GUILFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — It’s hot, it’s loud, and a bit dirty, but one Connecticut artist says it’s all he has ever known. Mace Vitale is a blacksmith at the Guilford Art Center. Mace says that while ...

If you ever wanted to learn about blacksmithing, Samuel Dembitsky is your man. “If you want to know something, start asking questions,” the tall elderly man with a burly mustache quipped. “And if I ...

FREETOWN — Dink, dink, dink. Dink, dink, dink. Dink, dink, dink. Anyone who’s ever watched a blacksmith lay a piece of hot iron on a big anvil and slowly hammer the glowing metal into something useful ...

FITCHBURG — The high-pitched clang of hammers hitting red-hot steel will ring through the city’s Riverfront Park once again this Saturday, Sept. 28, for the 16th annual Blacksmith Art & Renaissance ...

Flurries of sparks and intense heat don’t seem to faze the blacksmith apprentices of Lizama’s Forge. Each one looks calm as they focus on their tasks. Sean Lizama, the son of master blacksmith Frank ...

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 ...

Blacksmithing holds a rare kind of beauty that stands out in an age shaped by automation and quick manufacturing. The forge, the hammer, and the steady rhythm of practiced hands come together to show ...

The constant clinking and clanking of the molten metal is annoying to most, but for some, it’s a joyful noise. One of those drawn to the noise is Dale Morse, a blacksmithing instructor and co-founder ...

Flurries of sparks and intense heat don’t seem to faze the blacksmith apprentices of Lizama’s Forge. Each one looks calm as they focus on their tasks. Sean Lizama, the son of master blacksmith Frank ...