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, ...
There he was, fresh out of graduate school, with no income for materials, set up in a garage on the former family estate at the Redding border, surrounded by heirloom tools that his grandfather ...
PROVIDENCE — When Alaina Mahoney was a painting student at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the late aughts, she joined a group called Iron Core. “Students figured out how to melt their own ...
Regular readers will recognise this as the third part of a series exploring blacksmithing for those who have perhaps always fancied having a go but have never quite known where to start. It’s written ...
Made of iron by men of iron -- The Shelburne Museum's Blacksmith and Wheelwright Shop -- Iron and steel -- from 1500 B.C. to modern times -- The iron and steel industry in America -- The passing of ...
Regular readers will recognise this as the third part of a series exploring blacksmithing for those who have perhaps always fancied having a go but have never quite known where to start. It’s written ...
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Blacksmithing a classic timber tool: The froe
Before modern machinery, tools like the froe were essential for shaping wood. This video shows the process of forging one in the blacksmith’s forge.
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