Media

I have been fortunate enough to work with a variety of media companies including BBC News, BBC Radio 2, The Times and the Junior Week. These opportunities arose when I posted a photo of the whale bottle opener I make onto Reddit which overall received over 100,000 upvotes and led to these connections. 

This is the Reddit post of the whale bottle opener.

"I'm a 16 yr old blacksmith and I forged this whale bottle opener :) hope you like it!"

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This is the video that I filmed with the BBC in April 2021, filmed by Ben Moore. 

Teenage blacksmith Ben Perkins forges social media following
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This is the article that was written in March 2021 by Tom Gerken.

The 17-year-old blacksmith going viral online

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Here is the article that was written about me and blacksmithing apprenticeships in The Times, by Arthi Nachiappan which was released in January 2022. 

Young are forging a route to careers in traditional crafts
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This is the audio from the interview that I did with Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2 in June 2021.

Blacksmithing interview with Jeremy Vine

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This is the article about me that was released in the Junior Week in May 2021.

The Teenage Blacksmith

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For any media enquiries please email benperkinsmakes@gmail.com I would love to work with you.