Trustees of the South House Workshop Trust Announce 2025 Scholars

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The Trustees of the South House Workshop Trust are delighted to announce ELEVEN fully-funded silversmithing graduate scholarships for 2025.

These residential scholarships are being made available to accelerate the professional careers of promising silversmiths.

Each scholarship is for a period of one month or two months, learning a variety of silversmithing skills in an intensive residential placement either in Shetland or Sheffield with master silversmiths Rod Kelly, Brett Payne and Chris Perry. The scholarships include the cost of tuition, travel, accommodation and a subsistence bursary.

Each one month scholarship has a value of £5250.00. The training will cover in detail: raising, chasing, engraving, soldering, forging, hinge making and hammer work along with discussions on design, marketing and selling.

We are thrilled to announce that this year's scholars are:

Abigail Asher
Caius Bearder
Holly Clifford
Monica Findlay
Hannah Keddie
Francisca Onumah
Anna Olafsson
Rebecca Oldfield
Anna Rennie
Scott Smith
Emma Wilson

Scholarships have been made possible by the generous support of our sponsors:

The Goldsmiths’ Foundation
The Clothworkers’ Company
The Goldsmiths’ Centre
The Radcliffe Trust
The South House Silver Workshop Trust
The South Square Trust
The Saunders Family
Argex Ltd
And other donors who prefer to remain anonymous

Image Credits:

Abigail Asher

‘Gilded Kiln’ 2024

Made by commission for the Sheffield Assay Office. It is a multifunctional vessel that can be utilised as a water jug, candleholder and vase with its accompanying attachments.

Materials: Britannia Silver and 9ct Gold.

All Photography: George Baggaley.

Caius Bearder

‘View from the Asterix’ box. Sterling silver, rosewood, gold plating. Hand spun, hand engraved, laser welded. Photo by Richard Valencia.

The Asterix was a 3rd Century Roman shipping vessel which wrecked off the coast of Guernsey. This box is inspired by the idea of the wooden remnants in the seabed, beneath the swirling ocean and sea life.

Holly Clifford

Monica Findlay

Hannah Keddie

Francisca Onumah

Anna Olafsson

Rebecca Oldfield

Anna Rennie

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‘Nancarrow’ - raised from a disc of Britannia silver and measures 8cm in height. 18ct interior gold plating. Photography credit Paul Mounsey.

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‘Lamorna’ - raised from a disc of Britannia silver, 8cm in height. Photography credit Paul Mounsey.

Scott Smith