I started forging in 2015 after rekindling an interest in the craft from a merit badge class I had taken at a Boy Scout summer camp. While attending Sam Houston […]

Greg Gehner started his blacksmithing career in 1997 when he earned a BFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. In 2005, he established Transit Forge in northwestern Pennsylvania, where he […]

Dmitrii Volkov began his career as an artist as a child from the fine art. In 1993, he received his M.F.A. in Art Design and Book Illustration from The Nicholas […]

Dakota Myers is a full time blacksmith who uses his traditional skillset to drive contemporary designs. Dakota graduated from The American College of the Building Arts in 2017, spending his […]

Cappy Counard makes jewelry and sculptural objects that reflect her curiosity about relationship. By exploring the notions of work, care, storytelling and repair, she aims to record our capacity for […]

Bruna D’Alessandro holds MFA from Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. Her works have been shown internationally in venues such as, most recently, the Museum of the Central Institute of […]

Andrew Kyte (b. 1977) is a Michigan-based designer and blacksmith whose primary focus is contemporary forged metal work. Andrew was first introduced to forged metal work while working for a […]

Andy Dohner has a 30 year career in metalworking, starting as an industrial welder and then transitioning to architectural blacksmithing. He currently operates a studio practice in western North Carolina […]