Fire, steel, and a steady hand can turn a common metal bar into something you want to stop and admire. Blacksmiths create objects that work hard first, and then surprise you with small moments of ...
You can’t tell the story of Darryl Nelson without Timberline Lodge; and you can’t tell the story of Timberline Lodge without Darryl Nelson. Of the two, Timberline Lodge is far better known. Set just ...
Blacksmith Seth Pauley remembers the first time he felt the magic of his craft. He was making a gardening trowel, and he struck the steel with his hammer just right. “It felt like hitting a piece of ...
The sounds of the past ring into the future at the Urban Forge, a Mountain View blacksmith shop where history is kept alive by artisan blacksmiths like Andy Baker and his dad, Corky. "The root of ...
Chances are you crossed paths with CJ Forge without even knowing it. You might have been browsing their wares at a festival or maybe you caught them doing live demonstrations at Scrap Revolve outside ...
Our lives are becoming more entangled with technology all the time. Smartphones, Alexa, social media. Robots glide silently through Amazon warehouses and apples roll down automated conveyor belts, ...
A blacksmith and a specialty knife retailer joined forces to launch a Portland business that makes and sells hand-forged knives designed and crafted in small batches. Kiran Chapman of Soma Metalwork ...
It was only 2 degrees outside, but as I gripped the tongs, trying to hammer the glowing piece of steel clamped in its jaws, my leather glove began to smoke. I dropped the tongs with a yelp, and the ...
The sounds of the past ring into the future at the Urban Forge, a Mountain View blacksmith shop where history is kept alive by artisan blacksmiths like Andy Baker and his dad, Corky. "The root of ...