The Canterbury Jewellers Festival at The Beaney Art Museum and Library

Jewellers have been working in Canterbury for nearly two thousand years and the Cathedral is also home to the Patron Saint of Gold and Silver smiths, St Dunstan who was buried there at the end of the 10th Century.

To mark this longstanding craft in the city we are celebrating four of our outstanding contemporary designer/makers with a 10 day Festival showcasing their skills: Ortwin Thyssen, Justin Richardson, Luke Goldsmith & Polly Gasston. Each jeweller will highlight a particular piece or aspect of their craftsmanship and there will be daily 2 hour demonstrations of what they do and how they do it, with many skills and techniques unchanged for millennia.

Canterbury City Partnership has been spearheading the Festival which is being sponsored by the Goldsmiths Company in London and the Canterbury Index magazine. And to top it all off there will be a display all about Saint Dunstan. Who was he, why was he important and how did he become the Patron Saint of Gold and Silver Smiths in the first place? (Demonstrations will take place between 2 and 4pm daily, except Sunday 19th & 26th May, and numbers may be limited depending on demand)

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