Bellows Forge

Bellows Forge Custom, artistic ironwork by Roy Bellows He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from the University of Chicago in 1966.

BELLOWS FORGE was founded in 1976 in Fredericksburg, Texas, and is now located in Buda, Texas at 111 North Cedar Street. The artist, ROY BELLOWS, studied drawing and painting with Warren Hunter at his La Villita School of Art in San Antonio, Texas during the late 1950’s. He learned the basics of blacksmithing from Frank Turley at Turley Forge in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1974. He apprenticed with To

ni Benetton in Mogliano Veneto, Italy in 1980. He was one of Benetton’s last students at the Accademia Internazionale del Ferro Battuto, and he was one of only two Americans to have ever worked with him. Roy Bellows’ work is found in numerous private collections in the United States and in Mexico. He has exhibited at the Museum of the Southwest in Midland, the Laguna-Gloria Art Museum in Austin, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont, and the Sarah Cambell Blaffer Gallery of the University of Houston. Roy is a member of the Artist-Blacksmith’s Association of North America (ABANA) and Balcones Forge. He belongs to the Meteoritical Society and has custom-made iron meteorite rings since 1981.

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A piece of art begins with an idea. In this case, the Greek client wanted meaningful images on a custom canopy bed. From...
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A piece of art begins with an idea. In this case, the Greek client wanted meaningful images on a custom canopy bed.

From inception to completion, a project like this one takes about 40 days & 40 nights.

Meet The Artist:Ironsmith ROY BELLOWS studied drawing and painting with Warren Hunter at his La Villita School of Art in...
04/10/2014

Meet The Artist:

Ironsmith ROY BELLOWS studied drawing and painting with Warren Hunter at his La Villita School of Art in San Antonio, Texas during the late 1950’s.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from the University of Chicago in 1966.

He learned the basics of blacksmithing from Frank Turley at Turley Forge in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1974.

He apprenticed with Toni Benetton in Mogliano Veneto, Italy in 1980. He was one of Benetton’s last students at the Accademia Internazionale del Ferro Battuto, and he was one of only two Americans to have ever worked with him.

Roy Bellows’ work is found in numerous private collections in the United States and in Mexico. He has exhibited at the Museum of the Southwest in Midland, the Laguna-Gloria Art Museum in Austin, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont, and the Sarah Cambell Blaffer Gallery of the University of Houston.

Roy is a member of the Artist-Blacksmith’s Association of North America (ABANA) and Balcones Forge. He belongs to the Meteoritical Society and has custom-made iron meteorite rings since 1981.

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