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An Inside Look at the History of Texas Lightsmith
John Worsham, a dedicated husband and father of two, started Texas Lightsmith in his own back yard in 1995 building custom light fixtures from copper, pewter and wrought iron. From what I understand it was a real battle to keep it alive for a while, but his passion for metal working drove him to keep at it. Trey Jones, a life long friend, would occasionally help John with the shop, and helped build one of the first expansions of the shop when it was still in John’s backyard, and once even helped move a 700 lb. power hammer off a truck into the yard by way of chain pulley and tree limb, would have been one of those great ‘edge of your seat’ videos!
Trey started working with metal when he was a young boy and bought his first welder when he was 19, building large and small projects during his college years. Trey attained his engineering degree about the same time John received his art degree from U.T. Austin with a summer semester spent in Florence, Italy. Trey learned the machining trade working for U.T. while he was in school, making parts for experimental machinery for the masters/doctorate candidate projects, and various parts for the McDonald observatory ( a U.T. property). A skill that comes in handy for parts for the shop and projects a few times a year.
As a boy, John, inspired by the blacksmith’s at the Texas Renaissance Festival, made a complete suit of homemade armor from scrap galvanized steel given to him by an encouraging sheet-metal shop owner and developed his metalworking skill set in more of the old world hand processes where Trey developed his background in computer controlled shop machinery and precision metal working.
In 2001 Trey joined forces with John and the two run the company to this day… they are a great team and some of the greatest employers I have ever had, they are fair and honest, respectful and praising. Good people like these guys deserve good things, but they are pretty shy, I think, when it comes to publicity and well, it’s hard to promote yourself when you’re that humble.
Texas Lightsmith is very fortunate to have the incredibly skilled craftsmen they have employed here, with 6 craftsmen they have a full range of expert metal smithing techniques to employ. Creating range hoods, chandeliers, sconces, pendant lights, fire screens, chimney caps, and can make just about anything you can dream up out of copper, brass, bronze, pewter, nickel silver, steel, or iron! All elements considered is an impressive melting pot of art and science creating a harmonious balance of old world craftsmanship and cutting edge technologies.
Throughout the past 15 years Texas Lightsmith has won numerous awards, and has been covered in various press articles in newspapers and credited in countless magazine articles’ photos. In 2009, Our Luminescent Series™ range hoods and farmhouse sinks were featured on HGTV’s “Wow Worthy Products”. Most currently our products are in the March 2010 Issue of Coastal Living Magazine (look for the Linder Residence)!
John and Trey have created a homegrown Texas company, making all products in house….outsourcing nothing and creating metal works to be world renowned!
Please call, fax, Contact Us, or schedule an appointment to discuss your specific project. With lighting listed by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Texas Lightsmith is an excellent source for commercial as well as residential projects.
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