Hogarth’s House Pergolas

Our long running Pergola commission in Chiswick, finally came to an end yesterday. These 3 pergolas line what will soon be a newly landscaped 'nut walk'. Set within the gardens of what was the renowned 18th century author's house, these arches will eventually support Hazel

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British Craft Pavilion

  This year I have been ahead of the curve, working on some new pieces well in advance  of our stand at the London design fair in September. We will be exhibiting in the British Craft Pavilion which has been curated by the folks at Hole

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Nature inspired gate for a kent garden

Last week we completed forging this nature inspired gate which we will be installing in a lovely garden in Kent. The clients were keen on a design that combined both repeat pattern and a more organic aesthetic. The  design we developed takes its cue from

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Chichester iron gates

Our current Chichester iron gates commission is almost at an end. We have riveted together all 3 garden gates and fitted the hot forged collars. The gate shown here will sit within a metal arch that we are currently working on. I love the negative

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Iron gates

We are just about to begin work on this family of iron gates for a garden in Chichester, West Sussex. It's always great to have the opportunity to make more than one gate for clients, as it gives us the chance to develop common design

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Bronze lamps underway…

These bronze lamps involved a lot of specialist tooling and many weeks of work. We were commissioned to make 8 of these by renowned garden designer Andy sturgeon as his studio were having great difficulty sourcing original Japanese fittings.  Over 800 square holes later we

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Fire bowl for Andy Sturgeon at this years Chelsea

I am glad to see that our work for Andy Sturgeon at this years chelsea flower show was so well received . Andy's monolithic garden for the Daily Telegraph won best in show and was offset by the bronze fire bowl that we made a

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Made at West Dean

I'm busy gearing up for Made at West Dean  on the 3-5th of June, where amongst other new work I will be showing these candlesticks. Forged form bronze and steel and featuring tapered octagonal uprights these candlesticks are a continuation of some ideas first explored