Blacksmithing Classes
Blacksmithing classes in Cheshire
A.D.Price Metalcraft offers blacksmithing classes in Cheshire for individuals who are interested in mastering the art of the craft.
Blacksmithing classes by an expert
Alex Price provides blacksmithing classes to individuals who would like to try their hand at the age old craft of blacksmithing in a genuine Victorian Forge built in 1885 or perhaps you would like to buy a voucher as a birthday or Christmas present for someone who would like to experience blacksmithing.
Designated days for a blacksmithing class are available throughout 2025 so please see below a list of the designated days, subject to availability. Alex can accommodate a maximum of five individuals, each able to work with their own fire and anvil. A session starts at 10am and finishes at approximately 4pm with half an hour lunchbreak halfway through and best bring a packed lunch as it saves precious time queueing at Museum's canteen.
The task Alex allots his students is to make an elaborately handforged hanging basket bracket entailing a number of blacksmithing techniques to make it and if time, a second project is at hand to forge a diamond pointed fire poker. So get in touch with Alex Price to book an available designated day listed below or to buy a voucher for someone.
Hiring the forge for the day
If you would like to hire out the forge to make what you want, it will cost you £20 and hour plus the cost of the coal and metal needed for your project
Reasonable pricing
The blacksmithing course will cost you £170 per person. You can make complete use of the forge under my supervision and you can take home what you have made. Advance bookings are advisable.
A personalised service
Alex Price will personally demonstrate the ways to forge a part. He will also have the fire(s) ready for you on your arrival in order to crack on for the rest of the day. As you forge out your parts, he will weld it all together for you to take home.
Contact Alex if you are looking for a blacksmith to undertake bespoke fabrication
work in Cheshire.
"I am really pleased with what I made, a few mistakes but Alex helped me get it right in the end, I have a city and guilds in welding and have done some steel work before but just fabrication, actually heating up the metal in the fire and bashing it on the anvil was new to me and exciting, I like blacksmithing, it's awesome and would like to pursue it as a career".
- Alex Marsh
"It's refreshing to know that blacksmithing is not a man's world anymore, I guess it's partly because of the tools and machines we have today compared to a century ago and Art and Design has changed the way we have looked at old wrought iron designs. I was a bit wary when entering Alex Price's forge but having quite an unassuming nature, he made me feel at ease, he was very helpful and made the session enjoyable. I have a creative background and have tried my hand at a few crafts like jewellery, ceramics and glass, I would like to combine what blacksmithing skills I learnt with Alex with glass, I reckon it would be a good combination".
- Emma Wright
"It's wonderful to see that steel is still being forged by hand today, even though it's a rarity now. All my life I've wanted to try my hand at blacksmithing, it was great to find Alex Price, a professional blacksmith, who teaches the craft not far from where I live here on the Wirral. It was a good day working in a real blacksmith's forge, making something using the fire, hammer and the anvil and a satisfying result at the end, the bird feeder I made, is a present to my wife as a 'thank you' for sorting out a blacksmithing session as a birthday present to me and it will take pride of place in our garden".
- Alan Sourbutts
Designated days for Blacksmithing Classes 2025
Saturday 18th January
Saturday 1st February
Wednesday 5th February
Saturday 15th February
Wednesday 26th February
Saturday 1st March
Wednesday 12th March
Saturday 15th March
Saturday 29th March
Wednesday 2nd April
Saturday 12th April
Saturday 26th April
Wednesday 30th April
Saturday 10th May
Saturday 24th May
Wednesday 28th May
Saturday 7th June
Saturday 21st June
Wednesday 25th June
Saturday 5th July
Saturday 19th July
Wednesday 30th July
Saturday 23rd August
Saturday 6th September
Wednesday 10th September
Saturday 20th September
Saturday 4th October
Wednesday 8th October
Saturday 18th October
Saturday 1st November
Wednesday 5th November
Saturday 15th November
Saturday 29th November
Wednesday 3rd December
Wednesday 10th December
Saturday 13th December
Alex Price welcomes you to the forge
To find out more about my metal working classes, get in touch with me at A D Price Metalcraft. Call me on
07580 345 262
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