Using heat and strength, Walter Scadden molds metal into intricate patterns in his blacksmith shop on Adams Street. The blacksmith eschews conventional blacksmith staples such as horseshoes and tools ...

With a resounding CLANG, Dave Kauffman brings the hammer down on the magma-red steel, showering the area around his anvil with glowing, 2,000-degree sparks. Kauffman is a blacksmith, and showing ...

The Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland will host its annual Blacksmith Days at the Carroll County Farm Museum, celebrating a long practiced tradition of heating metal in scorching forges and shaping ...

Mark Johnstone Hopper has a simple job description. “I hit things with a hammer — for a reason.” Others fill out his resume. “I’m unbelievably impressed with his passion and craftsmanship. It’s the ...

One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle How often do you take up ...

Like the Temple of Hephaestus perched on the outskirts of Athens, the slightly less-ancient Blacksmith of Trenton shop sits in a remote corner of the city, well away from the State House and the rest ...

Kate Dinneen, 51, is extra cautious when doing blacksmith work. That’s because she uses her fingers and hands to play the string bass in the Topeka Symphony Orchestra. When you think of a blacksmith ...

For master blacksmith Steve Stone, an interest in metal work began when his dad taught him how to weld when he was young. This hobby would later help jumpstart a career in horseshoe-making. “I really ...

Eight years ago, Christopher Holt came across a dusty old blacksmith shop in Wales. From the moment he entered the shop and heated his first piece of hot steel, he knew it was something he wanted to ...

The oven roared, cranking up the heat to somewhere north of 1,500 degrees as Mike DiClemente turned a couple of metal poles lying over it. DiClemente whisked the first pole off of the oven and quickly ...

PITTSBURGH — As Memorial Day approaches, the Pittsburgh Area Artists Blacksmiths Association (PAABA) is on a mission: working to preserve the antique fencing that surrounds a war memorial along Main ...