From a raw billet of steel to a precision-crafted tool, watch the blacksmith heat, hammer, and shape every inch of this tinner’s hammer by hand. Each strike forms perfect balance and strength, ...

Hobby crafts are growing in popularity. Sometimes they include anvils and fire. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from Brookfield and Wolcott, Conn. The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating ...

Watch the incredible process of forging a nutcracker completely by hand — no machines, no shortcuts. A raw piece of steel is transformed through heat, hammer, and skill into a functional piece of art.

PROVIDENCE — When Alaina Mahoney was a painting student at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the late aughts, she joined a group called Iron Core. “Students figured out how to melt their own ...

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 ...