Hammer away at a piece of iron until your arm feels like lead. Grasp a length of red-hot metal that could be fresh from Mount Etna. Stand at a fiery forge and shed sweat by the gallon. Who wouldn’t ...

When Leslie Tharp began her career as a metal artist in 2009, the metalworking community in north central Florida was quite small. “You really had to leave the state to go anywhere,” Tharp said in her ...

Professional blacksmith Fire debuts with a comprehensive guide to shaping metal into a wide range of objects, from spoons and bottle openers to door knockers and wall hooks. Noting that blacksmithing ...

ROCKWELL — Hanging in front of James “Jeep” Sabo’s house is a handmade sign that reads, “Jeep’s Forge School of Blacksmithing.” Behind his inconspicuous house is a small village of sheds and shops ...

– Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect that Harvey Williamson is the historian of the Stella Historical Society, not the president. College students will get a hands-on taste of ...

Each knife is carefully, painstakingly crafted through a multi-step process by a 30+ year veteran of the Japanese armed forces. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more Japanese ...

Jennifer Wallace Fields learns blacksmithing from Quinn McKay and basket weaving with Sarah Bell. Since 2007, Alabama Folk School at Camp McDowell has fostered deep connections between creativity and ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Matt Garton (above, left) chair of blacksmithing at the American College of the Building Arts ...

David Sandlin did not set out to be a blacksmith, and he certainly didn’t set out to be the president of the Florida Artist Blacksmith Association (FABA). Even so, he will be busy Nov. 4-6 overseeing ...

The Max Carey Blacksmith Guild has a legacy of blacksmiths dating back to prominent blacksmith Orville (Pug) Carey, who had his blacksmith shop near the rail roadtracks at the foot of McDonald Street ...