JRigoni Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Any smith worth his salt needs to see the collection of ironwork in Rouen, France. The ironwork here at Musee Secq des Tournelles is held in an abandoned church and holds the finest collection of ironwork in the world. After seeing the collection years ago, I was inspired to make this door knocker. The backing plate and outer ring is lathe turned to look like wood moulding. the face is made from 18 gauge sheet metal, using repousse. I chose a popular image, the green man. He has acanthus leaves and an acorn stuck in his beard. The inner ring is forged and lathe turned. Alfred Habermann made a door knocker for his journeyman status, so this is mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) Edited June 1, 2015 by JRigoni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JRigoni Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 The face begins. Three raising cycles gives enough height for the face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) Repousse is awesome, but very slow. Edited June 1, 2015 by JRigoni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Pushing out, a face emerges.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) Leaves are drawn and hammered in. Edited June 1, 2015 by JRigoni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 (edited) Now for the ring. I wanted a clean sphere on the end, so the initial work is on the lathe, turning the ball. I built a sphere cutting tool earlier and used it for this purpose. the arms are forged square, then octagonal. I ended up reducing the thickness of this later. Edited June 1, 2015 by JRigoni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Test fit of border. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Ring is attached, and the file work has begun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawman Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Very beautiful work. That is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Fantastic looking door knocker lots of great work like to see it when its installed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I went to the museum about 15 years back, the complexity of the medieval window grills was amazing.Do you have a copy of Decorative Antique Ironwork a pictorial treasury by Henry Rene D'Allemagne?He was the chap who set up the collection and the book is a 400 odd page catalogue of the collection covering medieval ironwork and onwards it is published by Dover publishing ISBN 0-486-22082-6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Thanks, yes I have the book. The photos aren't great but it's a treasure trove of goodies. Far more items in the book than the museum, but it doesn't show some of the bigger projects there. I have a ton of photos from the collection, I should post it online somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse17 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 That's beautiful! I'm in awe of your work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRigoni Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 I still need to build a light box, but the green man is finally finished. Inspiration came from french ironwork of the 17th century. Iron and walnut. 100+ hours of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbcreative Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Does the knocker have a striker plate or just bang on the door? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 is it my imagination or does this look like the Door Knocker from the Christmas Carol Movie with George C. Scott on Scrooges Door? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 2 hours ago, notownkid said: is it my imagination or does this look like the Door Knocker from the Christmas Carol Movie with George C. Scott on Scrooges Door? Very Similar . This is out standing work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Crosby Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Wow! Very beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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