The top left image shows the design drawing for the BJGF wine coolers made in silver with patinated bronze winged figures. This is typical of the sort of design drawing made at the start of a commission. Sometimes, as in this case, this is accepted without changes and at others changes will be made or alternatives shown as a result of discussions with the client.
Images 2,3 and 4 show the early stages in making the tall goblet shown on the top right of the silver page. This begins as a flat sheet of Britannia silver which is first drilled to receive thin 'fine' 0.35mm thick silver wire for fusing and then the 1.5mm thick Sterling silver wire for soldering. The silver sheet is then bent to form and the seam soldered. The gold detail is added last by fusing 'Fine' gold to the silver using a Korean technique called 'Keum boo'.
The bottom four images show stages in 'chasing' a vase 500mm tall made from 1.125 kilos of Brilliante silver donated by Cooksons for the Contemporary British Silversmiths exhibition 'Connect' in 2007. This begins as a flat sheet set into pitch for the initial chasing. This will be worked from both sides alternately, 3 or 4 times to each side. It is then bent to shape, the seam soldered and, after being filled with pitch the final chasing completed, though again it may be taken off and returned to the pitch more than once to allow for working from the inside as well as the outside. An example of 'chasing' with 'keum boo' is the tassa or dish shown on the silver page.