Recently I visited Worthington Forge in Doylestown with a client to discuss some custom pieces he wanted to have made. I have had the pleasure to work with Ed Worthington several times over the years to have custom railings, signpost and furniture built. He has not only a talent for the technical aspects of metal work - but also an incredible imagination, visible to anyone passing by his studio on Stump Road.
Stone and iron animals frolic on the lawn.
The tools of the trade, hung neatly on the wall.
A three headed dragon and scorpion oversee work in the studio.
A stone and iron unicorn rears up on the front lawn.
A colorful piece of work - perhaps a gate or railing - leans against the workbench filled with odds and ends.
Ed is well-known for his "bamboo" style of metal work.
Several leafy clusters sprout from the lawn.
Through the iron reeds you can see the walls of a stone barn.
The color of stone and iron are nearly indistinguishable.
The weather station holds an anemometer, a rain gauge and smiling sun.
Above the door a spider waits.
A patina-ed collection of evergreens "grows" in from of the real thing.
Ed is quite fond of spiders, these metal ones can be found on his shop and vehicles.
A beautifully detailed set of cattails.
My client commissioned this beautiful end table in the bamboo-style of metal work.
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