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London Craft Week: Glass Engraving Demonstration
London Craft Week: Glass Engraving Demonstration
date:
Oct 08 - Oct 09
12.00pm-5.30pm.
Experienced glass engraver Karl Palmer has been working with Purdey for over 15 years. Karl hand engraves all of Purdey’s crystal tumblers, glasses and decanters. For this exquisite craft, he uses the finest Czech crystal glass and a copper wheel to transfer the designs. Join him at Audley House and see this incredible skill up close.
Booking not necessary, free.
Upcoming Events
London Craft Week: Glass Engraving Demonstration
date:
Oct 08 - Oct 09
12.00pm-5.30pm. Experienced glass engraver Karl Palmer has been working with Purdey for over 15 years. Karl hand engraves all of Purdey’s crystal tumblers, glasses and decanters. For this exquisite craft,…
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London Craft Week: Traditional Hand-Embossing Demonstration
date:
Oct 06
12.00pm – 5.30pm Leather goods embosser and bookbinder Bill Manley joins Purdey at Audley House to demonstrate traditional embossing techniques using authentic Victorian tools. On this day only, there is…
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London Craft Week: Engraving Demonstration
date:
Oct 04
12.00pm – 5.30pm The art of engraving guns developed alongside the gentlemen’s sport of game shooting. A Purdey engraver demonstrates the techniques that go into sketching and engraving the intricate…
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Past Events
The Purdey Cup
date:
Sep 01 - Feb 01
Come and join us at the Royal Berkshire Shooting School for the Purdey Cup, a new and unique simulated game competition for all Purdey and Woodward gun owners! This is…
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World FITASC Championship 2020
date:
Nov 09 - Nov 15
Providence Hill Farm Sporting Club will host the World FITASC Championship 2020 from Monday 9th November to Sunday 15th November 2020. The event sees over 1,000 competitors from at least…
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London Craft Week: Glass-Engraving Demonstration
date:
Oct 10
11.00am-2.30pm Experienced glass engraver Karl Palmer has been working with Purdey for over 15 years. Karl hand engraves all of Purdey’s crystal tumblers, glasses and decanters. For this exquisite craft,…
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London Craft Week: Traditional Hand-Embossing Demonstration
date:
Oct 06
12.30pm – 5.00pm Leather goods embosser and bookbinder, Bill Manley joins Purdey at Audley House to demonstrate traditional embossing techniques using authentic Victorian tools. Complimentary hand embossing will be offered…
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London Craft Week: Action Making Demonstration
date:
Oct 05
6.00-6.45pm. Live Streaming Watch a Purdey Craftsman using traditional techniques such as smoke blacking and filing to fit all the parts of the action. Streaming available via @londoncraftweek Instagram and…
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London Craft Week: Traditional Hand-Embossing Demonstration
date:
Oct 02
12.30pm – 5.00pm Leather goods embosser and bookbinder, Bill Manley joins Purdey at Audley House to demonstrate traditional embossing techniques using authentic Victorian tools. Complimentary hand embossing will be offered…
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London Craft Week: Gun-Finishing Demonstration
date:
Oct 01
4.00-5.00pm. Live Streaming Watch as Purdey craftsman, Tom Nicholls demonstrates our gun-finishing techniques, such as chequering on a piece of walnut. One of the most complex stages of a…
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London Craft Week: Gun-Finishing Demonstration
date:
Oct 01
12.00pm-5.30pm. Watch Purdey craftsman Tom Nicholls demonstrate gun-finishing techniques and have a go at chequering on a piece of walnut. One of the most complex stages of a gun build,…
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Purdey Sporting Art Exhibition
date:
Nov 13 - Nov 16
Come to Audley House in the heart of Mayfair to meet artists Andrew Glasby and Alistair Makinson and view their outstanding Sporting Art. A champagne reception and exhibition preview will…
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Highclere Really Wild Clay Day
date:
May 03
Highclere Estate, Berkshire Spoil yourself with a day at the real Downton Abbey and receive a complimentary slab of 250 cartridges to use on the day! Join us at the…
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