Creative Fabrication
I offer engineering, design and fabrication services in a range of materials tailored to the needs of artists and designers. The images below represent collaborations with other creatives where I have provided specific technical expertise to support their creative vision or in collaboration with schools and museums.
Services include
TIG welding of steel, stainless steel, bronze and aluminium
Fabrication, machining and finishing
Hand forging
Repair and restoration of metal and mixed media sculpture
Design and fabrication of installation, display and support structures
Design and engineering development including technical CAD modelling, 3D rendering and animation
Johannes von Stumm
Stainless steel base for a carved granite sculpture
Wendy Stafford
Hand embossed copper leaves
Wendy Stafford
Wrought steel display piece for hand made glass flowers
Johannes von Stumm
Custom made castors and brakes for a large glass and bronze sculpture
Ball Joint
All stainless steel articulated ball joint designed and made as private commission
Museum of Steel Sculpture
Assisting with the disassembly of a large sculpture by Roy Kitchin prior to refurbishment and transfer to a museum in the United States
Copper Embossing
Series of embossed copper plaques produced in workshops with a primary school in the West Midlands
Copper Leaves
Some of over 600 leaves hand made every year to be embossed by pupils for a large tree sculpture at a midlands school
Wax Casting
A large wax panel being cast for a schools public art workshop
Johannes von Stumm
Fabricating fitted bronze 'shoes' to fit hand blown glass elements of a major sculpture by Johannes von Stumm
Johannes von Stumm
Fabrication work on The Three Graces
Johannes von Stumm
Three Graces installed on a stainless steel rotating plinth.
Isabel Knowland
A large stainless steel sculpture developed from an original concept bought to me by a client
Peter Hide
Installing a series of large steel sculptures for a major exhibition by Canada based sculptor Peter Hide
James Wade
