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Q&A with Cameron Pearson - current BA(Hons) Artist Blacksmith student and winner of the Peter Rayner Bursary
Cameron Pearson, recipient of the Peter Rayner bursary and current BA(Hons) Artist Blacksmith student talks to us about the influences of his work, his favourite projects and his recent successes.
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Meet the team at Create your Future, Manchester
UCAS Create Your Future graphic
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Cameron Pearson receives Peter Rayner Bursary from the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths
An incredible achievement for second year BA(Hons) Artist Blacksmithing.
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A Hope for Peace - With Love to Ukraine
BA(Hons) Artist Blacksmithing students participate in touring exhibition aiming to inspire peace and solidarity in the face of global conflicts.
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Spoons in the Wood - students collaborate with the Nowhere Forget to deliver insightful workshop
Students from the Artist Blacksmithing programme at Hereford College of Arts collaborated with Simon Bushell, a renowned travelling artist blacksmith and owner of the Nowhere Forge to deliver a six day workshop.
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BA(Hons) Artist Blacksmithing students deliver impactful Tools for Schools: Chasing nature workshop
The Chasing Nature project introduces children to metal chasing techniques, allowing them to create votive plaques that celebrate the beauty of the natural world. Students guide the pupils through the process of preparing designs, which are then transferred to small metal plates. The children emboss their designs onto the metal.
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Highlights from Ferrous 2024: From Earth to Iron
This year’s festival attracted over 96,000 visitors over the 10-day festival, to see thirteen exhibitions within city-centre venues, including takeovers of empty shop units to create easy-to-access exhibition spaces.
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Maxwell Anderson
Maxwell kickstarted his career at HCA and has since worked both nationally and internationally.
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Henry Pomfret
With over 40 years of experience, Henry has taught blacksmithing internationally and currently works with HCA and the National School of Blacksmithing.
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Tom Savage
Coming soon...
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Graduate Sophie Ferrier named as Contemporary Craft Winner at the Arts Thread Global Creative Graduate Show 2024
Sophie Ferrier has been going from strength to strength since graduating this summer; having won the Artiste3 Award upon graduation, she has been exhibiting nation wide, and has now achieved amazing success at the Art Thread's Creative Graduate Showcase.
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James Price
James returned to us as a fellow in the summer of 2024 after leaving HCA some three decades previously. He has enjoyed repeated success as a multi-award winning art director and production designer for TV and film.
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Dr. Oliver Cameron-Swan
Lecturer - BA(Hons) Artist Blacksmithing
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Rebecca Finney
Rebecca is an artist fascinated with the entanglement between land, place, ecology, people and wellbeing. She explores this through research-led art making and creating participatory events for people to share. Championing research and critical thinking skills, she is dedicated to helping students articulate their practice with confidence and clarity.
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Richard Makin
Richard’s background is in 3D Design. He studied at West Surrey College of Art and became a successful commercial designer working across the UK. He has a long-standing fascination for the machine aesthetic in Architecture, Design and Engineering.
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Ruth Cameron-Swan
Initially trained in Fine Art Sculpture, she then pursued a busy career in social photography. Ruth has a passion for Ceramic process and is a graduate of our MA in Contemporary Crafts.
- Courses
Glass Fusing
Glass Fusing Short Course at Hereford College of Arts