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07 July 2015

Beeswax and how it is made

Written by Juliet Fishenden
Historically Beeswax has been used for thousands of years and has been found in the tombs of ancient Egypt, wrecked Viking ships and Roman ruins. Beeswax is made by the worker bees by secreting wax from 8 special glands on the underside of their abdomens. The wax cools and solidifies and the bee collects...
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11 June 2015

Heals Press Release, London, May 2015

Written by Juliet Fishenden
Heal’s supports British talent and craftsmanship with Made by the Forge Above: Made by the Forge Farrier’s Cage pendant lights, exclusive to Heals, £750 each Known for its long-standing commitment to supporting and nurturing British design talent, Heal’s is proud to be working with Suffolk-based ironwork forge, Made by the Forge for a new...
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26 March 2015

Contemporary style, keeping it simple

Written by Juliet Fishenden
We have been looking into how we can show off our classic wrought iron curtain poles to their best advantage. There are so many ways to dress a window space we have decided to go for a contemporary, subtle material to achieve a distinctive, luxurious look. If big bold patterns are not your thing...
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05 February 2015

Farrier’s Cage Light in Ideal Home magazine

Written by Juliet Fishenden
Ideal Home magazine has run a feature on Artisan Lighting. (March 2015, p16) They claim it as the ‘Next Big Thing’. We hope so and were thrilled to see our Farrier’s Cage Long light, designed by Anthony Dickens, featured alongside 4 other designer pendant lights. Ideal Home state that: ‘The Backlash to a throwaway...
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04 September 2014

One day in our ‘Forged Originals’ Collaboration

Written by Juliet Fishenden
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...
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