Abingdon Silver Group

To record work done by members of the group, we have commissioned two punches to our own design. The design leans heavily on the crest for Abingdon and the crescent moon is an alchemical symbol

With grateful thanks to Elin Bornemann, the collections officer at the museum, members of the group had an after-hours visit to the museum to see the display of silver.  Jackie Smith gave a talk about

We will have sessions planned from 4 May for 10 weeks including some short talks/ refresher sessions.  There are no obligatory Covid precautions required – do whatever you feel comfortable with. Usual time and place

There is just one space available on the course.  Please contact John Huddleston if you are interested or want to go on a waiting list for this or next year’s course.

Our last session on the 20-21 season is on 21 July.  We will be restarting on 15 September – more details to follow.  (All subject to Covid of course!)

Unfortunately, we will have to wait until stage 3 of the easing of lockdown before we can restart.  This means 19 May is the earliest date according to the current Government guidelines.

Regretably, we have to close from 11 November to 2 December.  Hopefully we’ll be back on 9th December.  Watch this space! However , we can’t welcome new members or visitors until spacing restrictions are removed. 

Things will be different in the way that we work because of the need to socially distance, but we are actively planning to start again on 16 September. However, we will not be having an

Now to become a regular feature during lockdown, we’re taken our much-loved 8pm tea break into the aether and held a Zoom meeting instead.  There were 10 of us at some point – Grant, Robert,

Some of you will be continuing to do silversmithing at home if you have tools and materials. I am lucky enough to have a workbench in our spare room so am continuing with projects. With