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 ...

Perched on a stool behind an anvil and a 5-pound mallet, the expert blacksmith and knife maker waited for the first group of patrons who signed up for a session with the "Angry Giant." But Jason ...

In an era of invisible, cloud-based commerce, Brian’s Welding is an old-school business, full of metal and machinery. This month, the welders went even more retro, gathering around an anvil and ...

Weekends will be assigned a class level based on the first participant to register. Childrens classes are available for students ages 12 and older. Students must begin with Blacksmithing 101 unless ...

KALAMAZOO Rachel David has an easygoing nature and a laugh in her voice. One wouldn't expect that her favorite thing to do is take steel, "bring it up to about 2,200 degrees and smash the crap out of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X John Frank recalls how his grandfather and father used to do their own blacksmithing out of ...

Members of the Central Minnesota Blacksmiths club are building a new blacksmith shop at the Albany Pioneer Days grounds in Albany, Minn.