• Absinthe Fountain

  This functional artwork is my interpretation of an object invented around 100 years ago for absinthe bars across Europe. The mechanism slowly drips ice-cold water through a sugar cube into a glass of absinthe, allowing you to prepare your drink at the table without interrupting your conversation.
  
  “I was drawn to the concept by its obscurity, and it gave me an opportunity to play with the idea of functionality and practicality.”

  Forged and fabricated steel, leather, glass, copper.
  
  350 x 550 x 750 mm

  
• Velvet Underground Dressing Table and Stool

  This piece of furniture started at the legs, inspired by the cabriole leg iconic of Queen Anne furniture. Richard’s clean lines, in this instance uninterrupted by joints flow from the legs into the surface with a combination of smooth curves and sharp returns.
  Finished in high gloss black the metal structure is softened by a luxurious red velvet cushion on the stool.

  Forged and fabricated steel, red velvet
  
  Table: 1300 x 610 x 790 mm
  Stool: 530 x 380 x 560 mm

  
• Floating Table

  This table has a suspended surface attached on just one side, with the projecting wooden top giving the impression of a floating panel.
  The main structure of the table is the leg, made from one solid forged bar which supports the surface weight. This piece started as an exploration of simplicity with one main element running throughout the whole piece, which acts as both the leg and the support for the surface.

  Forged and fabricated steel, sycamore, slate.
  
  2500 x 1000 x 550 mm

  
• Key Bowl

  This unusual bowl was made in 4 separate pieces that fit together to form a whole object. The pieces fit together creating a joint which is held tight by a forged bronze wedge; this is the key to the piece and it comes in its own presentation box so the owner must construct the joint themselves and insert the “golden key”.

  Forged and fabricated steel, leather, bronze wedge.
  
  300 x 400 x 200 mm

  
• Once Shut

  This curious looking structure is a box for your most precious and valued object. Place your item on the red velvet plinth for the admiration of all, or just for your personal pleasure.
  
  If your item of wonder is even threatened by thievery, swiftly shut the two sides of the box and the mechanism will drop the wedge into the lock and secure the box shut. But beware that once shut, the box can never be re-opened.

  Forged and fabricated steel, titanium, velvet, brass.
  
  1400 x 1000 x 1000 mm

  
• Quite Attached

  The first in a series of explorations into jointing methods; the focus is on the art of the joint, as opposed to the separate elements being attached.
  
  “I enjoy creating elaborate joints that can be taken apart and remade.”

  Forged steel, bronze, beech base.
  
  350 x 500 x 100 mm

  
• Sign Here

  This is a piece of furniture with a very specific purpose, it was created solely to present a surface to write and sign cheques on.
  
  “This was an opportunity for me to push the boundary between form and function.”

  Forged mild steel, titanium, leather, copper, sycamore.
  
  1700 x 1400 x 1100 mm

  
• Spiral Leg

  This is a single experimental table leg for a table that has never been built. The idea is that the leg protrudes above the surface of the table and the weight of the surface is held by the spiral form.

  Forged and fabricated steel, copper, beech.
  
  750 x 300 x 300 mm

  
• AVA

  A sculpture commissioned by a private client, “AVA” the winged figure is an exploration of flight and human form, copper clad with an industrial forged structure. In mid 2013 the sculpture was lent to Hereford College of Arts for the “forged” exhibition, triumphing 20 years of blacksmithing in the UK.

  

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