Organic hat & coat stand

Commissioned for a private house in St Ives this stunning hat and coat stand graces the hall and compliments its surrounding decor. The wrought iron stand is supported on three legs, its upright stem formed by the amalgamation of those legs, lower tendrils and the ribbed bark effect. All then terminate in 'branches', some to perform the function of supporting hats and coats and other 'branches' flowing organically and terminating in tendrils, buds and leaves. This top 'bunch' all fire welded together before mounting atop the stem. This is a classic case of contemporary design using traditional techniques for an organic feel to such an extent unattainable by more modern methods of joining wrought iron.

Iron wall grill for private house

A complete free hand was given in the contemporary design proposal of this wrought iron infill to a walled garden in the heart of Truro City. The very first concept design was accepted, its simplicity and almost naive representation was its appeal. As in the photograph, the cathedral is represented by the three spires, the river Truro by simple, horizontal wavy bars. This piece with its outer pointed top frame and various profiles were all forged in the fire to shape and then hot punched and riveted together, the most difficult part was deciding which component went relevant to the others as the pattern created was almost three dimensional and not a flush finish. The whole assembly was grit blasted, hot zinc sprayed then oil bound paint applied by hand all to match the gate as part of the overall commission.

St Ives fish and gull gate

Gates can be made into the most exciting designs and in fact many make a story and can have strong local connections, the gate shown here is no exception. Although the entire gate was made and assembled using traditional joining techniques, the overall effect is very contemporary. After the main framework had been forged, all the waves and fronds were forged freehand and riveted to the structure. The seagulls and fish were cut by hand from iron sheet, textured and hand beaten to form a semi three dimensional form. All was finished in hand applied, oil bound paints, creating an heirloom for a private garden commission in St Ives, Cornwall.

Rare earth magnetic sculpture

The effect of magnetism has intrigued mankind ever since its discovery. As another design technique, these properties have been borrowed to create gravity defying, semi-kinetic sculptures that perplex all in its portrayal of the seemingly impossible. Invented in the 1960s the magnets are used with items like hard drives, cordless drills and some phones. Rare earth magnets or neodymium magnets have been used in this striking sculpture, the circular section of wrought iron pictured here is hand forged from solid iron bar and tapered throughout its length and then gracefully curved hot to form a circular profile. The magnets are affixed to the circular profile at its 'equator' on stainless steel wires, adjusted for form a gap and left to hover suspended.

Game rack for St Tropez

A local high quality joinery company specializing in superlative bespoke kitchens approached us to make a game rack for their new project at St Tropez in the South of France. This company had built kitchens previously for their client in England and as they were very satisfied with their kitchen before this made them a natural choice for their new kitchen in France. The basic shape of the game rack echoed an island unit being a flat bottomed elipse, an inner and outer main frame provided the main strength with intermediate rails. Wrought iron suspension brackets were riveted to the main frame and in turn suspended the whole structure from an open beam, inclined ceiling on wrought iron links with a granny knot forged in the middle. All the assembly was by traditional means and was finished by burnishing to expose hammer and forging marks then coated in clear cellulose lacquer. Finally a low voltage lighting system was fitted to this truly spectacular piece.