We’re committed to providing a host of resources to male and female blacksmiths of all ability levels through podcast interviews spotlighting your fellow blacksmiths. The podcast interviews are designed to help improve your metal working skills while providing an opportunity to connect with others who share your passion of blacksmithing!
Mar 28, 2016
Douglas Pryor
Guest Intro:
Douglas Pryor lives in Rockland, California and works as a repousse artist, primarily making armor. When possible, he uses only hand tools to mimic the authentic conditions of ancient time periods. His main techniques are sculpting, raising, chasing and repousse. Douglas also moonlights as...
Mar 21, 2016
Guest Intro paragraph
Matt Jenkins is a
Winnipeg, Canada-based blacksmith and owner of Cloverdale Forge. He
got his start in blacksmithing by spending college summers at a
Canadian national park doing historical re-creations for tourists.
He later studied at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North
Carolina. He now...
Mar 14, 2016
John Barron is a full-time blacksmith in Georgetown, CA. He began working with metal in a large fabrication shop in Oakland, California in 1975 and learned. Today, he specializes in architectural ironwork and will be one of the demonstrators at the ABANA 2016 Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
What We Talked...