These are lessons Blacksmiths feel in their bones and it’s well worth exploring the field yourself to appreciate the knowledge base that exists at any well-used forge. I had an unexpected ...
The Taproom Chandeliers are a set of matching massive chandeliers designed and forged for Paso Robles Brewing Company. In Part II, I build the steel buckets that add structural rigidity to the beams ...
We’re at Lawless Forge, a recreational blacksmith shop offering public and private blacksmithing classes that occupies the first floor of an old industrial warehouse turned makerspace.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — Craig Kaviar has been a blacksmith all of his adult life. His metal works are pieces of art, often displayed in galleries. His forge in Louisville is his happy place.
He said wrought iron is very soft, making it easy to forge and weld. Welding in blacksmithing is a different process than what’s done in a fabrication shop. “By heating your pieces to the ...
The late Florence O'Sullivan - the last blacksmith of Boolteens - in his forge in 2015. Photo by Mark Condron. Florence in shod duty at his forge. Photo by Liz Ryle O'Connor. Florence gives a ...
Tim Davies worked as a blacksmith in a forge at Thorpe Hall (was the maternity unit and now a Sue Ryder hospice) in Peterborough for five years in the early 1980s. He said: “It was something I always ...