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 ...

Years ago, Shaun Williams began hammering his own armor out of cold sheet metal to wear to a Renaissance festival at Snyder Park in Fort Lauderdale. He later graduated to a blowtorch and eventually ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- With its roaring fires and clanging iron, blacksmithing is an art form that's been around for centuries. Now you can learn the secrets of shaping metal for yourself, right here in ...

HANCOCK, Maine (WABI) - A skill humanity has forged for millennia now continues to the next generation. Michael Whitmore says he began blacksmithing at the age of 10. He has been mastering the craft ...

An elective at Ontario College of Art and Design changed Jen Lipski’s life, turning her into an “accidental blacksmith.” “I went to OCAD in Toronto to become a wildlife painter, and in my last ...

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 ...

Have you found a blacksmith hammer in the attic? Are you wondering what to do with it? If you're the crafty type, you could use this tool and others to craft items from wrought iron. Blacksmiths still ...

A simple iron hammerhead turns into a real test of heat, timing, and precision at the forge. After learning the basics from a local blacksmith, the project quickly reveals how hard it is to shape raw ...

HINCKLEY, Maine (WABI) - It’s is a sound you may not expect in a typical high school classroom. But at the Maine Academy of Natural Sciences, it’s just everyday background noise. “I love the ...