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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"blacksmithing"”.
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THE TRADE MANUFACTURE AND DESIGN OF ENGLISH BLACKSMITHING IN THE POST WAR PERIOD
Blacksmithing has undergone a dramatic transformation in the last twenty five years. This study examines the changes and the context within which they have taken place. The effects upon the products of the blacksmith are considered through empirical research and practical work. The working methods …
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Technological Adaptation on the Frontier: An Examination of Blacksmithing at Fort Michilimackinac, 1715-1781
… found across the site. A model for identifying blacksmithing activities within workshops was applied to archaeological data from Fort Michilimackinac and three blacksmith workshops were identified. These are described in terms of the archaeological features represented and their spatial …
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The Use of Coal for Ferrous Metallurgy in Roman Britain
… In this thesis, the use of coal for blacksmithing in Roman Britain is definitively proven based on the analysis of iron production debris from a second-century CE blacksmithing workshop in Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum), Yorkshire, with confirmation from other Romano-British sites in …
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Teaching the Arts through the Appalachian Culture: a Proposal for a High-School Class.
… Basketry, Quilting, Pottery, Woodcarving, Blacksmithing, Vernacular Architecture, and Handmade Instruments of Country Music.</p> <p>This course has been taught by the writer at Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee, and was enthusiastically received by both students and …
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The Early Medieval Cutting Edge of Technology: An archaeometallurgical, technological and social study of the manufacture and use of Anglo-Saxon and Viking iron knives, and their contribution to the early medieval iron economy.
… blacksmiths in Dublin continued their ¿native¿ blacksmithing techniques after the Vikings arrived. Using the data gathered a chaîne opértoire of the iron knife was re-constructed, this revealed that there was a specific order to the manufacture process and decisions were not only influenced by …
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Forging ahead : the Ames family of Easton, Massachusetts and two centuries of industrial enterprise, 1635-1861
… to America in 1635 the artisan tradition of blacksmithing dominated the Ames family for generations. Oliver Ames was trained as a smith, but when he came to Easton in 1803 to focus on the manufacture of shovels, he made an important step in the evolution from artisan and craftsman to …
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Saul Januarie: Biography of a wagon-maker and blacksmith from Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa
Saul Januarie was born in Worcester in 1903. He spent his childhood years in the town of Touwsriver and then returned to Worcester as an adult where he married and spent the remainder of his life. He became well-known as a blacksmith from Worcester from the 1930's omwards. His skills were sought …