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 ...

KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — Southwood Farm Forge is holding special blacksmith classes throughout the summer for students interested in learning about the trade. Eric Johnson, owner of Southwood Farm ...

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 ...

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 ...

FARMVILLE — As the partnership between East Carolina University and Farmville entities continues to enhance art throughout town, one college student is spending his time teaching and promoting ...

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 ...

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 ...

Blacksmiths were the high technologists of fabrication up until the industrial revolution gained momentum. At its core, this is the art and science of making any needed tool or mechanism out of metal.

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 ...