Knowledge atlas
Crafts
Wolfram Ehnert, Blacksmith
Wolfram Ehnert has been working as a blacksmith and metal designer in his own workshop since 6 August 1985. He mainly produces unique pieces in the field of architectural design (grilles, gates, fences, conservatories, water features, sculptures), but also small works of art, household appliances such as furniture, kitchen utensils (pans), candlesticks and sacred objects. The workshop also works in the field of restoration.
- Name of Craft in the local language
- Kunstschmied, Wolfram Ehnert
- Type of Craft
- Traditional thatch roofing, production of special thatch sheaves (‘Schaben’), sale of long-stalked winter rye, part-time upholsterer
- Knowledge Holder
- Wolfram Ehnert
- Location, Website
- Quohrener Straße 17, 01324 Dresden, Germany; Link to website
- Contact
- ehnert@gestaltetes-metall.de, +49 351 269890; +49 171 7056 376 (mobile)
- Type of Business
- Newly founded company
- Year of Establishment
- 1985
- Successors
- Yes, Johannes Ehnert (from 2024)
- Workshop and sales space
- 2 workshop rooms of approx. 40m² each, external (‘Niederau’) machinery, small sales area, office, recreation room, (small shop gallery in planning)
- Materials
- Iron, copper, bronze, stainless and corten steel, aluminium, also in combination with wood and stone (partly in cooperation with other craftsmen)
- Technology / Tools / Machines
- Forge fires, saws, punches, shears, edge benches, air hammer, presses, tongs, moulds, gauges; some tools manufactured in-house, CNC milling machine
- Techniques / Processes
- Planning/design (PC CAD), freehand drawing, cutting saw, drilling, grinding, pressing, welding (various techniques), soldering, forging, filing, air hammer
- Members / Employees
- Wolfram Ehnert, Johannes Ehnert, 5 employees (incl. administration and design level), 4 of them in the workshop
- Apprentices
- In general, yes, but no apprentices at the moment. Downward trend in the number of applicants. Frequently interns from universities and schools (male and female).
- Education of the Craftsperson
- Wolfram Ehnert: after secondary school, 1 ½ years apprenticeship in the metalworking trade, 10 years working in the training company, master craftsman course and passing the master craftsman examination in 1983, self-employment // Johannes Ehnert: A-levels, training at Meckenbeuren commercial school as a metalworker specialising in metal design, 1 year of work, participation in various competitions (1st place in the national competition), scholarship for master craftsman training in Göppingen, training as an international welding specialist
- Best-selling product
- The workshop mainly work individually according to customer wishes and our own designs, so there is no best-selling product in the conventional sense and they are not aiming for one.
- Average time of production
- No estimate possible as dependent on customer requirements and type of property
- Average price per item
- The price range is between €15 and €800,000.
