Black Forest ArtWorks

You never know what you are going to learn in a new job, and that has been certainly true of my position this year as an assistant at a loca...

We had a lovely time demo'ing yesterday at the Heritage Festival at Prince William Forest Park .  This was a low-key event, designed...

  Once I returned home from another fun-filled work session at Mount Vernon (I'm having so much fun with this job!), the boys and I...

Please join us this Saturday at Prince William Forest Park for what looks like a fun festival!  We'll be blacksmithing from 11 a.m. t...

In these unsettled economic times, I have taken on more and more part-time jobs (as has Jeff). It's a running joke in our household ...

  Wanting to take advantage of a weekend without soccer (the boys are sitting out this season) and no blacksmithing demos, we took a ...

I am so happy to show you a better copy of the photo that John Milleker took of Jeff at the Jefferson Patterson Park demo!  John is an amaz...

      We just returned from an all-day demo at Jefferson Patterson Park at the park's 1812 Fair and Reenactment.   We usually fo...

Jeff is working on a frame for a trivet.  The trivet is a piece of granite which will be housed in an iron frame with handles.  It's goi...

I was at the pool today with the boys and a neighbor came up and asked, "What kind of amazing corn are you growing?!  It's highe...

We had a great time this past Saturday and Sunday demo'ing at the Virginia Scottish Games .  This is always a fun festival -- we'...