Photo by Peter Cihelka /The Free Lance-Star via AP Justin Jennings fashions a chef's knife at Black Horse Forge in Stafford County, Va. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Steve Hotz found his groove in ...

If you ever wanted to learn about blacksmithing, Samuel Dembitsky is your man. “If you want to know something, start asking questions,” the tall elderly man with a burly mustache quipped. “And if I ...

Walt Hull, who lives in Pleasant Grove south of Lawrence, has been a blacksmith for more than 15 years and creates fences, gates, tables and more from iron. Hammers clang and sparks fly. Heat and ...

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 ...

For the next few weeks anyone interested in learning the art of blacksmithing can take a beginner course at Pitt Community ...

SALEM, Ore. — Since its founding in 2022, Industrial Artistic and Creative Therapy (IACT) has become a sanctuary for veterans and first responders struggling with stress and PTSD. Founded by "Forged ...

Mar. 21—At Assets School, the most popular mentorship program for over 10 years has been a metal arts class, where students learn how to make their own knives and hone life-shaping skills. In the ...

A nonprofit in Fredericksburg, Virginia, has found a unique way to support veterans through blacksmithing — an age-old craft using iron and steel. Steve Hotz founded Black Horse Forge after using ...

Blacksmithing is hot, and not only because you are working over a sweltering forge. It's hot entertainment right now, too. "There's a lot of interest in blacksmithing at the moment being driven by a ...

Amid the pangs of metal on metal and the heat radiating from forges, members of the Willamette Valley Blacksmiths Club chat amongst themselves as they wait for their turn at the anvil. The club ...