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Behind the Bench
The process behind the product. A look into the Sheffield workshop, from manual threading to the unique "Industrial Fingerprints" left by the fabrication process.


From the Grid to the Gallery: The Story Behind Retro Steel Co.
I didn't learn to work with steel in an art school. I learned it in the trenches of the British electrical trade. Starting my working life in the 1980's as an apprentice and working alongside real craftsmen to build my skills that I have today. For years, my daily "office" was a construction site, and my materials were the heavy-duty components of the industrial world. I spent decades as a career electrician, installing the steel conduit and switchgear that form the invisible
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