Conan Sturdy-his real name… is a 40 year old Londoner originally from Camden Town. His workshop/metal invention studio is south of the river in Streatham. He studied his Art Foundation at City and Guilds Art School and BA in Industrial Design and Technology  at Loughborough University. He has an in depth knowledge of steel and its capabilities. The workshop and his highly skilled team can quickly execute projects in 3 dimensions from sketches on scraps of paper or more detailed engineering plans.   Past works include the bike bar- a ten man bicycle powered pub on wheels with vintage hot rod styling, a pair of 1 tonne hanging birdcage/kiosks for master chef’s John Torrodes restaurant in Spitalfields market,  furniture for restaurants, bars and galleries as well as tonnes of smaller private commissions for people who appreciate an individual product  hand made by an artist/blacksmith/craftsman.

His workshop is fully powered by renewable energy bought it from green sources and when its sunny by the 4 KW solar array up on the roof. He can design and make functional and more creative metalwork and furniture. Recently he’s been selling a lot of  furniture and is developing a range of simple and minimalist furniture using steel as a frame and reclaimed materials such as scaff board, victorian floorboards, willow and bamboo grown at the workshop…

Conan likes experimenting with shape and form. Working mainly three dimensionally with a red hot forge, anvil and  hammer… he does things by hand and by eye, finishing by touch and chance…. The hot metal has its own will and sometimes dictates the shape it wants to be become. Conan takes on commissions and also develops his own work. He can make things that look like they have grown organically out of the ground as well as  more minimal simple designs.