One of the participants starts work on making a hook from steel. Image: (C) Tim Sandle How often do you take up the challenge of trying something different? Arts and crafts provide an interesting ...

July 21, 2025 at 7:15 a.m. EDT44 minutes ago Beatrix Lockwood spoke to Caitlin Morris. Illustrations by Maya Scarpa for The Washington Post. Caitlin Morris is the owner of Ms. Caitlin’s School of ...

Hammer away at a piece of iron until your arm feels like lead. Grasp a length of red-hot metal that could be fresh from Mount Etna. Stand at a fiery forge and shed sweat by the gallon. Who wouldn’t ...

The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating metal rods, then hammering them into shape. Reheating, hammering some more, twisting and bending, and finally, hours later, creating small metal ...

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Blacksmithing used to be a popular way to make a living in the U.S. Technology has taken over. However, there still are ...