Nutbourne Forge, West Sussex, England

British children forging poppies with blacksmith – Robert Smith.

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Hot texturing the poppy petals using the hammer, anvil and a veining tool

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Centering up the petals and fitting the stem through the petals.

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Poppies completed. Heating a poppy blank in a gas furnace and a forged and planted poppy.