The British Silver Week were exhibiting a huge range of work from 20 British silversmiths. It is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of Contemporary British Silversmiths both within the UK and abroad. They kicked off the 2011 program at Inhorgenta and were lovely stand neighbours who had so much useful information to share!
Gordon from the British Silver Week selling up a storm!
After leaving the trade fair and Munich behind I headed to northern Germany... Berlin, Hannover, Lübeck and Bremen. I met silversmith Maike Dahl in Hannover and spent an amazing day tinkering and chatting... and eating some delicious home cooked food!
Maike's studio - such a great working space!
I then headed to the quaint town Lübeck where I met another silversmith, Beate Leonards. Being away from my own studio for five weeks was a bit strange and the chance to see the ways other silversmiths work and their studios was very inspiring!
Holstentor (the city gate) in Lübeck
Beate's wonderfully organised studio space!
I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek and tour of one of the last operating silver factories in Germany. Koch & Bergfeld has recently moved into a new space on the river in Bremen. It is large open plan workshop equipped with an enormous array of tools and machinery and has master silversmiths and their apprentices still working away on finishing individual pieces.
Look at all those spinning mandrels!
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