Historic Ironwork CPD event at Ironart
We hosted an Historic Ironwork CPD event on Tuesday 5th May here in Larkhall and were joined by 70 architects, surveyors, landscape designers and heritage professionals.
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Larkhall Festival Weekend – Open Day
It was great to welcome so many people at the Ironart open day on Saturday – part of the Larkhall Festival weekend.
We’re bananas over our Brompton
Exciting Ironart newsflash! We have a shiny new Brompton bike in zingy tangarine orange to whizz in and out of Bath from our base camp here in Larkhall.
Coalbrookdale umbrella stand restoration
Martin has just put the finishing touches to this elaborate Coalbrookdale cast iron umbrella stand. This piece came to us for restoration from an enthusiast who has a collection of Coalbrookdale items and catalogues.
Your invitation to Ironart this weekend
We are hosting two open days this coming bank holiday weekend here at Ironart and would love to see you.
Larkhall Open Studios 2015
On Saturday 2nd May from 10am – 3pm our workshops will be open as part of the Larkhall Festival weekend.
Sweet dreams, courtesy of Ironart
Adrian and Dom have just put the finishing touches to this wondrous double bed frame for a client in Salisbury. This was an original design by Andy Thearle, incorporating plenty of lovely forging and collaring details – it took many, many hours of painstaking work to complete but it has been well worth the effort!
Decorative scrollwork handrails
Ironart’s Jason Balchin, Alan Patterson and Adrian Booth made these symmetrical handrails as part of a much bigger project incorporating double gates and railings for a lovely period house in Weston on the edge of Bath.
Two week placement at Ironart for Stacey Hibberd
Welcome to Stacey Hibberd who is spending two weeks with us here in the workshops at Ironart. Stacey’s ambition is to become a metal conservator, specialising in ironwork restoration.
Blacksmithing for children at Swainswick Explorers
The Ironart team have joined forces with Swainswick Explorers to offer blacksmithing tuition to groups of children from the ‘Valley Schools’ on the east side of Bath.
Tower of London poppy display idea
We first blogged about this neat and beautiful way of displaying the commemorative ceramic poppies a few weeks ago. Through word-of-mouth and social media the word has been spreading about this display idea and we have been approached by lots of people wanting us to adapt their Tower of London poppy in the same way.