Member Masterclass: Curb Chain Masterclass (Morning)

Discover the material strength, repetitive rhythm and sturdy beauty of curb chain making with jeweller and chain specialist Lucie Gledhill.

In this masterclass, you'll explore how chain gains both strength and flexibility as it grows link by link. Beginning with a simple piece of copper wire, you’ll coil and cut your own links, and learn how to join them together using silver solder. Through the methodical repetition of closing, soldering, forming and twisting, you’ll build a small section of chain in a classic curb pattern.

Lucie Gledhill is a jeweller whose practice centres around chain-making. After researching repetition and meditative making during her MA at the Royal College of Art, chain-making became central to her work - with curb chain being the first pattern she fell in love with. Obsessed with chains tactile process and the conceptual themes embedded in its form, Lucie continues to explore the materials narrative and structural possibilities through ongoing work with rope, spiga and trace chain.

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