Bronze Dagger Casting Workshop
Sat 14 Oct
|Chichester
Cast your own bronze dagger with Dr. James Dilley and learn more about these Bronze Age artefacts...
Time & Location
14 Oct 2023, 10:00 – 16:00
Chichester, Town Ln, Chichester PO18 0EU, UK
About
The Course
On the workshop you will learn how to prepare your own mould, work the leather bellows on the charcoal fuelled furnace. You will then cast the liquid metal into your mould to produce a replica Bronze Age dagger blade to take home at the end of the day. You will then be given Bronze Age filing and cleaning tools to begin working on your blade. Advice will also be given on how to fit a wooden handle to your dagger blade at home.
The Tutor
Dr James Dilley, an experimental archaeologist and craftsman, specialising in prehistoric technologies. In 2009 he founded Ancient Craft, his business aimed at educating and reconnecting people to their prehistoric heritage. James has gained a PhD in Archaeology at the University of Southampton and has worked with numerous museums, schools and heritage sites. His work is displayed at The British Museum and Stonehenge and…