About Me and My Work

A Bit About Me.

Having started my working life as an electrical engineer working down the

Yorkshire coal mines (anyone remember them?!!) I donned a suit and worked

as a salesman in the lighting industry for almost over 30 years.

I knew that I had the soul of a craftsman, I tried courses in dry stone walling,

well in North Yorkshire it's mostly wet stone walling!

Wood seems to conspire against me, and then I was introduced to Mark Constable,

a master Blacksmith and Bladesmith, after spending a day with Mark and his

bucked forge I was hooked. I knew that I had found the thing for me.

After winning two awards at the Great Yorkshire Show and Later being awarded

the prestigious Certificate of Merit from the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths.

I knew that my future involved dirty hands, burnt fingers, and a great deal of

satisfaction. So I swapped the suit and sales targets for a hammer and a forge.

My commute is all of 10 yards and I'm working with hot metal and my imagination.

I hope that you like the results.

Simon

The "Energy Spiral"

You will see that many of my designs involve a spiral motif. This design has for

thousands of years and across many civilianizations been regarded as a symbol

of positive energy.

The spiral is all around us, from the treble clef on a music score to sea shells

and the very building blocks of life itself, the DNA double helix. Some people

wear the spiral symbol to encourage positive energy flow and even protect

against mobile phone signals!

Whilst I'm not entirely sure about that, I do know that I love making the spiral

design, probably more than any other piece, so I guess that it brings some

positive energy to me.

Whatever you think or believe I hope that they bring you as much pleasure

owning them as they bring to me making them.

Simon

Lilliput Forge