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Throw Back Friday! Pumpkin Love Seat created in 2007. Commissioned by a Scottish castle that is used as a wedding venue for the bride & groom photo opportunity. #rathobyresforge #throwbackfriday #loveseat #edinburghartist #love #forging
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Finished!! Well almost 😄 The Hillside Benches for Aberdour are completed and off to the galvanisers this week. #rathobyresforge #madeinscotland #fife #artistblacksmithing #sculpturalbench #aberdour #artistblacksmith #shinty #scotland #storytelling #inchholm
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The thistles for the balcony are inspired by a forged thistle held in the National Museum of Scotland's archive collection of forged metalwork from the Edinburgh blacksmith Thomas Hadden. There was quite a bit of reverse engineering required for Pete to develop the swage tools and the chisels needed to reproduce, what we have affectionately named, the Finnegan Thistle. Shona's grandfather, Jimmy Finnegan trained as a blacksmith under Thomas Hadden and worked for him for all of his working life. The photos show the museums Hadden Thistle, the turned blank to create the swage tool and the thistle blanks cooling
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Hillside Gardens Paddle Steamer Bench, Aberdour, Fife. Paddle steamer elements in production and being attached to the bench frame. #rathobyresforge #sculpturalbench #artistblacksmithing #hillsidegardens #aberdour #fife #chunkyforging #storytelling
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Throw Back Friday! One of twelve candle stands designed and created for the hotel group Malmaison for their flagship hotel in Belfast back in 2007. #rathobyresforge #candlestand #forged #belfast #malmaisonhotels #MalmaisonBelfast
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Hillside Garden Benchs, Aberdour. Chunky tapers for the bench frame supports done and fitted to the bench legs and seat frame and base plates welded on. Making good progress! #rathobyresforge #sculpturalbench #aberdour #artistblacksmithing #chunky #fife #hillsidegardens
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Scale drawing and model prepared for a client who has commissioned this thistle themed balcony for the rear of their cottage currently being renovated. #rathobyresforge #forgedbalcony #thistles #forgedthistle #forthehome #madeinscotland
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Hillside Garden Benches, Aberdour, Fife. Fun forging as Craig and Colin forge down the back supports to the correct thickness under Mr Crunchy then get the back bench frames drilled and bolted to the supports. #rathobyresforge #powerhammer #masseyhammer #sculpturalbench #aberdour #chunky #chunkyforging #fife #hillsidegardens #artistblacksmithing
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Throw Back Friday! Designed and made in 2000 Forged balcony designed, made and installed for a private client in Edinburgh. #rathobyresforge #artistblacksmith #edinburghartist #edinburghblacksmith #forthehome #forgedbalcony
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An excellent few days punching these juicy big holes 40mm round holes on the press for the legs of the Aberdour benches. Craig and Shona on the top holes and Craig and Colin on the bottom holes. #rathobyresforge #artistblacksmith #sculpturalbench #aberdour #forgingforfun #chunky #punchedholes #neveradullday #chunkyforging #toolingmatters
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Thistle Balcony. A wee sequence showing the balustrade hole punching process to create a 10mm round hole to take a rivet which will conect the uprigths to the top rail of the balcony. #rathobyresforge #artistblacksmithing #forgedbalcony #edinburghartist #forgedthistle #punchedholes #neveradullday #forging #scottishblacksmith
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Photos at last of the handrail created by Mark, alongside Clare Collier here on work experience back in January! Pete's design was influenced by the stone carving on the corner pillar of the property. #rathobyresforge #scotland #forthehome #handrail #handraildesign #edinburghblacksmith #artistblacksmith #workexperience
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Hillside Gardens Benches, Aberdour. Second backrest together. This backrest depicts a view of Inchholm Island in the Firth of Forth which can be clearly seen from Aberdour. #rathobyresforge #artistblacksmith #storytelling #fife #sculpturalbench #aberdour #hillsidegardens
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Throw Back Friday! 2007 Tees Riverside Locomotion No 1 A sculptural depiction of Robert Stephenson and Company’s Locomotion No 1. The sculpture was integrated within the railings running the length of 8 bridges Cycle Way along Tees Riverside. Locomotion No 1 hauled the first train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway on September 27th 1825. #rathobyresforge #stockton #teesriverside #locomotion #madeinscotland #storytelling #publicsculpture
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Yeah! Punching 40mm holes through 70x70 on the press. Legs for the Hillside Gardens benches in Aberdour. #rathobyresforge #chunky #sculpturalbench #aberdour #fife #forgingforfun #punchedholes
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Benches for Hillside Gardens, Aberdour. Craig tidying up the profiles, that will make of the bench legs prior to punching the holes. For the blacksmiths amongst you, the profiles stared off at 70x70x700 long, necked into 70x40 x300 long. Three legs per bench. #rathobyresforge #artistblacksmith #aberdour #sculpturalbench #chunky
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❤️🔥Brilliant sunrise photo with Big Dan the metal man taken yesterday by a good friend Mary Leroy overlooking the canal basin at The Moorings, Ratho.
