About James Price, Sussex blacksmiths and designers

james price blacksmith

ABOUT THE WORK
ABOUT JAMES
James’s approach is informed by his background which combines an arts degree with a hands on apprenticeship training. These two very different educational paths have given James much creative insight and informed his practice as a maker.

Originally studying a BA hons in craft design at Brighton Art College, James went on to train in Blacksmithing at Hereford. Quickly realising that the best way to learn the craft was as a journeyman, James travelled to Switzerland where he was lucky enough to work with world renowned master blacksmith Christoph Friedrich at his water powered forge. Returning to the UK, James worked for several highly regarded smiths in the Surrey hills, but was left eager to develop his own work, finally establishing his first workshop in West Sussex in 2002.

Since then James has continued to develop his own practice working on projects both in the UK and abroad.

In the lab 🔬.....

4 days ago

In the lab 🔬.....figuring out tooling for this “broken” top rail....off s...

Great to see my Fold

6 days ago

Great to see my Fold fire basket getting some love in this months House and Gard...

Out west 🤙🏼

1 week ago

Out west 🤙🏼

Delayed projects and

2 weeks ago

Delayed projects and indecisive architects mean a chance for workshop improvemen...

Clunk......back from

3 weeks ago

Clunk......back from the galv, paint next #forged #blacksmithdesigner #detail #architecturalmetal #railing

Still going........

4 weeks ago

Still going........ get it hot enough and it always sticks💥 #forging #massey...

Chomping my way thro

1 month ago

Chomping my way through this lot, 5 into a stack of 50... It’s great to get a ...

The bit before the a

1 month ago

The bit before the actual making bit, and often the best bit.....press tooling f...