Ferrous 2022

A unique forged metal festival returns to Hereford this March. Ferrous 2022 will bring the best of international and British artist blacksmithing to the city centre for a lively and entertaining celebration of metalcraft with something to appeal to visitors of all ages.

Produced in partnership with Hereford College of Arts and Hereford Business Improvement District, Ferrous 2022 is a festival like no other. It celebrates Artist Blacksmithing as an artform and a community of makers; investigates craft in the UK and internationally; places Hereford at the heart of excellence in forged metal; engages schools, communities, tourists, and the public with the county of Herefordshire and all it has to offer.

This will be the third edition of Ferrous festival, which previously took over city centre venues in 2017 and 2019, with its exhibitions, talks and events. Ferrous attracts interest from local, national, and international artist blacksmiths and metalworkers, as well as students and potential students of metalwork, and this year will feature cutting-edge exhibitions alongside popular attractions, including ‘have-a go forging’.

Festival Director Delyth Done explains, “The theme of this year’s festival is how craft and making can nurture us and our relationships and help us connect to place and people. Ferrous celebrates care, connection, community and craft. It not only exhibits examples of how artists and makers evidence this in their practice but Ferrous invites everyone to engage in making and know its values for themselves”.