Silver Girl Aka Silver Medallions (1961)

Clerkenwell, London. M/S of a beatniky young silversmith, Dian, smoking a cigar as she works at a bench in her dimly lit studio. C/U of her grubby hands carving a medallion engraving. The narrator puts on a New York Beatnik accent - “We cats from Artsville, we just dig that real sweet beat. Man - just button your ears to that crazy sound“. C/U of a charcoal drawing hanging on the wall. Extreme C/U of the engraving being carved. C/U of Dian as she puffs at her cigar. M/S of Dian holding the engraving up and gently blowing away dust produced from carving. Extreme C/U of the engraving being carved - “Dian, in fact, is the only girl designer of men’s jewellery in the country“. M/S of Dian sawing a cuttlefish in half - “Dian makes a mould by a traditional method“. C/U of Dian sawing. Dian rubs the two halves of the cuttlefish together “until they are flush“. C/U of Dian. Dian cuts a small hollow into one of the halves to pour the silver into, she then presses the engraving in the soft texture of t