Metalsmiths & Blacksmiths

Blacksmiths create functional and beautiful works of art from metal.

Check out Beautiful Iron http://www.beautifuliron.com/

Metalsmiths work with belt plaques, sand casting, and casting metals to make pewter creations.

Look at some of the beautiful SCA regalia this metalsmith is offering. http://www.billdawsonmetalsmith.com/regalia2.html

See also, the rest of his website, for even more metal work he has done. http://www.billdawsonmetalsmith.com/re-enact2.html

These should give you lots of ideas about things you could do with metal!

Interest Group -- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/meridies_metalsmiths/

On Facebook -- Metal Shop, https://www.facebook.com/groups/262939260486200/?fref=ts

Iron Workers, https://www.facebook.com/groups/359857210785451/?fref=ts

"Meet" one iron worker -- http://www.ragweedforge.com/

Casting questions -- a thread in the Artisans Collaboration of Meridies facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/314196732021880/doc/314483351993218/

A collection of related links -- http://www.scatoday.net/links/weblink/60

Even more resources:

Online book - English and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection

http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/English_and_Other_Silver_in_the_Irwin_Untermyer_Collection?Tag=&title=&author=&pt=&tc=&dept=

Online book - Highlights of the Untermyer Collection of English and Continental Decorative Arts

http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/Highlights_of_the_Untermyer_Collection_of_English_and_Continental_Decorative_Arts?Tag=&title=&author=&pt=&tc=&dept=

Online book - The Arts under Napolean (Photo of belt in here, among other decorative items of metal)

http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/The_Arts_Under_Napoleon?Tag=&title=&author=&pt=&tc=&dept=

Online book - Guide to Provincial Roman and Barbarian Metalwork and Jewelry in The Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/Guide_to_Provincial_Roman_and_Barbarian_Metalwork_and_Jewelry_in_The_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art?Tag=&title=&author=&pt=&tc=&dept=