Forged Flatware

Here is an image of a fork making sequence made at the James Robinson shop.



Below is an image of a hand wrought spoon making sequence made by Old Newbury Crafters and sold in a presentation box.

I have compiled this list of craftsmen who still hand forge flatware. This list is by no means complete and I would welcome anyone’s input for further craftsmen and women who make hand wrought flatware.

Old Newbury Crafters
Peter Erickson
Robert Butler
James Robinson
John Cogswell
Allan Adler
Michel Royston
Raychel Wengenroth
William Frederick
Linda Weiss
M. P. Levene Ltd.
Randi Stromsoe

Fred

Hand Wrought Spoons

It facinates me to watch a blank of metal formed into a item of utility. The process and steps required to make a spoon is truly wondrous and I am in awe of the smiths who daily make flatware.

My interest in making spoons began several years ago by collecting American 18th & 19th century examples at estate sales and antique shops. I also became collecting the flatware made during the Arts & Crafts Movement and modern silversmiths who make flatware.

Here are images of spoon sequences and examples of some of my spoons This is a link to the documentation of how I forge spoons. Spoon Making Sequence


Fred

New Metalforming Stakes

I had the pleasure of meeting Kevin Potter this weekend. He is a local metalsmith who is currently milling metalworking stakes and offering them for sale. These are well made and he is producing a wide variety and at a reasonable cost.

http://kevdanaz.spaces.live.com/

http://stores. ebay.com/ Metalsmith- Tools

He has been advertizing on Craigslist and eBay.Check them out.

Best,
Fred

IDYLLWILD BROOCH

Idyllwild 04

Fabricated sterling brooch with hematite bead
3.25” wide x 2.125” high

Here is one of 5 brooches I made for an exhibit at the Idyllwild Exhibition Center during the Metals Week workshops. The workshop was well received and it was a true pleasure and honor to have taught there.

Yuma Pins 2007

Yuma, Arizon is host to one of the most wonderful events of each year. Craftsmen and artists gather to this town next to the California border to share and meet others from the Southwest and elsewhere in the U.S. The Yuma Symposium is not to be missed. Nearly three days of fun and learning. Thursday night at Lute's Casino is the site of the PIN SWAP where participants may choose to swap pins that they have made with others who have brought pins to swap.

Copper w/LMD decoration, sterling rivets
1.5"x1.5"

Copper w/LMD decoration, sterling rivets, & malachite bead set in sterling
1.5"x1.5"

These pins shown above were made for the Symposium in 2008. I made approximately 60 of the sipmpler ones and nearly a dozen of the ones with beads.

Copper Fountain

Here is one of the fountains made while at Knox Campbell Gallery during the early '70s. They were a very popular item and I received several commissions for installation in homes in the Tucson area.

Pewter and Copper vessel

1980 3.5” x 2.25”

In 1980 I took a pewter workshop taught by Fred Fenster.

This vessel is constructed from a rolled sheet of heavy gauge pewter and then butt welding the seam using thin strips of pewter. It is then shaped using wooden hammers over steel stakes. The bottom is soldered on. The rim was forge tapered and then fitted and soldered to the body.