PROVIDENCE — When Alaina Mahoney was a painting student at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the late aughts, she joined a group called Iron Core. “Students figured out how to melt their own ...

A step-by-step look at forging a blacksmith’s flatter, showing shaping, heat treatment, and finishing for a practical forging tool. Thune warns there aren’t 50 votes to advance budget resolution after ...

Black Bear Forge shows how a spring butcher tool can help mark and shape hot metal more consistently by bringing a top and bottom cutting edge together in one setup. The project turns a practical ...

Professional blacksmith Fire debuts with a comprehensive guide to shaping metal into a wide range of objects, from spoons and bottle openers to door knockers and wall hooks. Noting that blacksmithing ...

Blacksmithing was an essential trade during the canal era for producing and repairing iron goods. Class participants get hands-on education by making an S-hook and a fireplace poker. COSHOCTON − Briar ...