About Ironart Design & Blacksmithing
Jim Blower has been working as
an artist blacksmith for 25 years in the design industry.
Producing high quality work which combines traditional
and modern techniques to create exicting and innovative
ironwork. Ironart can offer a design & blacksmithing,
general metalwork welding & fabrication.
"At Ironart I like to work with clients to design
and make an item to suit their particular needs and
environment, be it furniture or an architectural fitting.
These pieces can then be enjoyed for many years to
come."
All scrolls are hand made over the anvil at the workshop
to achieve a truely graceful shape to suit the project,
as opposed to buying inferior mass produced items
and trying to make them fit a design they were not
made specifically for.
Forged ironwork will last for decades when worked
correctly and maintained properly. Its applications
are endless when thought and good design principals
are applied.
Products include: balustrading, fencing, gates, shelf
brackets, dining tables, chairs, stools, sofas, beds,
bedside tables, coffee tables, console/entry tables,
door handles, light fittings, candelabras, wine racking,
outdoor furniture, screens, wall units, book shelving,
sculpture, shop fittings, fire pokers, hand made nuts
and bolts, curtain rails, plant stands, reception
units, staircases or whatever you desire.
HISTORY
1974 Completed apprenticeship in England as 1st Class
Metalworker
City and Guilds - Basic Engineering
City and Guilds - Welding Fabrication and Shipbuilding
1974-86 Traveled and worked, General Metalwork and
Fabrication, Design and Manufacture.
1986 Opened Chic Metalworks Designer Makers of Furniture
and Fittings
1988 Exhibited Spoletto Furniture Exhibition Melbourne
1989 Furniture for Australian Beijing Embassy.
1990 Outdoor Furniture for Singapore High Commission
Canberra.
1990 - 92 Studied under Bernhard Wyrsch - Swiss Master
Blacksmith.
1995 Exhibited Furniture 95 Melbourne
1996 Designex Australia Designer Maker Gallery
1997 Award of Merit Victorian Architecture Award for
Ironwork in the restoration of The Regent Theatre.
1998 - 2003 Commissioned work for The Jewel St Kilda
rd Melbourne
The Toorak Corporate Centre
Exchange Tower Little Collins st Melbourne
Work includes Balustrade, Light Fittings, Furniture
and Door fittings.
All the above projects won Awards of Excellence from
the Master Builder Association for Commercial buildings.
2005 Commissioned work at Killester Catholic College
Springvale Victoria for Sculpture Garden for Bicentennial
including Tree seats, Benches Entry Fountain and Sculptures.
2006 Moved to Byron Bay
2007 Opened Ironart Design and Blacksmithing.
2006 First Prize Sculpture Byron Beach Art Show Waywood
Gallery
2008 Exhibited at Retrospect Underwater Feastval group
show Byron Bay
2008 Entry Gates for Visionaire Byron Bay
2009 Exhibited at Retrospect Underwater Festival group
show
Thank you for your interest in Ironart. I hope I will
be able help you with a future project.
Best regards
Jim Blower
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