Derbyshire barn ironwork

Derbyshire barn ironwork

The Derbyshire farm barn is a good place to find simple handforged ironwork made by rural blacksmiths. although sometimes quite crude in its execution the door ironwork is bespoke to each job and uniquely solves the problems they encountered while creating bespoke...
Horseshoes As Charms

Horseshoes As Charms

Darren Ainsworth • July 29, 2015 Horseshoes have been used as charms and protection against evil spirits from very early times, iron nails were driven in to house doors to keep away the plague and pestilence , the custom of nailing horseshoes above the door for good...
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...
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...
Smoke Alarm Covers

Smoke Alarm Covers

Darren Ainsworth • October 19, 2014 One of the problems people face when renovating a period property is finding genuine authentic ironwork, especially if they are looking for bespoke handforged blacksmithery, the majority of “off the shelf” metalwork is flimsy and...