Primož Jug
Artistic blacksmith
Primož Jug forges iron the way it was forged for centuries before him: with fire, hammer and anvil. Every piece starts as a sketch; then he heats it until it glows and shapes it blow by blow until it takes the form he had in mind.
His workshop turns out lights for wine cellars and houses, chandeliers, railings and gates, doors for tiled stoves, prosciutto holders and forged roses. Most pieces are made to order, for one particular room and person.
He is guided by respect for the old craft of the blacksmith and a feel for beauty. That is why there are no series in his workshop and no two pieces are the same.
My story
I started blacksmithing as an apprentice in a home workshop, where iron was shaped with hammer and fire, without machines. I work the same way today; only the orders are different: lights for wine cellars, chandeliers for houses, railings for gardens their owners look at every day.
Every piece is made once. Sketch, heated iron, blows, patina. None is the same as the one before. That is also why a hand-forged piece is not cheap: it holds time that a machine cannot replace.
