Silver bullion grant

A couple of weeks ago I submitted some designs to my tutors and was chosen by them and the Goldsmiths' Company to be given the Goldsmiths' student silver bullion grant. This means they give me £400 to buy silver and pay for hall marking to make my designs. This is very exciting, my work will be on display at New Designers in London with a special sign to say that I received the silver bullion grant and a representative from the Goldsmith' Company will come to see me on the evening of the private view to talk about my work. 

So this week my first order if silver arrived :-)

So nice to be able to make so much in silver at one time. I would never have been able to buy all this without the grant. Now I had better get making!