How do you make sure that years of traditional blacksmithing skills are not lost in a modern world? You combine them with state of the art technology.
Father and son team, engineers Paul and Brent Steed created Arthur Francis using a play on their respective middle names. By blending Paul’s heritage craft and commercial fabrication experience with Brent’s contemporary engineering know-how, they created their first range of unique garden sculptures. The team works with a range of materials but are known as Corten steel specialists.
As the business grew Arthur Francis welcomed more family members onboard and expanded to partner with landscape designers and architectural practices for projects that include commercial signage and one-of-a-kind sculptures.