In 1999, Master blacksmith Francis Whitaker asked metalsmith George Dixon to produce a new "how to" resource for artist-blacksmith education. The resulting two-volume set covers blacksmithing from tools and basic processes through joinery, drawing and design to hardware and architectural iron work (rails & gates). The first volume finished and will be available soon!

Published by Blue Moon Press www.bluemoonpress.org

Illustrations by George Dixon, Metalsmith ©2003

Fire-welding a leaf stem to a 'branch'	Forging a hinge eye	Make and install decorative collars
Bending tools	Animal motifs	Tongs styles; making and using tongs
London pattern anvil	Containment welding	Scroll patterns & tooling
Mechanical joinery	Basic blacksmith processes	Foils
Intermediate process	Step by step	Branching scrolls

Blacksmithing is not defined by time period of decorative motif. Blacksmithing is defined by process alone.

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