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Cloudscape Buckle, 2008, Damascus iron and gold, engraved with silver inlay, H 4.6 x W7.2 cm © Philippa Swann

Preview: Malcolm Appleby – 50 Golden Years in Scotland

The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh are hosting a celebratory show for master goldsmith and hand engraver Malcolm Appleby, marking the 50 years since he first set up his studio in...

Hand engraved silver by Malcolm Appleby, detail, © Armadillo Central, 2017

The Hand Engravers Association Symposium 2017

I was privileged to be invited to the Hand Engravers Association’s (HEA) Symposium, a 5-day event at master engraver Malcolm Appleby’s workshops in Scotland earlier in June.

Once Upon A Time II by Danuta Solowiej

We All Deserve a Medal

This thought occurred as Father’s Day looms in the UK; what a perfect present a medal would make.

Man and Machine – An Unhappy Alliance 1919 by Ludwig Gies

WW1 Medal Art and Propaganda

The origins of the first ever national public museum lie with physician, naturalist and collector, Sir Hans Sloane who amassed an amazing hoard of some 71,000 objects of note during...

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