Posts by melissacole
Spinning Plates & Other Stories
This week has a been a joy in many ways, plenty of snow to tramp through in the woods and around the farm and photograph. I have also been preparing proposals and giving quotes for a number of jobs and am in that very challenging situation that many artist makers find them selves; tendering for commissions…
Read MoreJan 2013
I am off to teach a beginners blacksmithing course at West Dean College this weekend. You can find out more at https://www.westdean.org.uk/CollegeChannel/ShortCourses/Courses/MetalWorking.aspx I am teaching private courses too from my own lovely forge at the end of each month; bookings being taken for February and March and then I hope to be making BIRDS!!!
Read MoreMarlborough Open Studios Marketing Talk
Last night I hosted a small gathering of artists that are participants and associates of www.marlboroughopenstudios.co.uk in The Old Stables here at Puthall Farm. My lovely sister Charlotte Hill-Baldwin who is responsible for the marketing at www.john-lewis.co.uk of Hungerford Artisan Kitchens and www.hbdesigns.co.uk – Sustainable Cycle Parking joined me to discuss the different aspects of marketing.…
Read MoreJHQ Rheindahlen, Monchengladbach
Here I am on a quick sortie to The Ark primary school at JHQ in the snow and looking for inspiration for an art project that encapsulates the passage of people and time in the base camp over the last 50 years. Ths site is huge to a civilian like me and mostly now being let…
Read MoreForging in the forest- winter 2012
Forest Forge Studio is glowing warm and cosy on these dull and dank winter days. Bookings are being taken for the one day blacksmithing courses in the run up to the Christmas period and dates are now on www.melissacole.co.uk/courses for 2013. I am off to Monchengladbach soon for a scouting mission regarding the possibility of a…
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New Work By Melissa
Summer Gates 2009
Read MoreWelcome to Forest Forge Studio This blog is where I will blog about life in my forge making metal forge work to commission and teaching private blacksmithing and creative metal work courses. I will also post images of pieces made by visitors on the one-day blacksmithing and creative metalwork courses I run each month from…
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