Ian

Greetings All,
well this really, positively, absolutely without shadow of a doubt is the final bit of work i'll be posting before heading out to Australia and then America.

Comments and opinions are as always welcome

IAN

Greetings all!

After a rather protracted break (for me at least) I and my fellow partner in Blacksmithing crime Mr Sean Marshall, Esquire have decided it's time to go walk about.
We're travelling to Australia on the 17th of May and will be there from the 17th of May until the 12th of July (although we're seriously considering hopping over to New Zealand for a week or so and coming back to Oz for the 12th, if there are any Kiwi's who read this and wouldn't mind us camping on their lawns....hint, hint)

On the 12th of July we're going to be flying over to the good old U.S of A. That's right boys and girls, after talking about it for some time I'm finally going to hit the States and I'm bringing company. Consider it the friendliest of invasions...

We have from the 12th of July until the 30th of August to get from Los Angeles all the way to New York and we really need YOUR help to make it happen. Once again we have a shoestring budget (which is a nice way of saying NO real budget at all except our credit cards) to try and do this. If you are a member of a Blacksmithing group or know someone who is and you'd be willing to put in a word for us or put us up (or should that be put up with us) PLEASE get in touch via the website. We're willing to do whatever we can for food and lodgings and we'd love to try and get to meet as many folks as we can from this site as we travel through the country. We'd also love to attend as many meetings of the Blacksmithing groups across the States as we can too so if you're a member of you're local chapter please start asking around now if anyone can assist us.

I know we'll be blatantly relying on peoples good natures and charity for this trip but as everyone who read the first part of the world tour knows this is something I started a long time ago and then had to stop before I wanted to or considered the job done justice. Now there's a chance to come that much closer to chasing down a dream I think everyone here can appreciate.

Please, if you can help us to make it happen!

Ian

Well, the Dr's said I needed to start stretching the repaired tendons a bit so I have. Suffering for it, but it's the best cause I can think of to suffer for. Hope you enjoy, comments as always most welcome.



IAN

Greetings All,
this was the last project I completed before trying to remove my thumb. Its a reproduction strap hinge loosely based on one I saw on a 16th - 17th Century Church. It was made for Kent Universities School of Architecture to go on permanent display at their faculty as part of a design project. I made it as part of a two hour demonstration to highlight how forged iron work can still be used in modern design today.
The other two photo's are of a pintle and strap hinge I made at the same time. This one's another demonstration piece, the pintle is meant for hammering into a post.

Lastly a bit of sculpture I was commissioned to make