Fourth in The Tasmanians project is Taig Simms. Taig is an Industrial Blacksmith whose business Wellington Steelworks is based in a small workshop on the waterfront in Battery Point, Hobart. 

Taig hand makes a range of knives and hand tools, and he also takes on commissions for architectural details like balustrades, furniture, door handles and just about anything he and his clients can dream up.

Check out Taig’s insights on learning his craft, building his business and design and working with steel below.

N A M E
Taig Simms

M A K E S
Hand worked steel Architectural details, furniture, knives and handtools.

F I N D   T A I G   H E R E
Website and Instagram.

A B O U T   T H E   T A S M A N I A N S
The Tasmanians is a personal project I’m working on throughout 2016. It’s an opportunity to celebrate Tasmanians who work independently on innovative ideas. Each Tasmanian is featured in a series of chronologically captured behind-the-scenes images and an insightful interview.

See all of the Tasmanians in this project, here.

A B O V E
Taig’s tools of the trade.

T H A N K   Y O U
Thank you Taig, for allowing me into your workspace and teaching me about your intriguing process. It was an absolute pleasure to put together this, the fourth in The Tasmanian series.

Five insights from Taig…

1 :   T H E   B E G I N I N G
I have always been attracted to the scope of work that inherently comes with working steel,  I enjoy the diversity and exploration of both fabrication and forging methods.  I grew up in a farming district on the NW of Tasmania, I liked being surrounded by industry and innovation of different scales and knew early on that metal work was something I wanted to pursue.