Tuesday 30 October 2012

Off to the beach ..

Ambrose Burne teaches two days a week into the Artist Blacksmithing Degree Course and he's also a working Blacksmith we took the second years to his workshop - also known as the beach !!

Ambrose was finishing a large commission for railings in a formal garden and he talked through both his design and making processes ...

The Anvils in Sweden Post 5

Roger Lund was very generous with his time and demonstrated each power hammer and let all the Anvils have a go ... I even had a go !!

This was a moment of Anvil magic in power hammer heaven !

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Wow !! Blacksmith power hammer heaven - a visit to Roger Lund one of the only free forger working for the motor industry in Europe ... His workshop houses five enormous powerful power hammers ... Take a look at these beauties .....


The Anvils in Sweden Post 3

A glorious afternoon walking around lakes , looking at Viking carvings whilst several Anvils jumped into the freezing water !!

The Anvils in Sweden Post 2

There's an old paper factory outside about a 1/2 hour drive from Steneby it's called Not Quite and there's lots of Artists and Designers that have moved in ... It's so big that there's also lots of derelict paper factory left and we had a great afternoon exploring .. There's also a fabulous artisan bakery so a great lunch was had as well ..

Saturday 27 October 2012

The Anvils in Sweden Post 1

Here's the Anvil's team that recently headed out to Sweden ( I was there too but I'm always the one taking the photos ! ).

We started our adventure at Steneby a unique Art School in the middle of forest they've got Degrees in Iron and Steel in the Public Space , Furniture and Textiles they've got fabulous facilities , we were there for a conference all about materiality Rick Smith from Carbondale in Illinois was the star from the world of Artist Blacksmithing and on the first day of the conference he ran repousse workshops he'd been an Artist in Residence at Steneby for a few weeks prior to the conference and here's some photos of his work .

Tuesday 23 October 2012

Beth's New Space

Del and I went to visit Beth in her new studio space at the Courtyard. As a member of Alloy both Beth and Gemma get a space to work and tutorial support, along with many opportunities throughout the year to exhibit and sell their work.

Its quite clear Beth feels right at hone!!