Bishopsland Educational Trust Summer School: Alloys
11-13 August: a 3-day, intermediate-to-advanced course to learn to alloy gold, recycle your own precious metals and gain control over the process of creating sheet and wire.
- Booking essential
You will explore the fundamentals of alloy in coloured carat gold, with a focus on the ternary alloy system. Participants will gain an understanding of how to control colour variations and refine techniques for working with gold sheet and wire.
Designed for experienced makers working with 18-carat gold or recycled silver, the course delves into metallurgy, atomic structures, and material properties. Through hands-on learning, participants will learn to prevent overworking, minimize defects, and reduce material loss.
Key processes include weighing pure metal elements such as gold, silver, and copper, melting them into a single ingot, and shaping them into workable gold sheet.
Our 3-day intermediate-to-advanced courses are primarily for the Bishopsland Fellows community and other more advanced makers.
Your tutor for this course is Yeena Yoon, an award-winning jeweller and goldsmith. Every piece of her work shows her passion for craftsmanship and individuality. Yeena specialises in fine gold wire work and gemstone lapidary, both of which were honed under the meticulous direction of world master craftsman Giovanni Corvaja and Charlotte De Syllas. Yeena is the recipient of multiple awards and grants in her field for her innovative practice, including The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Scholarship (2021) and a beneficiary of the Gem X Scholarship (2022).
The course takes place over three days, from 11-13 August. The course fee includes accommodation.
Times
Prices
| Ticket type | Ticket category |
|---|---|
| All | £650.00 |
The basics
- Booking details
Call 07557 994732
- Suitability
This course is only suitable for those over the age of 18
- Meeting point
Hills Yard, Buscot, Faringdon SN7 8BY.
- What to bring and wear
Wear practical clothes and footwear (closed shoes, no open toes) and ensure arms/legs are covered. Long hair must be tied back. You will need to bring an apron.
- Accessibility
There is plenty of parking on site and accessible parking spaces are marked. There are some uneven surfaces such as cobbles due to the historic nature of the Estate. Seating is provided but the nature of the course may necessitate some standing. Please contact Bishopsland Educational Trust if you wish to have an informal chat about accessibility.
Upcoming events
Introduction to Blacksmithing
18th July: enjoy a full day course getting to grips with the basics of blacksmithing.
Open Days
13 April, 11 May, 8 June, 13 July, 10 August, 12 October: visit our exhibition and take a look behind the scenes on one of our Coleshill Village Open Days.
Guided Tours: Secrets of Coleshill
17 April to 11 October, 1pm and 2.30pm Thursdays and Saturdays: find out more about some of the lesser-known chapters of the estate’s history and look behind the scenes of the Heritage and Rural Skills Centre.
Oxfordshire Artweeks at the Heritage and Rural Skills Centre
14-18 May, 11am-5pm: a range of craftspeople will be exhibiting traditional crafts with a modern twist.