TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A chorus of clangs and bangs rang out of the Conley Blacksmith Shop at Fowler Park Saturday as members of the intro to blacksmithing class hammered away on their work. The ...

The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating metal rods, then hammering them into shape. Reheating, hammering some more, twisting and bending, and finally, hours later, creating small metal ...

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 ...

A journeyman blacksmith, Talon Cavender-Wilson melds traditional Scandinavian metal working skills with design and art from his Dakota roots and beyond. Talon Cavender-Wilson decided he wanted to ...

On one of the coldest mornings in memory, I found myself in a big red barn in Port Allen taking a blacksmithing class. "Strike while the iron is hot," has gained new meaning since the two-day workshop ...

“There is something quite mesmerising about the way metal behaves when it is super-heated, it becomes almost like plasticine, you can mould it and shape it into anything you want, there is a total ...

The constant clinking and clanking of the molten metal is annoying to most, but for some, it’s a joyful noise. One of those drawn to the noise is Dale Morse, a blacksmithing instructor and co-founder ...

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 ...

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Hidden behind a construction fence near Bowen Hall, nestled between a parking garage and storage unit, is a quiet alleyway, home to the members of the Princeton Blacksmith Club. With the help of this ...