We love seeing photos of our work taken by others, post below if you have any! 📸
#rathobyresforge #ratho #sunrise #sculpture
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Making good progress on the Hillside Gardens Benches, Aberdour. Images show the design, the full size drawing, detail of the shinty components and finally tigging the elements into the bench back rest. #rathobyresforge #madeinscotland #fife #artistblacksmithing #sculpturalbench #aberdour #artistblacksmith #shinty
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Looking for something to do today? The Forged by Ratho Byres Forge exhibition runs until the end of October at The Explorers Garden, Pitolochry Festival Theatre. Free entry, beautiful autumnal colours all around and a great cafe. A grand day trip, only an hour and half drive from Edinburgh or Glasgow. #forged #rathobyresforge #scotland #woodlandgarden #pitlochryfestivaltheatre #pitlochry #explorersgarden #exhibition
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Throw Back Friday! Created in 1995, The Maygate, was designed as part of the restoration of the 16th Century Abbot House into a heritage centre. The pedestrian entrance gate leads into the gardens of Abbot House. Unusually the gate is hinged on the central column. The gate design is based on the fable "The Trial of the Fox" by the 15th century Dunfermline poet, Robert Henryson. On the central column are the main characters of the tale whilst other members of the animal kingdom holding court are arranged on the leaves of the gates. Dunfermline Heritage Centre, Dunfermline, Fife. #rathobyresforge
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Hare sculpture created at the forge this week on a recreational blacksmithing course taught by Pete. The lady attending had attended the beginners course last year and enjoyed it so much she came back for a second visit! #rathobyresforge #forgedhare #blacksmithingcourse #forgingforfun #forthegarden
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Throw Back Friday! Deer in The Woods. Created in 2021 for a new village green at Hill of Beath in Fife. Forged and fabricated from mild steel, galvanised with an acid etched finish. #throwbackfriday #rathobyresforge #forging #artistblacksmith #publicsculpture #hillofbeath #fife #deer
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The next commission, a series of three benches for Hillside Gardens in Aberdour are underway. Some interesting detailing on the backs and some juicy forging on the legs ahead. Each bench depicts a different area of interest relating to Aberdour. The paddle steamer, Fair Maid, that brought visitors from Edinburgh in late 18th Century. Inchcolm Abbey, founded in the 12th Century and the best preserved group of monasitc building in the country, and the game of Shinty played a Silversands, Aberdour. #rathobyresforge #artistblacksmith #scotland #sculpturalbench #storytelling #aberdour #fife
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An interesting visit yesterday with a slide show, a walk around the workshop and a forging demo from Pete for a group of Presbytery Building officers for the Church of Scotland. This team providing advice and guidance to the church congregations, on the repair, maintenance and development of the Church of Scotland buildings. Their visit to the forge was to enable them to gain a better insight into the skills of the artist blacksmith and how that may inform the guidance they give in the upkeep of the historic buildings in their care. #rathobyresforge #forgevist #churchofscotland #artistblacksmith
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A clever bit of tooling by Pete. New bespoke blocks for the DP Tyre hammer to create finial ends on 25 square bar. #rathobyresforge #forging #airhammer #cleversolutions #artistblacksmith #madeinscotland
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These little cuties fledged over the weekend. The third brood raised in this nest. This has been the busiest year for swallows at the forge with at least five pairs nesting and raising at least two broods each. Fly high brave swallows and see you next spring!
Photo taken by Craig up a ladder!
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From design to completion!
Sweet handrail completed and installed recently for a client in Edinburgh.
#rathobyresforge #artistblacksmithing #madeinscotland #forgedhandrail #forthegarden
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Throwback Friday! Oscar The Octopus, created in 2019 by Shona and Colin, just for fun! Lives in the gallery but desperately seeking a home by the sea 🐙 @rathoshona @goldsmith695 #rathobyresforge #madeinscotland #britishartistblacksmiths #artistblacksmithing #throwbackfriday #forgingforfun #forthbridges #ForthBridges #octopus
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Installed last week in time for the start of the new school term. New school shield designed by pupils from Inverkeithing High School for their brand new school near Rosyth - Caledonia High School. #rathobyresforge #scotland #forgedtexture #artistblacksmith #Rosyth #rosyth #caladoniahighschool #schoolshield