Black Forest ArtWorks

We recently received the nicest note from the organizer of Jeff's last demo.  We love to teach and inspire, and it is wonderful when we ...

Last week, Jeff demo'd at Mount Vernon Park .  He had a great time demonstrating how to create his leaf hooks. Many thanks to Angela ...

Many thanks to a friend for sending the photo at the top and to our older son for ...

Jeff and our good friend Steve had a great time the other day.  Steve is a farrier and was working at a local stable, so we went to visi...

This week has been hard.  One of our friends has died, leaving a wife and two young children. When times are rough, I've learned to ...

Not my usual photographic subject, but at least the camera distracted me while my kids watched this snake try to eat its meal!

One of my photos, "Autumn Reflections" is currently displayed in a show  at Meadowlark Gardens now  through August 20th  becau...

Many thanks to Tom for sending these on and we hope to see you during the 3rd weekend in July at Claude Moore for another demo!  ...

The blacksmith goes camping but forgets all his iron tools to manage the fire!  :-)

We recently spent an afternoon at  Calico Fields  on the Eastern Shore in Maryland.  Calico Fields is a small family farm and it was a tr...

Jeff has been doing a lot of teaching this year.  For adults, he's done an intro class and a tool-making class and had a great time ...

We always enjoy seeing photos taken by visitors at our demos!  Many thanks so much for our friend, Darci, for sending these to us.  We...

Note -- these photos were taken using my phone.

We had an amazing time at Stratford Hall  this past weekend.  We were part of an incredible blacksmithing line-up that featured a colon...