Master blacksmith Paul Gilbert F.W.C.B est for over 27 years
Anvil Forge is a small family business offering design , manufacturing and installation of bespoke handcrafted metalwork.
Spike is an Artist, Blacksmith and Teacher who established her business in 2003, and her passion and love for metal is infectious to those she teaches.
Spike designs and forges unique pieces from small household items to large gates and balustrades, with some even including the edition of forged animals as part of the design.
With her intensive Artistic knowledge, Spike creates large animal sculptures for private clients as well as schools and public spaces.
Spike also offers private one to one Artistic Blacksmithing tuition in her fully operational workshop, with a range of courses to choose from. These courses can include a combination of welding and engineering for complete beginners or for those more advanced. Being a professional teacher, Spike has regular students that receive on going training to build up their personal skill set, ready for college application or to start up their own business.
wwwblacksmithingwithspike.co.uk
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Jon
Designer and maker of forged or fabricated steel gates,railings and bespoke work.
Located where BABA was founded in 1978, Fire and Iron is a major gallery and workshop specialising in forged ironwork and associated metal crafts. Representing more than 100 leading British and international blacksmiths, jewellers and other artists using metal as their chosen medium, Fire and Iron was founded in the early 1980s in response to the global resurgence of interest in forged iron as a creative medium. Owned and run by Lucy Quinnell, who grew up in a blacksmithing family and is the current editor of Artist Blacksmith magazine, Fire and Iron encourages high standards in art metalworking and attracts buyers and commissioners from all over the world. Lucy is married to blacksmith Adam Boydell, and together they design and create public artworks and private commissions. The couple also works in collaboration with other blacksmiths on some Fire and Iron commissions. Lucy won a gold medal for her first RHS garden at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show in 2008, and since then she has worked on five more RHS gardens. She lectures on the subject of blacksmithing, and has been featured talking about the subject on Woman’s Hour, the Craft Show, British Lifestyles (Japan), Blue Peter, Britain’s Best Home and Carlton Country.
Using traditional blacksmithing and modern welding techniques I make bespoke metal sculptures, furniture , metal hardware and other metal artwork.
The new workshop is now situated in the rural outskirts of Darlington and Northallerton, in the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside, with all our work carried out at the forge being hand crafted. The business has now been trading since 2003 and the team of blacksmiths are able to cater for various demands within the private and the pubic sectors both domestic and commercial.
Adrian Wood is a university graduate with a degree in fine art sculpture from The University of London. A chance visit to a forge gave Adrian Wood his first taste of blacksmithing. He recalls; ”From the first moment I hit the hot steel I knew what I wanted to do.”
Adrian`s first job was at a renowned workshop near York where he worked on a number of prestigious projects. After which he worked for Brian Russell, widely regarded as one of the finest blacksmiths in the UK. Brian’s approach and processes to creating bespoke and uniquely designed metalwork had an enormous effect on the designs and processes created by Adrian Wood Artist Blacksmiths.
Traditional blacksmithing techniques are used to create contemporary and innovative ways to fulfil the client’s needs. The designs are beautifully hand drawn with delicate attention given to the smallest of details, resulting in fine craftsmanship, superb detailing and a substantial build quality that reflects a belief in a lasting beauty and quality.
Adrian’s area of expertise lies in his ability to understand the client’s needs and provide detailed drawings and finally to create the work to a high standard and build quality.
I’m 16 years old have been doing blacksmithing for a year now; I’ve done a few courses and things such as welding course and a weekend course. ive got my own facilities and trying to do as much as I can when I’m not a school. Hot Iron is a bespoke blacksmithing company. I currently design and manufacture forged bespoke items such as gates, jewellery and hooks. I have completed a level 2 City & Guilds welding course and have been lucky enough to have work experience with an artist blacksmith and also a weekend course at the famous Quinell forge. I currently have my forge, anvil and equipment in my father’s workshop. I already have a trading record in the last 4 months of 8 sales building reputation by word of mouth and on social networks, word has spread and I have satisfied customers in the UK, Spain and USA.
The British Ironwork Centre is the country’s leading visitor destination for the finest handcrafted and decorative metalwork and so much more!
Set in 90 acres of beautiful, Shropshire countryside, the Centre truly has something for everyone:-
– huge, new showroom and outdoor show areas featuring an endless choice of structural and functional pieces for outdoor or indoor settings and perfect gifts for all of the family
– Shropshire Sculpture Park, boasting a wide variety of life-sized animal sculptures
– Ironbridge Museum of Steel Sculpture, including works of national importance from renowned sculptor, Roy Kitchen, and many more
– A range of interactive workshop days and experiences, enabling our visitors to meet or spend a day at work with our blacksmiths, silversmiths and sculptors and see traditional skills being kept alive
– The Forge Falconry – exhibitions and opportunities to spend time with our experienced falconers
Visit the Centre for the warmest of welcomes, a complimentary beverage and an unforgettable experience!
I am a self taught artist blacksmith working from the Godinton House estate near Ashford in Kent. I began teaching myself forgework in 2012 as a distraction from illness and have gone on to develop my own style.
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Holme Lacy College has a long and excellent reputation for courses in blacksmithing and is home to the internationally renowned National School of Blacksmithing.
Blacksmithing courses are offered from Level 2 which seeks to lay the foundation for a successful career in blacksmithing and comprehensively teaches the technical and theoretical skills that are essential to becoming a competent blacksmith.
Level 3 courses provide an excellent grounding for progression into industry or onto a relevant university-level course and teaches a range of forging skills from tool making to traditional fire welding techniques.
The National School of Blacksmithing also delivers the practical elements of the BA (Hons) Artist Blacksmithing in collaboration with Hereford College of Arts.
Short courses and one-day workshops are also offered.
A4A Art for Architecture owned by John McKenna Sculptor have extensive working experience and practical design sense to undertake large-scale public art projects drawing on over twenty years of sculpture experience. We work with a variety of media, including large bronze sculpture cast here at our own foundry the A4A Art bronze foundry, and fabricate large stainless steel and steel structures at our studio workshop in Turnberry, near Girvan, Ayrshire. In the past besides working in bronze and steel we have created art as glazed brick architectural reliefs, metalwork fabrications, stone and cast stone panels. This cumulative mass of experience over the years and genuine creativity has enabled us to resolve many artworks leaving as many delighted collectors, clients and the public to enjoy our work for generations to come. We create all sorts of artworks from cast bronze portrait statues, to colossal stainless steel figures, unique bespoke structural canopies, railings, gates, way markers, one-off bollards, signposts, smaller awards and trophies.
My work exploits the fractious nature of stone and the tensile strength of steel.
I create monumental sculptural objects that have the ability to transcend the boundaries of art to become future relics in their own right.
I create contemporary sculpture that pays homage to the skills of the Blacksmith and the Stonemason.
Constantly dealing with separation and unity, force and tension, rigidity and plasticity as I strive to embrace the pure essence of the sculptural form.