Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop day launch programme announced
Scottish Goldsmiths Trust announce line up for Marchmont launch
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To celebrate the opening of the Marchmont Silversmithing Workshops, the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust has created a day programme on the Saturday 25 March for silversmiths, collectors, curators and industry VIPs to include the formal opening of the workshop, talks, panel discussion and silversmithing demonstrations. Speakers will include Hugo Burge, Director of Marchmont Ventures and Lisa Koenigsberg, President of Initiatives in Art and Culture – New York. The day will offer a rich day of discussion and ample time to enjoy meeting and talking with fellow attendees.
The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust (SGT) is establishing The Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop as a national centre where up to five silversmiths at a time can design and create stunning pieces from precious metals.
The workshop, created by SGT in partnership with Marchmont House (as part of their Creative Spaces) and with support from Marchmont Makers Foundation, will be publicly opened on 25 March, as part of the At Home with Silver Weekend.
A new home for silversmithing in Scotland aims to secure a thriving future for one of the country’s great and most ancient traditions.
AT HOME WITH SILVER
DAY PROGRAMME Saturday 25 March 2023
MORNING
09:30 Refreshments on Arrival
10:25 Welcome
Ebba Goring, Chief Executive of The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust
10:30 Marchmont: A new home to makers and creators
Hugo Burge, Director of Marchmont Ventures
10:45 The Power of Craft in a Transformational Age
How previous movements inform the future of culture
Lisa Koenigsberg, President & Founder of Initiatives in Art and Culture NYC
11:15 Refreshments
11:30 The Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop: A New Home for Silversmiths
Ebba Goring, Chief Executive of The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust
11:45 The Fifth Bench: International Residency at the Marchmont Silversmithing
Workshop: Creativity, Collaboration and Community
Professor Sandra Wilson, University of Dundee; Andean silversmithing,
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme of the British Museum.
We welcome Gabriela Andrade and Fernando Buitron from Ecuador - the first
residencies at Marchmont, with residency supported by the Marchmont Makers
Foundation and travel to Scotland made possible by The Silver Society.
11:55 Silver in Contemporary Life
Panel Discussion moderated by Corinne Julius, Critic & Applied Arts Journalist
Bryony Knox, Silversmith & Trustee of The Scottish Goldsmiths Trust
Sheng Zhang, Silversmith
Colin Fraser, Consultant Silver Specialist, Lyon & Turnbull
Anna Gordon, Head of Department, Silversmithing and Jewellery Design at The
Glasgow School of Art
12:45 Buffet Lunch and sign-up for afternoon activities
AFTERNOON
14:00 The Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop Formal Opening Ceremony
Hugo Burge will cut the ribbon and formally open the workshop.
14:15 Afternoon Activities
An informal afternoon of fun activities for silversmiths and visitors. Visitors
will be divided into small groups and invited to take part in activities.
Silversmithing Workshop Tour: Meet the Marchmont Makers
Guided tour of the workshop, meet the silversmiths and watch demonstrations.
Raising of a Silver Community Bowl: Marchmont Silversmithing Workshop
All visitors are invited to take part in raising from a flat sheet of recycled
silver, a ‘Community Bowl’.
Refreshments will be available in the Common Room
Group Discussion: Sustainability and ethical working practices for silversmiths
An opportunity to take part in a practical discussion about steps you can
take as a silversmith to make your business more sustainable and what it
means for your business with Dr Karen Westland.
16:30 Refreshments
17:00 Day end and transport to Berwick-upon-Tweed Station
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