craft silver to produce a high quality outcome using these techniques.
The Goldsmiths’ Company Craft and Industry Committee, which administers funds on behalf of the Goldsmiths’ Company Members’ Charitable Fund in support of the trade, aims to invest into the future of the trade through this programme and widen skills training access for Apprentices into the Midlands, working in partnership with Holts Academy and the Birmingham School of Jewellery.
Mr Thomas Fattorini, Director of Thomas Fattorini Ltd explained, “The Goldsmiths’ Company Craft and Industry Committee are delighted to be supporting the future of the craft, trade and industry through the training of young people. This programme, which reaches into the Midlands for the first time, would not have been possible without the generous support from the Goldsmiths’ Company Members’ Charitable Fund and collaboration with the Goldsmiths’ Centre.”
Tom Walsh, Holts Academy Birmingham jewellery manufacture tutor, “We are thrilled that our talented apprentices have been given this opportunity to develop their skills with the highly reputable Goldsmiths. It is important for them to stay in the now with the trade and constantly move forward. Good luck to all the students taking part, looking forward to seeing the results!”
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