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Shows 2010 Please visit my Exhibitions page to see details of my forthcoming shows. Scroll down for listings up to the end of July - all Autumn shows will be listed during the next few weeks. If you haven't visited Art in Action before, why not go along this year - it is a superb show held in the grounds of Waterperry Gardens, showing the very best of British Arts and Crafts with demonstrations and exhibitions in a wide variety of disciplines. www.artinaction.org.uk Rachel will have a stand in the Market Tent, where you can get the opportunity to meet her, see her work and purchase or commission her award winning enamelling.
Rachel is currently participating in British Silver Week, showing her enamel silverware. Rachel's third and final event is at Daivd Fowkes Jewellery, Thorseby Hall, which finishes on 8th July 2010. Visit www.britishsilverweek.co.uk to find out more about this exciting event now in it's third year and read more about makers and venues in the May/June edition of Crafts and Design Magazine, which includes a feature about Rachel.
Enamel Workshops 2010 Rachel has just returned from a fantastic weekend in Denmark, where she had been invited to talk and demonstrate her enamel skills to a group of Danish Enamellers at Ravstedhus in Jutland. The weekend consisted of Danish Enamellers from all over Denmark converging to share their experiences and work and to learn from each other, as well as from invited guests. Tom Lundsten, an Enameller based just south of Copenhagen in Koge, organises this annual event and as a result of Rachel's visit, the group are now palnning to link themselves to the UK Guild of Enamellers by forming a new Region. Rachel has been teaching jewellery and enamelling for over twenty years and runs classes at her workshop in
The courses provide a relaxed and friendly environment for students of all levels from beginners through to the more experienced, to enjoy learning with the common aim of building on and improving skills. Please click here for details of current courses and further information.
Select On Line Gallery 2010 In 2009 Rachel received the Silver award in the Jewellery, Gold and Silversmiths catergory thanks to all your votes. This was done through the Select on line gallery and to see Rachel's page, which includes a video clip of her enamelling a small bowl go to www.craftmaker.co.uk/rachelgogerly Visit www.craftanddesign.net to find out more about Craft and Design Magazine, their Select on line gallery and how to order a copy of the magazine or subcribe online.
Guild of Enamellers - Summer Journal In the Summer 2010 Journal look out for the article Rachel has submitted 'Antwerp Zilvermarkt 2010 sees convergence of European Enamellers'. Rachel tells her story of visiting Belgium, to do a one day Silver Market event in the famous Sterckshof Silver Museum in Duerne, Antwerp. Not only was she and her fellow Silversmith, Brett Payne, the first UK Designers to attend this annual show, but Rachel tells of how she was visited by a group of Dutch Enamellers from the Netherlands Guild of Enamellers too. The day was a great success with plenty of 'Enamel Talk' and before departing, Wim Nys, Director of the Museum added, 'We would be very happy for you to return again next year'. The Guild of Enamellers is a national association with seven
Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards 2010 In 2007 Rachel won the Silver Award in the Senior Enamellers section at this prestigious annual event. However, Rachel has won two Silver Awards this year! A Silver in the Senior Enamellers section for a basse taille silver and enamel Pill Box and a Silver in the Design led Small Workers section, for one of her Purse Mirrors, also in the basse taille style. For more details go to www.craftanddesigncouncil.org.uk/index.html
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