Amina Chatwin: You’ve Got Me Thinking

by Amina Chatwin

The life and times of Amina Chatwin. Toured the country with the renowned puppeteer Olive Blackham using hand-crafted wooden marionettes, many of which Amina made herself. Acknowledged expert in British iron working and smithing, well known to many blacksmiths around the world.Awarded the Companionship of the Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths in recognition of her contributions to the craft of blacksmithing.Chairman of the Historical Metallurgy Society.President to the Gloucester Society for Industrial Archaeology and author of articles on local history and archaeology. Author 'Into the New Iron Modern British Blacksmiths' Author of Cheltenham's Ornamental Ironwork, "It is impossible to overstate the importance of this book in the history of our without it, there would be no comprehensive, accessible public record of the remarkable revival of artistic blacksmithing in the last quarter of the 20th century" - Dick Quinnell.

246 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 11, 2020

Reviews

[Nicholas Reardon · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic autobiography of a woman that was famous in the iron working world