Custom Ironwork
We are a full service custom ironwork design and fabrication studio. Turn your ideas for functional and artistic ironwork into reality.Contact us to discuss your commercial or residential project.
An Artist-Blacksmith Studio
Specializing in
Custom Ironwork &
Traditional
Blacksmith Workshops
Your Ideas
+ Our Creativity
= A Unique Piece of Ironwork
Try Blacksmithing
Would you like to try blacksmithing? We offer a variety of recreational blacksmith workshops that will introduce you to the heritage craft. Experience what its like to be behind the anvil.
Online Shop
Browse our online shop or visit our showroom in Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia for handmade artistic & functional ironwork for your home and garden. Rediscover the enduring beauty of iron.
Custom Ironwork
Blacksmith Shop & Design Studio
FireHouse Ironworks Ltd. is an innovative, solution-based artist-blacksmith design studio and gallery. We work with a variety of materials including iron, stainless steel, aluminum and mixed media.
About FireHouse Ironworks
FireHouse Ironworks Ltd. was established in 2011 by Grant Haverstock.
Haverstock purchased the former fire station in Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia and transformed the building into a modern blacksmith studio. Today, FireHouse Ironworks Ltd. is home to 2 coal fired forges and a modern metal working shop, as well as a gift shop and gallery space. On any given day at the FireHouse, work on custom commission projects will be underway, blacksmith workshops may be in process, or community events taking place.
What We Do:
Discover the beauty of iron
Hand crafted ironwork adds the qualities of strength, endurance, longevity and beauty to your home or business project. We have helped our clients achieve their vision on a wide variety of projects, including:
- Lighting
- Fireplace grates and tool sets
- Architectural elements (railings, gates, fasteners, hinges etc.)
- Furniture (beds, lamps, tables and shelving)
- Scultpure and art pieces
- Custom tools and more
Blacksmith For A Day:
Experiential Tourism Offering
Experience the ancient craft of blacksmithing in beautiful Whycocomagh, Cape Breton
Blacksmiths were once as important to a community as the doctor. They provided everything from the nails needed to build a house to the forks used to eat.
At FireHouse Ironworks Ltd. you can experience what it was like to work in a traditional blacksmith shop.
After a safety demonstration and basic forge safety instruction, try your hand at the heritage craft of blacksmithing. You will leave with a small item that you have made.
Cost per person $125 + tax for a 1 hour session. 4 Hour session also available for $275 + tax.
What others say about us
FireHouse Ironworks provided an excellent environment where one can feel very comfortable in honing their skills and trying new ones. Treated with great respect; you will feel “right at home”, while discovering that your own capabilities and creativity are endless. Grant explains techniques and methods in such a way, anybody who can hold a hammer could grasp the basics of this craft with little difficulty. Building on your skills, Grant demonstrates practical projects allowing you to explore and expand your ability to create with metal.
My 15 year old son and I took the one week blacksmithing workshop in August, 2012. It was an awesome experience for both of us. First of all, it was FUN! We had fun every day. We both learned a ton of basic skills, tricks and traps and all kinds of clever ways to accomplish a goal with metal. Every young person with any knack for hands on work should be given the opportunity to work in the forge.
