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199 Henderson Road, Southsea, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Lucille Scott is an artist blacksmith who uses modern and traditional techniques to make hand forged metal items inspired by nature and her love of dance and music. For Lucille the appeal of working with steel lies in the traditional role of blacksmiths, the permanence of their work and passing on this tradition to all around her.
With 25 years experience of teaching practical subjects Lucille opens her forge on a regular basis to students and those who just want a days experience as well as running short courses in local schools.
Lucille’s work is mainly aimed at at the domestic market, she exhibits in local galleries as well as working to commission.
Photographs kindly supplied by Retina Photography.

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blackcroft farm , church road farley hill, wokingham

Anvil Forge is a small family business offering design , manufacturing and installation of bespoke handcrafted metalwork.

Chance Hall Ln, Congleton CW12 4TL, UK

As an artist blacksmith William Smith has had a fascination with metal from a young age, when cold its hard and unbending, but when heated and crafted it has a fluid malleable quality, and in the right hands it allows its self to form into many beautiful objects.

William (or Bill to most) has always had a love of natural forms and shapes and often takes his inspiration from nature, creating plant forms of all kinds and the use of traditional blacksmithing techniques to create contemporary form.

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Unit 1 Village Workshops, Pandy Road, Llanbrynmair, Powys, Wales. SY19 7AA

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

30A Rye Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN35 4LL, UK

The Thirsty Bear Blacksmithing Company is an artistic metalworking studio using the ancient art of blacksmithing to create contemporary and traditional metalwork that blows people’s minds. It is run by artist blacksmith Jake Bowers. It’s called Thirsty Bear Blacksmithing Company because I work very hard, am partial to a berry or two and have a few cubs to feed.

Using a coke-fired forge, where steel bars are heated and then forged over an anvil, I can guarantee that all products have the individual touch of a craftsman. We’re big enough to cope with any job but small enough to guarantee the kind of attention to detail that you should expect from an expert craftman.

Jake graduated with a triple distinction Extended diploma in Blacksmithing and Metalwork from Plumpton College and trained as a silversmith at Helliden’s Folkhogskola in Sweden in 1998. He also holds a journeyman’s certificate from Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths founded in 1299.

On this website you’ll see galleries of my completed work and works in progress. I produce everything from traditional wrought iron gates in steel to jewellery in precious metals for a variety of public and private clients. I also use this website to share what we’re up to with our latest commissions with our customers.

The Thirsty Bear Forge has been a member of Checkatrade, Britain’s premier source of vetted, reputable tradespeople since July 2014, which means you can independently verify what previous customers have said about our work. It’s a hard won reputation I guard very passionately and think about every time I start a piece of work.

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Adam Varley….Born London 1969. Served a blacksmithing apprenticeship and then as a journey man working throughout the UK with many notable artist blacksmiths. Adam founded Ferro Design with designer Beau McClellan in 1994 forging many sculptural and architectural works in Portugal including large artistic installations. He also has had experience with production, working on events and film sets, also lighting, pyrotechnics and computer design. Most recently he has settled in La Creuse, France to set up his own workshop.

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Old manor farm, sandpit lane, long clawson, melton mowbray, leicestershire, le14 4nx
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Withyham, United Kingdom

Firebird Forge is a full working forge which offers traditional and contemporarily designed commissions in various metals; as well as the usual restoration and repair work. The forge is also run, by appointment, as a teaching school in traditional blacksmithing techniques. Although the forge is open to the general public to allow them to come and learn how to blacksmith on a day to day basis, further training is also given to younger smiths in the form of work placements from college.
Individuals from as far as Russia and Australia have come to learn to forge at the school and the owner, David Mortimer (Mort the Blacksmith), has carried out commissions across the Uk since the year 2000.

Sand Pit Lane, Long Clawson, United Kingdom

Clarkes Blacksmithing Forge Fabricate & Weld Ltd

Located in Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Producing metalwork such as gates, window panels, tree guards, blacksmith forges, banisters, fencing, fire guards, fire baskets and poker sets, hooks, door handles and knobs, latch’s, hinges, door straps, hanging basket and sign brackets and sculptures.

Please contact me via: oward.oward@hotmail.co.uk or 07599988057 to ask for a quote

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Bluefoot forge, Stapleton, Presteigne, Powys.

One day and three day courses with pete smith LWCB. Evening classes. Traditional forgework skills, tool making etc. Expressions of interest in a five week full time course, the equivalent to a year at a college, are welcome with a view to running in the autumn. Full details on request. For further info please view website or email. Pete.

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Berwick St John, United Kingdom

Ian first started blacksmithing having decided that office work wasn’t necessarily for him.
Starting work with a local blacksmiths firm in April 2008, by the end of the first day Ian was hooked. He promptly signed up to the blacksmith course at Warwickshire College where he spent 2 years training with Michelle Parker to obtain his National Certificate in Blacksmithing.

In March 2011, Ian was awarded a journeymanship by the Princes Foundation for Building Community. This gave him the opportunity to work with a number of well renowned blacksmiths throughout the country, providing Ian with invaluable experience.

