At Black Bear Forge, traditional blacksmithing meets modern craftsmanship to create a durable, hand-forged gardening tool.

No doubt many readers have at times wished to try their hand at blacksmithing, but it’s fair to say that acquiring an anvil represents quite the hurdle. For anyone not knowing where to turn there’s a ...

Humans have been working with metal for millennia, and Angelenos are still practicing the craft, thanks in part to Adam’s Forge. Founded in 2002 in memory of artist and blacksmith Adam Leventhal, the ...

The set-up looks old-school – a furnace, anvil and two blacksmiths hammering in tandem to coax a hot steel rod into a pair of tongs. But for Adam’s Forge in Los Angeles’ Glassell Park neighborhood, ...

We just got word that the Adam’s Forge Blacksmithing School is moving to a perfect historical setting --the collection of Victorian era buildings in Highland Park along the Pasadena Freeway, called ...