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Notes from the workshop floor

Short, practical pieces on briefing, choosing a metal, deciding a finish and looking after it. Written from the workshop floor.

Antique bronze cladding with rows of studs in a room

Craft notesCladding that stays flatWhy big metal panels sometimes look wavy, and the three things in the making that stop it.

Curved mosaic wall with a brass mirror frame and floating vanity

Craft notesLooking after brass and bronzeWhat to wipe with, what never to use, and why a lacquered surface and a bare one are looked after differently.

Laser-cut brass leaf screen panel

Craft notesLaser-cut screens: what the drawing has to knowThe pattern is the easy part. The open area, the bridges, the thickness and the fixing are what make a screen stand up and stay flat.

Blue-green patina sample with the DFI mark cut in

Craft notesWhy a sample decides the finishA finish is not a colour swatch. It is a surface with a direction and a depth, and it behaves differently on every metal and in every light.

Gold cast-metal centre table shaped like a cut tree trunk, with matching side tables

Craft notesBrass, bronze or copper: choosing a warm metalThree copper alloys that look alike on the day they are made and go their separate ways within a year.

Dining table on a sculpted brass ribbon base

Craft notesHow to brief a metal fabricatorWhat to send, what to decide first, and why the structural question comes before the beautiful one.

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