Each year the swallows returned to the farm. They nest in the old milking parlour, sometimes flying into the Forge looking for new places to set up home. On late summer evenings, they gather in the...

Sometimes a thing happens that triggers an emotional response. It could be a glimpse of something beautiful or the wish to express an experience or feeling. As an artist that works in metal I will...

I came up with this one several months ago. The design was okayed by the client and the deposit paid late last year. At time of writing this post, the frame of the gate sits on my workbench. The...

My workshop is on an old dairy farm. It’s no longer a working farm. The sheds are disused and the milking parlour is full of old unnamed pieces of rusty machinery and sings with the drips and flow...

Time management as a self-employed designer-maker is a really important skill to master. Unfortunately I never have managed it…I’m always moving from job to job, always thinking “when I have time,...

Once while out walking, I came to a field that was boarded on two sides by an ancient woodland. My path led me across this field and into the woods. It was a bright day, and the Sun was behind the...

I may have mentioned that I have a lot of sketchbooks and they are full of designs for gates, railings, fire iron sets etc.Some of these designs have been turned into metalwork, into...

Design, it’s a difficult one. I don’t know how many hours I’ve spent staring at a blank piece of paper, waiting for inspiration to hit me, like a pink thunderbolt. When I start work for a new...

I’ve been considering the idea of making some garden sculpture of late. It’s something that is constantly percolated at the back of my mind, but I’ve always had a slight reticence to commit to it. I...