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 ...

In this video, I forge a claw cultivator designed for practical garden work. From shaping the steel to forming the working ...

Photo by Peter Cihelka /The Free Lance-Star via AP Justin Jennings fashions a chef's knife at Black Horse Forge in Stafford County, Va. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Steve Hotz found his groove in ...

While Philip Simmons remains synonymous with blacksmithing in Charleston, a new generation is seizing the trade locally and giving it a more contemporary twist in the 21st century. Aided by a heritage ...

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 ...

The “functional art” of Craig Kaviar, including transforming guns into garden tools, is part of a revival of the ancient craft. Credit... Supported by Text by Joshua Needelman Photographs and Video by ...

Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville’s past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. Blacksmiths were critical to town life in the 19th century, so much so ...

Inside an 1844 stone dairy farm building, working in a well-organized workshop with two different types of forges, a variety of tools and an anvil in the dead center of the room, is StormCloak Forge's ...

Taking on a new skill can be intimidating, exciting and healing. Marshall Decker can attest to that. He’s spent the last six years teaching himself how to be a blacksmith and all of that hard work has ...