Hammered Out Bits

Darrell Markewitz is a professional blacksmith who specializes in the Viking Age. He designed the living History program for L'Anse aux Meadows NHSC (Parks Canada) and worked on a number of major international exhibits. A recent passion is experimental iron smelting. 'Hammered Out Bits' focuses primarily on IRON and the VIKING AGE

Friday, July 31, 2009

Ideas? Forms from Nature

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One trend in artistic blacksmithing is duplication of natural forms from nature in forged steel. The classic standard is making steel roses,...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

" I love it when a plan comes together..."

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If you have been following my work (as described here) over the last several months, you will seen my main focus has been on the Reade/Maxwe...
Thursday, July 23, 2009

..but can you DRAW it?

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Increasingly, one of the problems I have is related to my rendering abilities (or lack thereof). As the objects I imagine become more comple...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

IRON Mandrils - Iron Oxide bead release?

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(Cross posted from the DARC Blog ) "Ancient beads were often made on cast iron tapered rods, without the use of a separating agent. On...
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