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A happy student after a hot day in the forge creating a thistle candle holder under the guidance of Pete.
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Elegantly forged bird bath. Looks great in the garden and will be loved by the birds, especially in this hot weather.
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Fellipe the Flamingo. Created for a garden in Fife, the clients were inspired to commission Fellipe after seeing the Flamingos in the Camargue region in the South of France.
Why not check out our new website to be inspired to commission something extra special for your garden!
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The benches are finished! Almost. Just to shotblast, galvanize, paint & install.
Very much a Ratho Byres Forge team effort.
Design, tooling & masterminding Pete,
sub frame fabrication, Colin,
chunky forging & hole punching Craig & Shona, bending Pete, Craig & Stan
tweaking & assembly Craig & students Stan & Murray.
Photography Mark ๐
Launching the new P Johnson & Company website!!
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A gift voucher treat for this father-in-law and son-in-law team at the forge for a two day recreational blacksmithing course taught by Pete Hill. Big smiles from both of them at the end of the day with a completed swallow sculpture and Leapfroging figures to take home and enjoy.
A visit to the forge from a group Historic Scotland students studying Building Conservation getting the grand tour from Pete Hill
Hey everyone, It's raffle time!! www.justgiving.com/fundraising/shona-johnson1 Shona is raffling one of her forged Dragonfly garden sculptures to raise money for Ukraine ๐บ๐ฆ A ยฃ10 donation enters you into the raffle with the money going to The British Red Cross Society Ukraine Crisis Appeal ๐บ๐ฆ๐ป๐บ๐ฆ Don't forget to put your name with your donation!! The raffle will run for five days so please do share the post. Shona will draw the raffle at 5pm on Tuesday 22nd March. The dragonfly will be delivered to the winner and Shona will happily cover the postage to wherever you may be. Best of Luck!!
Sunshine in South Queensferry
Today the team are fitting refurbished posts that we made over 20 years ago. The pavement is being realigned and the posts moved from the flowerbed onto a cope stone with new handrails to suit the new curve of the pavement. Good to see longevity of contemporary metalwork being recognised.
Happy Valentines Dayโค๏ธ!
A bunch of flowers Ratho Byres Forge style ๐
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Craig is ready to rivet the horizontal elements on the Funky Flow Gates.
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Drawing up the next set of gates ready to start forging. Funky Flow, designed by Pete Hill for a house with a mill lade flowing through the garden. This one should be fun ๐คฉ๐ฅ๐
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