Episode #77 James Makely “A Design of WW1 Shovels”
James Makely is an artist blacksmith in Colorado, USA. He works full time as an artist blacksmith with the award winning design company, Living Design Studios. What We Talked […]
Episode #72 Jack Klahm - “Aluminum, the Old Man Metal”
Jack founded Klahm and sons 43 years ago in Hawaii and moved the business to his current location in Florida. He has experienced a variety of opportunities to learn his […]
Episode #70 - Heiner Zimmermann “The Blacksmith Craft - Contained Knowledge Over Generations”
Heiner Zimmermann is a second generation German blacksmith. His father, Paul Zimmermann, had his works published and thus influenced American and European blacksmiths throughout the 70’s and 80’s. It was through working […]
Episode #68 - Roberto Giordani “Metal Metamorphosis”
Roberto Giordani is a second generation blacksmith who resides in northern Italy. He has studied and worked with many of Europe’s leading artist blacksmiths. They include Toni Benetton, Alfred Habermann, Angelo […]
Episode #67 - Charles Lewton Brain “If you make the same mistake three times, it’s a technique”
Charles Lewton Brain is an internationally known artist and master goldsmith, an author of 7 books and numerous magazine articles, owner of his own publishing company, BrainPress, College teacher and […]
Episode #66 - Monica Coyne “A dovetail joint, a pelvic bone and 1 inch square stock”
Monica is an artist blacksmith who lives and works in California. Working closely with a wide-range of clients and demonstrates her techniques in workshops and conferences across the country. What […]
Episode #65 - Douglas Pryor “If you’re not crackin’ steel, you’re not learnin'”
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 […]
Episode #64 - Matt Jenkins “Is that real sweat?”
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 […]
Episode #63 John Barron “ABANA 48 ft Railing Demo and Install in 4 Days”
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 […]
Episode #61 - John McLellan “The CBA Prez and the 2016 ABANA Conf Co-Chair
John McLellan is the owner of McLellan Blacksmithing in Loomis, California. He’s also the president of the California Blacksmith Association and is serving as co-chair for the 2016 ABANA Conference […]