A large flower formed from drawn steel wire standing in a garden

Metalwork

Drawn in fire.Finished by hand.

Gates, brackets, latches and sculpture where the steel keeps its hammer marks, its scale and its life.

Commission a piece

Red chalk study of a smith at the anvil, hammer raised mid-swing — Fire · red chalk study

The material leads

Steel can carry a roof and still look like a branch. Heat, hammer and patient fitting are what close the gap between those two things.

Previous work

An archive ofline and force.

Gate Hardware — Gate HardwareForged latch · left to rust

Silver Tree Gate — Silver Tree GateDrawn steel · hand-forged leaves and nuts · woodwork by Pete

Scroll Bracket — Scroll BracketDrawn steel · hand-forged leaf and vine · woodwork by Pete

Tie Plate — Tie PlateCut steel · through-bolted

Silver Tree Gate — Silver Tree GateDrawn steel · hand-forged leaves and nuts · woodwork by Pete

Door Strap — Door StrapForged strap · jarrah door

Gate and Pier — Gate and PierWrought iron · brick pier

The Wire Bloom — The Wire BloomRecycled material · garden piece

Spear Brace — Spear BraceTapered bar · set into stone

Paired Brackets — Paired BracketsSteel · exposed fixings

Fire Table — Fire TablePlate steel · clawed feet

Spearhead Bracket — Spearhead BracketUpcycled jarrah · cut steel

How the work takes form

From the first lineto the last joint.

I
Draw the gesture
Proportion and movement come first, along with what the setting will actually take.
II
Work the steel
Cut, heated, bent and joined at the anvil, one decision at a time.
III
Finish for weather
Surfaces are left to age honestly and mechanisms are tuned for daily use, not for a photograph.

Close study

Iron witha pulse in it.

A latch, a brace, the silhouette of a gate. Useful things become memorable through proportion and through how they feel in the hand.

Workshop Doors — Workshop DoorsJarrah · forged pulls

Post and Plinth — Post and PlinthSteel shoe · brick base

Braced Pillars — Braced PillarsLimestone · raking steel brace

Tie Plate — Tie PlateCut steel · through-bolted

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