Commissions
A selection of public and private wrought ironwork and metalwork commissions undertaken by Andy Quirk and Utopia Forge. A range of functional art work, hot forged and fabricated in a variety of metals by Guildford, Surrey based blacksmiths.
Works of Art
This is some of my personal work. Emotion and application frozen, captured in time. My inspiration and surreal imagination has steered me in a direction of personal desire to capture metal work in a certain form. Emotions, memories, happy days.
Collaborations
Over the last 24 years I have worked with some of the most talented and skilled blacksmiths in the world. Here are some of the images of the work we have produced together, these pieces of work require extreme discipline and team work which has been second to none.
Awards
Over the years Andy Quirk and Utopia Forge have won numerous awards for their wrought ironwork and metalwork accomplishments and environmental enhancements using site specific metal artwork. View some of the awards won by this Guildford blacksmiths.
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It doesn’t feel like it has been 5 years since we first launched Utopia’s website but time does fly. We hope you like our new site and have even updated it with a lot of new works and great pictures, so let us know what you think. You can also check out our updated portfolio; Cheers Andy
We came up on the BBC News website today, we created a sculpture for the village of Send to appreciate the history of blacksmiths in the village. A very personal piece for me, I served my apprenticeship with two former workers of the local firm Sex and Sons. Please click here for the article