Upon completing his studies in 2012, Ian returned to the Dorset-Wiltshire borders where he has joined Tony and Paul Sparkes at their forge in the village of Berwick St John where he has completed a wide variety of commissions ranging from simple fire sets to complex sets of gates, railings and balconies.
The forge also offers a wide range of fabricational facilities for structural metalwork.

Ian’s personal interest lies in ancient metalwork and he has an ongoing commission from the Ancient Technology Centre to create replications of tools used in the Roman, Saxon, Viking and Medieval periods.

In 2013, Ian was awarded the Certificate of Merit by the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths for works done to date.

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Ecclesmachan, United Kingdom

Scotland’s Rural College Oatridge Campus

City and Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Forgework

This is an intensive course of 12 weeks for those students who would like to follow a career in farriery or blacksmithing. Furthermore, the course would develop forging skills of professionals such as engineers or metalwork artists. The Certificate in Forgework is a pre-requisite for the Farriery apprenticeship.
Our state-of-the-art workshops and highly experienced teaching staff can be seen at our Open Days. Please visit sruc.ac.uk/opendays. For general advice and information about studying at Oatridge Campus please contact us by emailing Oatridge@sruc.ac.uk or phone us on 01506 864800.

Location: Ecclesmachan, Broxburn,West Lothian, Scotland, EH52 6NH

Duration 12 weeks. The course runs three times each year, in August/ September, December and March.

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Moonraker Farm, Bottlesford, Pewsey, Wiltshire SN9 6LU

Melissa Cole is a Worshipful Company Of Blacksmiths Bronze FWCB artist blacksmith with over 25 years’ experience designing & making handmade contemporary ironwork for the home & garden from forged steel & wrought iron. Commissions are taken for bespoke sculptures, gates & railings for private clients and public art projects.
Melissa also runs private courses in blacksmithing & sculptural metalwork courses from her rural forge based in the Pewsey Vale near Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Designing.
https://linktr.ee/melissacole001

Yew Tree Cottage, Bredenbury, Bromyard, Herefordshire HR7 4TJ, United Kingdom

I’ve been blacksmithing for over 35 years. The way that the metal moves when it’s being forged is a constant fascination to me, as well as the whole myriad of ways that it can be used in and around the home, garden or public environment to make objects that are both practical and beautiful. Although I enjoy conserving and reproducing our great historical heritage of ironwork, I also like to explore the intended site and my environment for inspiration, to come up with fresh ideas when a contemporary design is more appropriate.
I can make forged ironwork in any scale – from architectural to domestic – and can work to commision or for direct sale.
I also have extensive experience of teaching and demonstrating the craft at many levels, and can offer demonstrations and bespoke short courses.

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Leatherhead, KT22 0EN United Kingdom

**The Quinnell School of Blacksmithing runs inspirational weekend courses for women and men from the age of 14 upwards; suitable for absolute beginners, but also for metal fabricators, sculptors, and craftspeople in other media seeking an understanding of iron forging.

Also very useful for young people to assess their aptitude for metalworking, before committing to school classes; or applying for apprenticeships or for college courses (which are available up to BA Hons degree level) – we can give advice on these.

Courses are run by our expert tutors Peat Oberon and Ambrose Burne, assisted by Eamonn Kenward. After 21 years and over 1200 students, spectacular achievement is the norm, and we can virtually guarantee elemental insights and great enjoyment.

A course makes a wonderful, original, and much-appreciated present for a birthday, Christmas, anniversary (6th, Iron; and 11th, Steel, are particularly appropriate!), retirement, or another special occasion.
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Rowhurst Forge, the school’s workshop, is the place where BABA was born in 1978; and the spectacular Fire and Iron Gallery (see separate entry in this directory) is on the same site.
See our website for details, and our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/QSBlacksmithing for the up-to-date course calendar and more pictures of students and their creations.
E-mail Richard Quinnell for more details, latest on course availability, and to place bookings – at rjquinnell@aol.com
or phone him at 01372 374791**

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Coming from a background in archaeology, my name is Dan Goodwin and I’m a jack’o’all’trades blacksmith with a passion for this wonderful craft. I offer teaching and educational demonstrations, as well as designing and producing commissioned ironwork alongside creating my own designs for sale.

Graduating from the National School of Blacksmithing in 2016 with Triple Distinction, I played the role of Journeyman for two years and settled myself in the 18th century grounds of Catton Hall, South Derbyshire, in 2018. From here, I’ve had the pleasure to teach a colorful array of people and take on an ever increasing range of jobs.

I’m happiest when I’m travelling the country and bringing the craft out into the sunlight, telling and learning the stories and history that accompany the people I meet and the trade I practice. Though the village smithy may not play the same role it did in pre-industrial times, I still firmly believe the smith has a role to play in both supporting and working within the local community.

Always happy to discuss bespoke projects, please don’t hesitate to get in touch at FirehoundForge@outlook.com

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