Why choose hand forged ironwork?
William Morris, the father of the ‘arts and crafts’ movement said “You should have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful”. Nothing fits these criteria better than hand forged iron work. Even the simplest functional items, say for example, a simple hanging rack, has beauty. Look closely and you will see the individual marks of the hammer, the delicately curved scroll ends of the hooks coil gracefully. From where you stand they are the same in size and shape but look again, each one slightly different, unique. Each one beaten and twisted by hand in the heat of the fire, it is hard to believe that this was once a piece of cold, grey metal. It will affix to the wall providing a strong base to hang your pans or kitchen implements on. (Trust me if you have one of these you will use it every day – we have one and do not know how we managed before when we had to rummage in the cupboard for pans). Useful and beautiful and as a bonus virtually indestr
