With over 40 years experience Eminent Master Blacksmith Don Barker is a leading producer of top quality ironwork. He ha...
With over 40 years experience Eminent Master Blacksmith Don Barker is a leading producer of top quality ironwork. He has been entrusted with many prestigious commissions for nationally important and iconic buildings whilst giving the same care and consideration to the smallest of jobs.
Don is a Past Prime Warden (Master) of the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths in London, the first working smith to have held this post for over two hundred years and is a Silver Medal holder.
Don has now retired as a working smith but is still available for consultation or design work and also project management. He can also be called upon to act as an expert witness when required. He has returned to his home town of Scarborough where he now lives with his wife Barbara.
Some of his final commissions include the new Weighing-In Room at York Racecourse and the new entrance gates commemorating the life of Henry Cecil. He also produced four bronze five feet high lanterns for the new monument to the Queen Mother in The Mall as well as over seventy feet of bronze handrails.
