Introducing myself Juliet, and Richard Fishenden. The faces behind Made by the Forge. Richard is a skilled farrier and blacksmith with over 20 years experience. I bring over 20 years of business experience and a passion for creative design. We spent a day last week with Bruce Head, a professional photographer creating some...
We are delighted to be working alongside William Warren who has designed the Onion and Bi-Forged lamps for Made by the Forge. Richard and William worked together in the forge during the initial process. William says: “It’s not easy to comprehend the malleable properties of hot metal when holding the cold finished artefact. In...
Creating a fabulous living space is an art some of us leave to the experts. Some of us employ the talents of interior designers, some of us just copy them as best we can. We decided to copy the idea of an outside kitchen and employed a builder to build us one. It has...
Here at Made by the Forge we are gearing up for exhibiting our new lighting collection at London design junction which starts on the 18th September. We have had many decisions to make and one of them has been regarding lamp shades. The photos are of shades that Chris Eckersley has designed specifically for...
August is generally a time of abundance in the UK as many of our fruit trees are laden with the most wonderful, nutrient packed fruits. We are lucky enough to have planted a tree about 5 years ago which has grown and is now producing more plums than we know what to do with!...
Our new Made by the Forge lighting collection will be launched at the London Design Festival event. Designjunction showcases the very best in furniture, lighting and product design from around the world, presenting world-class brands against stunning industrial backdrops so we are delighted to be involved. https://thedesignjunction.co.uk/about/ Richard has been working hard in the...
Customers often ask us if our metal work is handcrafted so we thought we would show you an example. The iron bar is heated in the forge and crafted into shape on the anvil as shown below, the iron is hammered by hand to finish the point and finally polished with natural beeswax to...
We have a lovely table at home which we had made out of a Cedar tree that had fallen in the 1987 gales. Our friends were moving and they offered us the tree trunk which they needed to move from their field. Years later we now have a lovely Cedar table. One thing we...
Here are a couple of style tips for today – if you have small windows you can make them look larger by having your curtain pole extend generously either side of the window and hang curtains to the floor. The trend is that curtains should ‘pool’ on the floor depending on the fabric. This...
SOLID FIELD MAPLE CHOPPING BOARD This medium sized board is ideal for preparing food and good enough to eat off. It is easily moved around, washed or hung up with the handy iron handle. It makes an impressive centre piece on any table. We only have a few left so if you would like...