Paul Hoskin

Paul Hoskin is an ornamental metalworker from Cornwall. There are two main areas in which he works. Firstly art/craft work made mainly from steel and copper. This includes items such as candlesticks and bowls. Then there is the more traditional gates, railings, general fabrication etc which he has produced for private customers, builders, churches, surgeries, shops and other businesses.

The majority of the art/craft work is ground steel and recycled copper with welded/braised detail which has been coloured by heat and then lacquered. 

He likes the idea that everyday items that have come to the end of their ‘useful’ life and have been scrapped can be transformed into a desirable form. If that form can also hide the furious activity needed in its creation then even better.