“I WANTED TO EXPLORE A MORE
VARIED RANGE OF METALS, CREATING
MODERN FORMS AND SHAPES USING
TRADITIONAL METHODS.”
Atkinson-art : Handmade Wrought Ironwork, Energy and spirit, ingredients to life, are put From his workshop set within the ancient
Luxury Metal Art and Jewellery – Forged Steel, into otherwise inanimate pieces of metal - lands of Bodmin Moor Charles Atkinson
Bronze, Silver, Gold and Titanium – other breathe life into Steel - the pure Silver finish to has refined and combined traditional
metals worked include Iron, Aluminium, the Serpents allows movement and promotes blacksmithing and metalworking methods,
Copper, Brass, Stainless Steels, Carbon Steels their chameleon uncertainty by blending some that break convention. Using a
– handmade by Charles Atkinson in Cornwall, and taking on their surroundings through combination of metals and techniques he
England. reflection. creates extraordinary Luxury Metal Art and
As a designer and craftsman working from my Perhaps the energy and spirit is already there traditional workshop - ‘’ a sort of Heaven on and it’s a case of unlocking it, releasing it, Design, Make, Manage, Metal
Earth ‘’ I combine traditional blacksmithing realising its potential, letting it flow, begin Art of any scale, in any metal – for bespoke
and metalworking techniques, some of which to be sculpted, changed, form an identity, a projects of any scale in any metal or to
push the metals involved to their limit.’’ persona. discuss your metalwork requirements
exquisite Jewellery.
please correspond: [email protected]
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The Art of Luxury
Issue 34 2018