In 2019 Wētā Workshop began work on Amazon’s The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power. For many in the Workshop, this was a welcome return to Middle-earth and it was a pleasure to design and manufacture the weapons for each race in the show under the guidance of Production Designer Ramsey Avery and Weapons Master Joe Dunckley.
The Pressure forge is the centrepiece for one of Celebrimbor’s failed experiments with mithril. This concept was based partly on some early sketches by John Howe.