Maker Faire Austin 2007
Blacksmithing and Live Tool Forging

Watch an accomplished blacksmith as he uses his own handmade tools to forge tongs and other blacksmithing tools.

Web site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17798418@N00/

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Topic(s): Arts | Crafts

Tags: blacksmith forging "hand-forged" toolmaking tool+forging hand+forging tongs

About the Maker(s)

Colin McIntyre Colin McIntyre of Lost Pines Metalworks has been doing sculptural metalwork for 13 years with a strong emphasis on blacksmithing in the last seven. He has shown many times in and out of town and has a great deal of his work installed at residences around Austin. He has been working professionally full-time in his own studio for six years now.

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10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday
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Tickets available online or at the Austin Children's Museum

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