Event forges interest in age-old craft of blacksmithing
By The Citizen on August 3, 2024
The Pennsylvania Artist-Blacksmiths’ Association held its annual Blacksmith Day Saturday at Old Dry Road Farm in Lower Heidelberg Township.
Activities at the free event included forging demonstrations, a hands-on instruction area for the public, children’s activities, and a forging contest among the blacksmiths.
Association members were on hand to discuss the craft of blacksmithing and display and sell their handcrafted metalwork.
About 200 people from Pennsylvania and neighboring states belong to the association. Some are professional blacksmiths or metal workers, while others are artists or hobbyists with an interest in the craft. Learn more at paba-site.org/.
Jonathan Greenley of Harleysville, Montgomery County, creates a snail in the forging competition during Blacksmith Day, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Artist-Blacksmiths’ Association on Saturday at Old Dry Road Farm, Lower Heidelberg Township. (BILL UHRICH – READING EAGLE)James Greenley, 15, of Harleysville, Montgomery County, works on a forging supervised by John Bangor of Doylestown, Bucks County, during Blacksmith Day, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Artist-Blacksmiths’ Association on Saturday at Old Dry Road Farm, Lower Heidelberg Township. (BILL UHRICH – READING EAGLE)Holden Freeman, 11, of Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, hammers out a clothes hook under the supervision of Kurt Ulrich of Malvern, Chester County, during Blacksmith Day, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Artist-Blacksmiths’ Association on Saturday at Old Dry Road Farm, Lower Heidelberg Township. (BILL UHRICH – READING EAGLE)
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