Forged Iron BELLS Lorena B. Moore

BELLS are used for storytelling and dancing, spiritcalling, purification rituals, and to accompany drums and musicians.  They are universal ritual objects and talismans that have been made, used, traded, and treasured all over the world.

I have been designing and forging iron bells for 15 years.  They have a unique dark sound and a powerful presence.
I make several styles of CONES and PODS for amulets or jewelry.  These have no clappers, but make noise by clinking together.
My CLAPPER BELLS are shaped like Asarum wild ginger flowers.  They are forged from flat triangles of 1/8" steel plate.

CARING FOR BELLS:  To create the black finish on my ironwork, the finished piece is cleaned of firescale using a wire brush and small polishing tools.  Then it is returned to the forge, heated, and quenched in peanut oil to give it a uniform shiny black coating.  Usually, this finish is sufficiently rust-resistant to protect objects from ambient moisture in the air.  Objects may develop small rust spots in a damp environment, especially in storage.  Bells are NOT intended for outdoor use unless you want them to rust!
COPPER is polished but not laquered, so it will tarnish to an attractive warm brown color.

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PLAIN CONES	FLARED CONES	CURLY CONES	PODS

STEPS IN FORGING A CONE BELL

Triple Flared Cones    $125  4.5"	Triple Nested Wavy Cones $160  5.5"	Pair of Flared Cones $80  4"

Genii Cucullati - The Hooded Ones    $160   Sound 5" total length.  Hot-forged copper clappers are 1.5" long.

Available CLAPPER BELLS are shown below. They can be custom modified to change the chain length, ornaments, type of hook, etc. Click thumbnail at left to see SOLD custom work. e-mail

JELLYFISH  $325  4.5" long

PILGRIM'S COMPANION  $185    Sound 1" and 2" bells, 5.5" total length.	THREE JOURNEYS  $260   Sound 1", 2", and 3" nested bells with button-style clapper.  On riveted and reverse-twisted ring.  4" total length.

Sound Video  SNAKE GODDESS  $460  3" bell with split doubled points, 12" total length.   Sound Only

ALL SOUL'S PROCESSION  $525   Sound Three nested bells (1.25", 2", 3").  23" total length.  Hanging bells swing freely against each other.

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SOLD

Two Pomegranates   2005

Underworld Jellyfish  2006 SOUND

Ashes & Rust My blog post on this bell's transformation after a house fire.