BESPOKE blacksmithing courses & one-to-one tuition

Custom/tailored blacksmithing courses led by Tom Quinnell and/or Giles Clarke & Ben Pusey. Our bespoke blacksmithing sessions are Priced per person, by the hour, with discounted hourly rates for additional participants. We can be flexible with regards to days and times and would work with you to find a date and time that works for us both.

Please contact Tom Quinnell to discuss your requirements and we can design your day to suit and provide a variety of options for you to choose from.

For example:

• We could teach you how to make something specific, that we have chosen for the core blacksmithing processes it incorporates.

• We could work with you or guide you to create something you want to make, or need for your home (for example, BBQ tools, garden/flowerbed sculptural items, bird feeder, fire tools, candle holder, shelf brackets, to name a few)

• We could simply teach you the core blacksmithing processes, or if you are already a metalworker - brush up on a specific skill.

• We often do courses for couples, and it makes a wonderful gift idea for 6th (iron) wedding anniversary, or 11th (steel) wedding anniversary. You can work together under the expert guidance of our tutor to create something that lasts forever that you can display in your home or garden.

• Or quite simply, facilitate you in letting-off some steam and de-stressing by just whacking some red-hot metal!!

We offer this on an hour-by-hour basis, with a minimum booking of 3 hours to ensure that there is enough time to learn, or be able to make something to take away with you.

We can discuss with you in advance what you would like to make and plan accordingly to ensure the item is suitable and can be produced within the timescale.

With regards to cost, this depends entirely on the duration and number of participants. Our minimum booking duration is 3 hours, and we can go on for as long as you desire. for several days, or even set up a regular weekly or monthly sessions (to continue on a larger project for example).

We would recommend generally at least 5 hours as a good foundation to be able to properly get stuck in learn some key blacksmithing processes and create item(s) that can be taken home with you. When compared with our larger 8-student courses, where tutors are spread among 8 students, these courses are much more compact and intimate, offering you 100% of the tutor’s dedicated time and attention.

The prices include 1 or more tutors (depending on number of participants), steel, fuel for the forges, light refreshments (tea/coffee & biscuits) and the uses of a variety of specialist hand tools and under close supervision, use of certain machinery. You will have your own anvil, leg vice and forge. It also includes the provision of PPE for each student, including brand new safety glasses and leather gloves, ear plugs and use of our leather aprons - with the exception of safety boots (we ask you to bring your own boots for hygiene reasons). For more information on this, and where to get them a very low cost, please refer to our health and safety information in our website www.blacksmithing-school.co.uk.

If you are interested in our custom/tailored blacksmithing courses/experiences, please get in touch to discuss your requirements and find out exactly what we can offer.

Tom Quinnell - 01372 375148 - tom@fireandiron.co.uk