Wow!!! 16 whole nights spent in Sydney at Eveleigh Works with Roberto Giordani and his son Niko and a team of blacksmiths from all over Australia making an amazing shark sculpture designed by Roberto. I was in Blacksmith heaven. I enjoyed every second. Roberto Giordani for those of my followers that don’t know is….the son […]
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Ypres – World War 1 Peace Monument
I made the realisation a couple of years ago, that life is too short and passes by too quickly, and therefore I needed to start making memories. So I decided to travel and go after anything connected with blacksmithing. I was lucky enough to go to a massive Blacksmithing event in Ypres in 2016 to be part of a team of hundreds […]
Coffee Table Commission
A memorable commission came from a wonderful textile artist and her woodworker husband. They wanted a coffee table base made for their daughter who was moving into a new home.They gave me free reign for the style -I used a piece of wood he had already crafted using the natural organic shape and raw edge. They had previously commissioned […]
Curtain tie-back commission
One of my commissions has been to make seven pairs of curtain tie backs for a couple who have just built their forever home, northwest of Melbourne. They had in mind a simple holdback and knew my style of work from following me on Facebook/Instagram. The challenge I foresaw was the mounting […]
Townsville Eco House Piece
One of the builders in Townsville built a six-star rated house, which he decided to incorporate all environmentally friendly products as much as possible and tech-savvy design/aesthetics– all to use as small a footprint as possible. From every new build there tends to be an awful lot of wastage that gets dumped into the skip from left over bits […]
Drill Hall Piece – Guarded Relics͛
In December 2013, Sue Tilley and her husband, Brett, bought the old Drill Hall in North Ward, and started the huge task of repairing and restoring the old place, with a vision to transform it from a termite eaten ruin, to a trendy gallery, sculpture garden, office and home. The process took over 18 months, and was labour […]
Worshipful Company of Blacksmith Award
The winning glass table I belonged to the Wessex Guild of Blacksmiths when I lived in UK, which is based in Devon and they always participated in the agricultural shows that go around the country every year. At one particular show, from memory I think it was the North Somerset County Show, the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths sponsored […]