Night school magic My introduction to metal work came when my neighbour mentioned that he was a blacksmith and taught a night school course at the local high school. Didn’t need much more encouragement and I signed up post haste. A lot of water under the bridge since then. Steven Waters who was an amazingly …
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Oh, the glamour! Getting out of school I had visions of building large architectural pieces. Nothing grandiose, maybe some cathedral gates, a few public installations, just small stuff like that. What I quickly found out was that work was going to be trying to build custom solutions to small problems that couldn’t be easily fixed …
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I had been a hobbyist blacksmith for 10 years, taking an Art Metal Work course taught by my neighbour at the local High School and occasional weekend courses. In 2016 I attended the Fleming College – Haliburton School of Art and Design to complete their Artist Blacksmith program. The opportunity to attend this course came …
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New Year, New Approach… I have been operating my studio for 3 years now and have learned much, suffered much and been to the brink of despair more often than I care to think about. Ah, the exciting and glamorous life of the artist blacksmith. Non, je ne regrette rien! Going into the new year, …