ABSTRACT ARCS

My self employment followed a period of eighteen months or so working for HG Welds, two creative metalworkers in Hayle who had decided to close leaving some of their customers looking for a new supplier... He said he was happy for me to supply those that wished to stock similar work that I had made for HG Welds and even advised me on pricing and my initial business plan... Prior to this I was employed in the Blacksmith's shop at South Crofty Mine, the last working tin mine in Cornwall before it's closure. It is there that I began making steel candleholders and the odd mirror frame. Some were ground, coloured and sprayed others painted but were all of a twisted organic style. When the mine closed I had seen some of HG Welds work in Truro and could see definite similarities in the fluidity of the forms but with their added feature of the use of copper.

Primary location: Helston United Kingdom