Blacksmith Made Standard Lamp

Blacksmith Made Standard Lamp

Darren Ainsworth • June 16, 2015 It is important when designing a standard lamp to take into consideration of how to conceal the wiring, nothing looks more awkward than a nicely handforged lamp , light or chandelier to then have electric cable visible on the job , its...
Pierced Ornament

Pierced Ornament

April 2, 2015 In the fifteenth century a new fashion emerged requiring new techniques, no longer were scrollwork and plant forms designed and executed, the inspiration was now wood and stone carvings. Forged elements were attached to sawn, chiseled and filed sheet...
Handforged Hinges

Handforged Hinges

Darren Ainsworth • February 26, 2015 Up until one hundred and fifty years ago a large part of the blacksmiths work would have involved making hinges, the average residential home would have had at least half a dozen doors and also chests, cabinets, gates, outhouses...
Replica Coins

Replica Coins

Darren Ainsworth • December 4, 2014 Below are 12 coins made for the queen elizabeth diamond jubilee wood project commissioned by the Woodland Trust. The coins are 8″ round and 1/4″ thick, they were made by forging away the background metal and leaving foreground metal...