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I’ve recently started working at a traditional blacksmith shop hoping to learn as much as I can of this amazing craft while I still can.
It’s been a life dream of mine to become a blacksmith one day, one way or another. I am very grateful to have found an amazing teacher in Antonio Battistessa, letting me roam around his shop observing his work and helping out on projects large and small. Right now I can only manage to be there one day a week (Fridays) and the odd day on weekends, but I’ll take whatever I can get.
I plan to post photos and a few words after each weeks session to keep track of what I’ve worked on and learned as time goes on.
I would like to expressly say that unless stated otherwise all work that is not marked as carried out by myself is the work of either Antonio his employee Adam or his apprentice Simon.
So if I talk about how I worked on a table, don’t assume I did the whole thing by myself, because that is not the case (for now).
I’ll mark out clearly what I have done on each project I write about and what I have learned.
I hope you’ll enjoy the read.
- Ben
