IABA Links

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Sponsors: Peat Oberon's School of Blacksmithing Preston Hall Museum, Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 3RH, United Kingdom. Phone: +44 (0)1642 785543 email: peat@school-of-blacksmithing.co.uk http://www.school-of-blacksmithing.co.uk The Real Wrought Iron Company Lyndhurst, Carlton Husthwaite, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 2BJ, United Kingdom. Phone: +44 (0)1845 50 14 15, Fax: +44 (0)1845 50 10 72 email: enquiry@realwroughtiron.com http://www.realwroughtiron.com Massey Forgings Limited Unit F, Adamson Industrial Estate, Croft Street, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 1EE, United Kingdom. Phone: +44 (0)161 351 7364, Fax: +44 (0)161 351 7365 email: sales@masseyforging.com http://www.masseyforging.com Athy Co-Op Foundry Maybrook, Athy, Co. Kildare Phone: 059-8638100 Sapphire Products Limited Units 4-6, Dunton Industrial Estate, Mount Street, Nechells, Birmingham, B7 5QL, United Kingdom. Phone: +44 (0)121 326 6000 or +44 (0)121 327 4868, Fax: +44 (0)121 328 5518 email: sapphireproducts@boltblue.com http://www.sapphireproducts.co.uk Swan Products Units 1 & 2 Gamma, Orchard Trading Estate, Toddington, Cheltenham, GL54 5EB, United Kingdom. Phone: +44 (0)1242 621590, Fax: +44 (0)1242 621591 email: info@gasforges.co.uk http://www.gasforges.co.uk Associations and Organisations: ABANA - Artist Blacksmiths Association of North America Arts Council of Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon Arts Council of Northern Ireland BABA - British Artist Blacksmith Association Cape Breton Blacksmiths Association Crafts Council of Ireland Craft Northern Ireland E tenders Institut de Formation et de Recherche pour les Artisanats des Métaux (Ifram) Irish Georgian Society Irish Master Farriers Association National Heritage Ironwork Group The Heritage Council The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths Visual Artists Ireland Forums: I Forge Iron The Metal Artist Forum Publications: Hephaistos Rural Craft Publications The Blacksmith's Journal Tools and Machinery Suppliers: Massey Forgings repair and supply second hand Massey Power Hammers. They are also agents for Anyang Power Hammers and other makes of forging machinery. Swan Products Swan Products make small and medium size gas forges and accessories. Farrier supplies based in Co Wicklow cater mostly for the Farrier but they do have some blacksmithing tools. Phone: 01 458 2608. Email: sales@farrier-supplies.ie ANGELE is a German blacksmith tool site and has a wide selection of forging tools. Axminster is a good site for general tools and also have inexpensive blowers that can be used for forges. The Blacksmiths Depot is a US site with some very good tools. Contact them directly for shipping to Ireland. Centaur Forge is another US company specialising in blacksmithing tools. Vaughan's are an English company specialising in blacksmithing tools. Coke Bean Suppliers: R. Ridge Coal, Slate and Stone merchant, 22a Castle Street, Shrewsbury, SYI 2BJ (Sorry - no phone number as yet) Hargreaves Distributors for Monckton Coke Beans Speak to Ian Moulson on 0044 1530 510303 Material Suppliers: Athy Co-Op Foundry are the only company left in Ireland casting decorative cast iron finials, collars and panels Phone: 059-8638100, 0872515234 (mobile) Sapphire Products produce almost any size solid or none solid rivet in almost any material Phone: +44 (0)121 326 6000 or +44 (0)121 327 4868, Fax: +44 (0)121 328 5518 email: sapphireproducts@boltblue.com http://www.sapphireproducts.co.uk The Real Wrought Iron Company recycles old wrought iron into new sections Phone: +44 (0)1845 50 14 15, Fax: +44 (0)1845 50 10 72 email: enquiry@realwroughtiron.com http://www.realwroughtiron.com Pure Iron is available from Don Barker which is new iron with no carbon added: Phone: 0044 1904 607711, email: mail@pureiron.com http://www.theblacksmiths.co.uk Miscellaneous: A map of the artist blacksmiths, developed by the Forum Metal Connection. This website (Metal Connexion) has a twofold purpose : - Technical purpose : the forum allows exchanges between the metalworkers, - Commercial purposes since the forum, which is also designed to provide information about wrought iron work to the 'general public', directs visitors to a selective menu of artist blacksmiths http://metal-connexion.fr/carte/ferronnerie-d-art.php