On Saturday, Oct. 7, museum staff member Joseph Coleman will give a Blacksmithing 101 lecture/demonstration at 10 a.m. on the history of blacksmithing. There will be a discussion of how we arrived at ...

The nostalgic smell of coal smoke will fill the air on Saturday, Oct. 12, when Garfield Farm Museum staff member Joseph Coleman will offer a "Blacksmithing 101" lecture/demonstration. Learn about the ...

GRAPEVINE -- A pile of coal burns at 15,000 degrees in Jim White's workshop. Using tongs, White carefully places a crayon-size steel rod into the core of the fire and, in about a minute, the metal ...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Frank McKinney, a blacksmith and American history buff in Alberton, spends much of his time in his garage. There, he has a collection of forges — the furnaces where blacksmiths ...

"One day, we will all cherish the memory of having blacksmiths on every corner," penned American author George Singleton. This powerful quote describes individuals such as the late John Franklin Selix ...

Reb Staup is a local blacksmith, woodworker and T-shirt designer living in Westminster. When Staup was young he liked to draw. “I was always interested in some type of art,” Staup said. He started ...

Levi Fifield was John Sutter’s blacksmith, who built James Marshall’s mill-irons in 1848 two weeks before the gold discovery on Jan. 24, 1848, at Coloma. Levi had come to work at Sutter’s Fort the ...

The season premiere of the WTTW Chicago series "Arts Across Illinois" will take an in-depth look at the rich history of blacksmithing and the talented artists practicing this art and craft, especially ...

LAS CRUCES - Billy Provence, the longtime blacksmith at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum, passed away at his home on Sunday, Nov. 3. Provence, 72, had been a volunteer at the museum since ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — Fans of the History Channel’s popular TV show, “Forged in Fire,” will have the chance to see the fiery domain of a Kalamazoo blacksmith lair Wednesday night. Combat Ready Art, owned by ...