Sparks of hot molten steel are ejected as Weston-super-Mare’s blacksmith Nathan Bennett re-forms a freshly heated strip of iron. Nathan was happy for me to stand at a safe distance while I worked hard to click in synchrony with his hammer strikes. In the film era this would have been a much more expensive exercise, for sure! I’ve had lots of great feedback from this photo (in other places as well as on RedBubble) and I was pleased to give Nathan a RedBubble-laminated print as a thank-you gift. / . / / .
A man shaping metal on a street in Dali, China
Old tools softly lit, makes a great present for anyone into wood or metal working.
Taken directly upwards through a domed structure at Alnwick Gardens
Inside the Italian Chapel, Orkney. It was constructed out of 2 Nissen huts by Italian prisoners of war; the walls are painted to look like brickwork, the lantern haning by the windows are made from bully beef tins. http://www.orcadiaimages.co.uk
Taken one evening driving home of part of a gate to a lrge country house in West Sussex with my basic Sony Cybershot.
In this location there were many apartment doors that were hidden underneath the stairs. Each had it’s own character.
A lovely butterfly encased in a bubble surround by a delicute design of bronze coloured metalwork
One of the amazing artists (farmers) in the area, makes these with scrap!!
You wouldn’t want to hit this kangaroo!!
The Emu
The Swagman / Andy is his name (do you know why?)
The way lighting used to be!
This is the inner staircase in the Baltic Art Gallery. I love the view when looking over the railing.
shot under the ‘coathanger’ in sydney, early morning, due to jetlag…
London Eye & the South Bank
Walk through the doors of Glynde Forge and you are transported back to another era. / The forge is run by Terry Tyehurst who makes gates, railings, weathervanes, garden benches & all sorts of metal repair & restoration. I have tried to capture the atmosphere of this wonderful piece of working History. / Unfortunately on this occasion the furnace was not fired up. Best viewed large
I hesitated posting these, as guns in the last 10 years have been the center of controversy. These are a fine example of craftsmanship and machine work, but in a community of artists, it’s hard not to feel a shrinking back from exposure, lest my friends disapprove of my work, for the potential damage of their power. I post them only as my photography warrants, and as pieces of fine metal work. Thank you for coming to look at them. I will confess, as a teen, I was an avid shooter of targets. The one time, I killed an animal, it tore my heart out, as it was an innocent bird, who was singing its praises to its Creator. I can never get the image of that tiny fellow out of my mind, as it grasped the power line, tipping over and in the last gasp of life, dropped upside down to the ground, a victiim of a careless boy’s curiosity. God help me.
A skilful metalworker making a pan for gold panning.
Ornate fence at Broken Hill Catholic Cathedral.
Old and rusty.
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