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 ...

When you think of a blacksmith, you probably think back to colonial times, a rugged, Founding Father-type with rolled-up sleeves, hammering away on an anvil. But the art form is alive and well today, ...

If you're looking to escape a cold and snowy day like Saturday, blacksmithing is one way to do it. Steve Cukrowicz stood feet away from a 2,800-degree forge as he taught basics of the craft to a ...

On one of the coldest mornings in memory, I found myself in a big red barn in Port Allen taking a blacksmithing class. "Strike while the iron is hot," has gained new meaning since the two-day workshop ...

Rob Schubert The Daily News Jan 22, 2020 Jan 22, 2020 0 – Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect that Harvey Williamson is the historian of the Stella Historical Society, not the ...

A rod of wrought iron glowed red hot in Jeffrey Funk’s forge at his shop near Echo Lake. A master at his craft, he moved ...

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MISSOULA, Mont. — Frank McKinney, a blacksmith and American history buff in Alberton, spends much of his time in his garage. There, he has a collection of forges — the furnaces where blacksmiths heat ...

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Kent Knapp - aka the "Milwaukee Blacksmith" - is expanding his classes and will offer Blacksmith 102 in 2015. The classes will take place at the School Of Iron, located in Knapp's large blacksmithing ...