Ramon Martí i Martí (20 March 1917 – 1 April 2011) was a Catalan master metalsmith. Martí was born on 20 March 1917 in

L'Espluga de Francolí L'Espluga de Francolí () is a village in the Provinces of Spain, province of Province of Tarragona, Tarragona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. It has a population of . The blacksmith Ramon Martí i Martí was a native of L'Espluga de ...

to the blacksmith Enric Martí i Miquel and his wife Antònia Martí i Rosell. His father was the founder of the Cal Biel forge. In 1931, Martí entered the Escoles Professionals dels Pares Salesians de Sarrià, a trade school in

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run by the

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. In 1951, he married Dolors Canudes i Canalda, with whom he had a daughter, Maria Lluïsa, and a son, Valentí.Antoni Carreras Casanovas
"Ramon Martí i Martí, mestre forjador"
''Aplec de treballs'' 27 (2009): 9–30. Martí made many objects for

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, including chandeliers, candlesticks, tabernacles, braziers, crucifixes, doors, guardrails and a dragon-shaped handrail. One of his crucifixes was featured in ''

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'' in 1960. He mainly worked in

wrought iron Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon content (less than 0.05%) in contrast to that of cast iron (2.1% to 4.5%), or 0.25 for low carbon "mild" steel. Wrought iron is manufactured by heating and melting high carbon cast iron in an ...

. In 1986, he was named master blacksmith of the

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. In 1997 Martí was awarded with the Golden Badge of the Past Pupils of Don Bosco. He died on 1 April 2011 in L'Espluga. His son succeeded him at the head of Cal Biel.Ò. Palau
"Mor Ramon Martí, el reconegut mestre forjador de cal Biel"
''El Punt Avui'', 2 April 2011.

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{{reflist 1917 births 2011 deaths Blacksmiths