Senior tutor at Freeman College, Sheffield. Blacksmithing as a therapy. Blacksmithing. Charcoal making. Practical Skills Therapeutic Education PSTE.
Adrian is a fully trained professional smith with a base of experience in traditional blacksmithing and restoration. The range of work undertaken during his career has been broad, from designing and making bespoke items to fabrication. He is Currently based in the city of Leicester, taking commissions and offering experience days.
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Here at Bionic Cat Blacksmiths, we don’t do the word ‘Can’t’. I make everything from hooks to wands, portraits to door handles, kraken tentacle pieces, scrying ball holders, Dragon and Alien Claw Items, replacement Victorian railings, chalices, LARP armour, the list just goes on! I love the ideas people come to me with, and I’ll always pull out all the stops to make sure you get exactly what you want.
Never settle for off the shelf: get beautiful bespoke hand made work, to your exact specifications.
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me for any questions, quotes or quibbles, and feel free to find my etsy shop on my website.
Leon Williamson
Bionic Cat Blacksmith
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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.
Combining traditional blacksmithing techniques, modern technology and contemporary design, Charis creates unique works of art for a high end market. Enduring Elegance is the ethos behind all of her work which is both robust and surprisingly delicate.
Charis uses her love of stories and the natural world to inspire her work. Whether buying from her stunning range of ready made products or commissioning a personal work of art, she wants each customer to be delighted with their purchase. She especially enjoys the challenge and satisfaction gained by working with a client to produce a bespoke work of art especially for them. As she says, ‘I want to create a work of art for you that will make you smile each time you see it’
Work of Iron is based in Edinburgh, providing a progressive approach to blacksmithing, combining traditional techniques with contemporary design.
The managing director Jack Waygood CF AWCB is an award-winning blacksmith, passionate about communication visual ideas through highly skilled craftsmanship.
Focused on producing original designs to commission. Projects range from domestic, sculptural, and architectural ironwork requirements. Specialists in the hot forged steel process.
Based in the grounds of Mount Edgcumbe Country Park, Twisted Metal Forge is the home of Blacksmith artist Mark Stevens. Combining a traditional craft with contemporary designs, Mark produces both decorative and functional items for the home and garden. Drawing on 30 years industry experience and inspired by the beautiful Devon and Cornish coastlines and landscapes, Mark puts a modern twist on his traditional craft.
About Soulful Iron / Mike Gracia
I’m an artist blacksmith based in Wales (just over the bridge from Bristol). I trained in Blacksmithing at the National Blacksmithing College in Hereford in the late 1990’s and after a long break from Blacksmithing, have now returned to the craft.
I call my business ‘Soulful Iron’ as I believe every piece a Blacksmith creates by hand has an element of their soul that they put into their work.
I use traditional blacksmithing techniques to create both works of art and functional products, be that candlesticks or fireside pokers, ornate forged steel bowls or pattern-welded knives (often called Damascus knives).
Check my small online shop to discover my past and current pieces and prices, from hand forged christmas decorations, to hand forged presents and hand forged viking jewellery, and enter link description here
Commission work also undertaken.
I offer bespoke hand forged ironwork in mild steel and wrought iron, I also enjoy the challenge of creating one off pieces combining ironwork and wood, Conservation work on historical ironwork (Wrought iron and Cast iron), and teaching.
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.
traditional and contemporary forge work , hand made by Paul Gilbert F,W,C,B
Artist Blacksmith creating decorative ironwork for the home and garden.
Retired amateur.