ABCs of Blacksmithing

Examples Step by Step

These clear step-by-step examples will give the adventurous beginner confidence and will offer new insight to the experienced smith. Lots of good photos to help you on your way.

Format: Hardcover.   Dimensions: 8" x 10"   Pages: 199   Illustrations: 532

Portals and Gates offers the forst comprehensive overview of Albert Paley's public, private, and institutional passageways and also highlights key works - both built and imagined - in his long career. This book presents the finest examples of Paley's distinctive interpretation of gates, portals, and passageways.

Format: Hardback,  Dimentions: 8 1/2" x 11",  Pages: 143,  Illustrations: 150

The Art of Casting in Iron

by Simpson Bolland

The Art of Casting in Iron was first published in 1893. It has long since made its mark in the field of blacksmithing, offering handymen everything they need to know to make appliances, chains, and statues, and to repair broken castings the old-fashioned way. From founding statues and the art of taking casts to pattern modeling and sectional molding, this practical guideboook provides all of the need-to-know basics and more. With simple, easy to understand instructions and detailed formulas, tables, and illustrations, The Art of Casting Iron guides the reader step-by-step through the iron casting process, making it the perfect companion for novice metal founders and industry professionals.

Format: Soft cover   Dimentions: 6" x 9"   Pages: 392   Illustrations: 200

THE ART OF TRADITIONAL BLACKSMITHING; A Norwegian Perspective, is a masterpiece that joins tradition with wisdom and creativity. It presents Håvard Bergland's overview of the blacksmithing trade as a whole. Bergland systematically documents the blacksmithing trade by gathering and presenting skills, techniques and ideas that he has tried out in the forge himself. The book is largely self-explainatory and offers advice, ideas and inspiration to anyone who wants to be involved in blacksmithing.

It is throughly illustrated with more than 400 color photos and nearly 700 drawings.

Format: Hardcover;  Dimentions: 8 1/2" x 10 1/2";  Pages: 394;  Illustrations & Photos: over 1,000

The Art of Wrought Metalwork for House and Garden displays ironwork for buildings, past and present. Wrought ironwork on a building has the double function of protection and ornamentation, and here both functions will be emphasized. In selecting drawings and photographs for this book it is assumed that the reader has already learned the ABCs of forging iron, and possesses basic knowledge. Many details, however, are provided that can help both the qualified wrought-iron craftsman and someone who wishes to begin learning the trade.

Format: Hardcover   Dimensions: 9” x 11”   Pages: 296   Illustrations: 600

Design and Techniques The Artist Blacksmith is the essential handbook for anyone interested in bringing a creative, contemporary approach to this ancient craft, and for those already hooked who want to improve and expand their skills. It offers a contemporary approach to an ancient craft using fundamental blacksmithing processes. The author describes how to develop a design, then how to realize it, and finally how to assemble and finish the piece.

Format: Hardcover.   Dimensions: 10 1/2" x 9 3/4"   Pages: 160   Illustrations: 200

Beautiful Iron

The Pursuit of Excellence

A photographic collection of Whitaker's works with the metal sizes and his shop time listed under each photo. The National Endowment for the Arts awarded Dr. Whitaker a 1997 National Heritage Fellowship in the Traditional Art's.

BOTH THIS WHITAKER BOOK AND HIS BOOK "MY LIFE AS AN ARTIST BLACKSMITH" plus the bonus of the

translation of Julius Schramm's book: ALL FOR THE SALE PRICE OF $60.

Format: Spiral bound.   Dimensions: 9" x 11"   Pages: 185   Illustrations: 180