Welcome to Little Duck Forge

Little Duck Forge is a blacksmith business in the Portsmouth area.

My name is Lucille Scott (Iron Maid), a qualified Blacksmith from the Hereford College of Technology.

Little Duck Forge specialises in contemporary ironwork using traditional forge work techniques to create bespoke metalwork.

About

Lucille Scott is an artist blacksmith creating hand forged metal items inspired by nature and her love for dance and music. For Lucille the appeal of working with iron lies in the traditional role of blacksmiths, the permanence of their work and passing on this tradition to all around her.

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As a child Lucille spent many a happy hour watching a blacksmith at work, in her 20′s he offered an apprenticeship but having just completed a BEd in Design and Technology at Goldsmiths College she decided to follow the path of teaching. Sixteen years slipped by when she ran into a blacksmithing demonstration at a teacher’s conference and fell in love with hot metal all over again. A couple of years later Lucille persuaded Portsmouth High School to give her a year’s unpaid sabbatical to go to Herefordshire College of Technology and train as a blacksmith.

On completing the course, Lucille set up ‘Little Duck Forge’ in Eastney, working part time in her old job and part time as a smith. She has recently resigned from teaching to concentrate on developing her artwork and is currently doing a block release course at Hereford to extend her design and forge work skills. She can be seen demonstrating the art of blacksmithing locally at museums, fairs and garden shows or working in the her forge on personal art projects and private commissions.

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Products and Commisions

Products are being created in the Forge continually and are available at exhibitions and galleries. Keep an eye open for new items, some of which are shown below.

Commisions have included interior and exterior ironwork such as door furniture, candlesticks, garden sculptures and a range of fire tools and fire baskets.

Online Shop

Some items are available to order online on my Folksy Shop here.

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Shows and Exhibitions
Currently exhibiting in the following galleries:
  • Fire and Iron Gallery, Leatherhead
  • Salt Marsh Gallery, Lymington
  • Obsidian Art Gallery, Stoke Mandeville
  • Mill Bridge Gallery, Skipton
  • Lilford Gallery & Framers, Canterbury
  • Westgate Galleria, Margate
  • The Eclectic Art Gallery, Margate
  • Anthony Giles, The Margate Studio and Gallery, Margate
  • Saltbox Gallery, Helmsley
  • Further details of galleries

    Little Duck Forge will also be attending the following events:-

    • Standsted Garden Show, 4-6 Sept
    • Hever Castle, 10-13 Sept
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    Products

    Products are being created in the Forge continually and are available at exhibitions and galleries. Keep an eye open for new items, some of which are shown above.

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    Commisions

    Commisions have included interior and exterior ironwork such as door furniture, candlesticks, garden sculptures and a range of fire tools and fire baskets.

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    Exhibitions

    Little Duck Forge will be attending the following events:-

    • Standsted Garden Show, 4-6 Sept
    • Hever Castle, 10-13 Sept
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    Blacksmith Courses

    Unfortunately I am no longer running courses as I am concentrating on commissions and new products.

    I suggest you look on https://www.craftcourses.com

    Courses are currently suspended, we are not taking any new bookings due to a backlog of students caused by covid 19. If you have a voucher please contact us immediately so we can get you on the system ready for when courses resume.

    Contact Us

    Eastney Beam Engine House,
    Southsea,
    Hampshire PO4 9JF
    Tel: 07880 724699

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