Blacksmithing is not defined by time period or motif. Blacksmithing is defined by process alone.

Blacksmith tools and process are the starting point for almost everything crafted or constructed over the past two thousand years.


Whether it be a forged grille, a wood plane's blade or the shears that cut the bristles of an artist's paintbrush; a blacksmith using hammer and anvil was their progenitor.


The German term kunstschmied combines art (kunst) and smith (schmied) into one word. In English when two words are united to create a new, more descriptive term, a hyphen unites what was two words into one. So it is with artist and blacksmith, tied by a hyphen into one concept; the artist-blacksmith.