Darryl Reeves love for the art of blacksmiting began from seeing his grandfather. Darryl uses his creative ideas and uses metal to create his art.His love for blacksmiting led him and his wife Lolette Reeves to open Andrew's Welding and Blacksmith Shop in 1990.Since then Darryl has restored many historical sites and continues to improve the city of New Orleans with his talants.

Our Business

Darryl Reeves is a third generation metalworker and owner of Andrew’s Welding and Blacksmith Shop in New Orleans’ Seventh Ward. He is a master trainer for the New Orleans Master Crafts Guild, training apprentices in advanced ironwork, including welding and blacksmithing. Reeves, who apprenticed under noted master blacksmith and furrier William “Buddy” Leonard, is well known for his creative contemporary steel and brass staircase railings and furniture, and is revered for his restorations of antique ironwork at historic sites. His public commissions include the restoration of the ornate fence at the Presbytère in Jackson Square, fabrication of a new identical fence for its sister building, the Cabildo, and the disassembly and reconstruction of the massive gate at the Chalmette National Cemetery, which dates to 1872.

What We Do

• Darryl Reeves utilizes a variety of metals  to create beautiful and elegant pieces.He also specializes in Restoration.

• While Darryl Reeves is recognized for his modern creations in steel and brass, including furniture and staircase railings, much of his work focuses on the restoration of antique ironwork.