Artist Blacksmith

Artist Blacksmith turned 6 today!

Finished the brooms (mostly)

While I was laid up I decided to keep busy by trying to learn enough about broom making to eventually be able to forge fireplace brooms. I felt better forging all the pieces, including the hearth broom. These are all turkey tail styles brooms and also all crooks ends. Decided to hang them all up because, well you’re not supposed to stand brooms up, and they take a lot of space laying down. And I had the hangers left from another project, so hung ‘em outside the forge door.

First bit of serious forging after a year or so of wild medical rides. This is the first of two simple sundials that will be donated to a local rep theater fund raiser

Trying to learn some broom making skills for fireplace tools and holiday presents

Mischief and Mayhem