Very Open Studio



October 15, 2008

My studio is open to the public at certain times and in addition there are regular surprise visits from various groups who are on official tours of the V&A. Today it was a group of museum officials from Taiwan who enjoyed making Edinburgh hallmarks using the two presses that I borrowed from the Museum of Scotland. I thought children would love to press the images of Edinburgh Castle and of a thistle into thin discs of aluminium but I find adults enjoy doing it even more than children.

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October 15, 2008

Dorothy Hogg is internationally recognised as both an artist jeweller and a teacher of jewellery and silversmithing. She has enjoyed a lifetime of success as a world-renowned maker, and was...

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