Robinson Forged Metals

12/02/2025

James Wallace. May you rest in piece. Wally was my metal grandpa. He was the real deal. Founder of the Memphis Metal Museum. He taught my Mentor John Medwedeff, and many other smiths that became great mentors to many others. His far reaching weight in the field of blacksmithing is hard to comprehend. I don’t have the words or the stories to properly tell his tale. I had several times talking to him one on one and will treasure those moments. He loved to tell stories. Many more knew him on a greater level than I did. He showed up for his friends and he had a good time while he did it. I had the opportunity on two occasions to do so with him along with my mentor. Once for Charley and once for Wally himself at his shop raising party. When we were all helping Charley, Wally put his wet dog “Rain” that had just been sprayed by a skunk, in my bed when I didn’t want to wake up at 5:30am. That worked really good to get me moving! His impact on the metal world will be felt for decades to come. Photo barrowed from Jim Masterson.

10/19/2025

Here I finally have finished the and with for the I designed the gates to look as though they have always been there even though historically they had not been. The fence and hand railings are as close to the as I could muster from found parts on a side fence that still existed and old photos from the time that owned this property. It has been an honor to bring back this fence that was cut off to only nibs of old iron sticking out of the old stone for the last 50+ years. Getting exact copies of the original finials custom cast and hand forging all the scrolls so they would be correct was the mane work of this job! Lots of people put a lot into this property to restore it and make it right. I have been fortunate to be a part of it. Thank you for entrusting this restoration to my hands.

10/11/2025

center and top bar terminations for the .

10/02/2025

End of day calm glow # #

03/22/2025

Finally sharing the final install of this piece I designed for .dc it took 6 months for me to forge and complete this piece. We had actually not met or spoken about the design. We met the day of install. The owner of the building actually commissioned me to build this piece, giving me total design freedom. I gave this one my all as I rarely have that freedom granted. After .artfunk.soul and I met and we spoke about our philosophy, one would think that we had met and I had designed this piece through knowing one another for quite some time. .dc

10/02/2024

Please consider helping out my friend in Asheville. Let’s get this above the goal and beyond.

06/07/2024

I’m loving the before and after shots! This was original to the parking lot. I acquired it after it was removed. I am it for installations in properties that justify such . This was built around the same time as the Corcoran so it fits in perfect and does this metalwork justice. The museum itself still has this same fencing around the building. Other than being very heavy, this metalwork has been a pleasure to work with. I still have plenty left! the is to her back home so she is just you can see the porch back there with the other balcony railings from the Corcoran I posted previously!

04/28/2022

Two in . These got delayed over to this spring from last year. Glad to have them in and ready for and

03/11/2022

02/21/2022

the to

01/31/2022

up. Looks really great with the on the and showing through the shelf. It really opens up the view and finding stuff to have the perforated shelf along with the side and doors. I also restored the original to this historic this is all real patina. No paint here.

01/20/2022

too have a sides and for concept for final design features and build/install