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Paul Margetts

Born

1959, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England

Type of Artwork

Metal Work - Hot Forged - Sculpture and Functional Sculpture
Prepared to undertake commissions

Art Education

Metalwork Apprenticeship
Birmingham Polytechnic - One Year Foundation Course in Fine Art

Recent Mixed Exhibitions

1992 The Barbican Gallery, London
1994 Bowhouse, Barnett
1995-1996 Fe - An Exploration of Iron Through the Senses, Touring Exhibition
1996 Suzanne Ruggles, London
1996 Ragley Hall Sculpture, Ragley Hall

Awards

1996 Competition Winner for new gates for Worcester Cathedral (installed, June 1996)

Catalogues

Fe, An Exploration of Iron through the Senses, Exhibition Catalogue produced by the The Artist Blacksmiths Association, 1994

Recent Commissions

Family Group Sculpture (2 tonnes & 4 Metres high), MAB (UK) Ltd., Lancashire
Forged steel bridge with oak treads over a stream in a private garden in Aberystwyth
Half-tonne, 4 Metre high floral sculpture based on Rudyard Kipling's poetry for a new public park in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Tameside MBC
War Memorial for Remembrance Gardens, Denton, Lancashire
Ballustrade and Staircase Railings for new Golf Centre Clubhouse, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Worcestershire Cathedral Water Gates
Gates, railings and balcony panels with strong floral theme, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham (under construction)
Arrows sculpture (1.8 m. high X 2m. dia.) commissioned by Hereford and Worcester County Council (under construction)

Personal Profile

Paul has twenty years experience in designing and forging metals and is considered to be among the leading British designer metal-smiths. Having completed both a formal metal-working apprenticeship and studies in fine art he is unusually well qualified to execute his own innovative designs.

Paul hot-forges steels and non-ferrous metals to his own designs using both traditional and modern metal-working techniques. His work includes indoor functional sculpture such as fire baskets, bookends, candlesticks, clocks and lighting as well as larger outdoor pieces such as sundials, weathervanes, gates, fountains, bridges and garden furniture.

His public commissions include park and street sculptures and he has recently installed a large sculpture of three figures for the town centre of Ashton-under-Lyne and won the competition to install new gates for Worcestershire Cathedral. He is working on two commissions at the moment; for Sutton Coldfield and for Hereford and Worcester County Council.

Artist's Work

Design