Designer Metalcraft - Tony Woodman Designer Metalworking

About Tony Woodman

After a career in Engineering, both in the U.K. and Africa, Tony Woodman has returned to his native country-Wales. He is now designing and manufacturing original pieces of furniture in steel. He has a workshop and showroom which are situated in the grounds of his home in Pembrokeshire.

Tony has 25 years experience in the field of mechanical engineering, mainly self-employed. He has worked on projects as varied as copper smelter maintenance in Zambia and Iran and overhauling turbines in electrical power stations. He has manufactured and installed manipulators in foundries for British Leyland and Ford and built and managed a bar and restaurant in West Africa. Whilst working as the logistics manager for an export company in The Gambia, Tony bought a sunken steel barge, raised and repaired it, converting it into his family home on the River Gambia. As a pastime, he experimented with steel sculpture.

Tony is now combining past work experience with his creative skills in his new venture. He enjoys the challenge of combining his knowledge of stress, structures and practical fabrication to realise his creative ideas and designs. He aims to produce high quality furniture with fluid lines, which is both pleasing to the eye and functional. Each piece is finished to the highest standard.

"Kinetikos" and the chief's chair are examples of how Tony can create a new concept from an old idea, giving it a fresh dimension. Having worked with steel throughout his career, it became his natural choice of medium. It can be manipulated to almost any shape. It is strong and durable with an indefinite life span. The furniture is powder-painted to give a smooth and even finish, which is strong and hard wearing and a wide range of colours are available.

Designer Metalcraft is situated in Cwm Morgan near Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire. It is near the borders of Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. This is a popular tourist area. People come on holiday to visit Tenby, Cardigan, Carmarthen, New Quay, St. David's, to walk along the coastal footpath, take part in water sports, see the Pembrokeshire National Park and visit the Blue Ribbon beaches.

Designer Metalcraft makes and Fabricates all kinds of furniture, sculpture and art work including: dining tables, coffee tables with slate, ash, pine or glass tops, book cases, computer units, television tables, storage units, shelving, kitchens, fire grates, house signs, sign holders, window furniture, anything that can be an aid to the interior design of your house. Tony upholsters all the furniture using welsh foam and fabric bought in Haverford West and Newport. All items are powder coated in Llanelli near the Millennium coastal park.

Commission a sculpture in Welsh steel. Tony specialises in horses, ideal to grace the premises of any horse breeders, horse dealers, horse trainers, riding stables, horse stud. The large outdoor sculptures would suit the grounds of a garden, stately home or public park.

Tony's sculptures depict many themes including The Arthurian legends, The Mabinogion, Merlin, King Arthur, The Holy Grail and The Knights of the Round Table. Nature and wild life is another theme. The two-dimensional panels show bats, badgers, heron, daffodils, bluebells, squirrels, owls, and foxes. Tony has also made sculptures of a Welsh Dragon, one of which is situated in the local comprehensive school in Newcastle Emlyn- Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn. Tony is now making a Victorian shop front for Beacon Stoves and tiara bands for a jeweller who sells them at Harrods Store in London.