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 ...

The Analogs is stories about people who make things by hand — and what those things tell us about those people.

In this video, I forge a claw cultivator designed for practical garden work. From shaping the steel to forming the working ...

Every week we publish a historic photo highlighting a story from Naperville’s past from the history archives of Naper Settlement. Blacksmiths were critical to town life in the 19th century, so much so ...

The Napa County Historical Society opened up the historic Henry Haus Blacksmith Shop for an open house on Sunday. Visitors explored the shop, read about the history of the Pope Valley institution, and ...