David Hyde: Contemporary Blacksmith

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Verdigris's proprietor, David Hyde, achieved a first class honours degree in Electroacoustics at Salford University in 1984 before becoming involved in research into speech coding with British Telecom. He followed this with postgraduate study at Manchester University where he researched digital signal processing. ........

.... He went on to become a teacher of Mathematics and Physics and it was during this six year period that he acquired an interest in silversmithing which soon led to blacksmithing ....

....Finding the hands-on nature of smithing immensely rewarding, combined with the creative satisfaction of designing contemporary metalwork, David left the teaching profession to establish Verdigris in 2001.....

.... Since then Verdigris has established a reputation for the creation of detailed contemporary and innovative metalwork. Larger architectural pieces have been installed nationwide, including the Piazza, Covent Garden, whilst smaller studio work can be found in many Northwest Galleries.

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