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What else do you have at Front Step Forge?My upstairs gallery is brimming with hand forged artwork, tools and hardware.Don’t get malled this year.Best of all you can park right outside my shop door and have personal shopping time by making a convenient appointment. My shop is the essence of...

Karen Cantine’s work has always fascinated me. The very first hammer I ever made was in an effort to raise some silver bowls to emulate work of hers that I’d admired . back in 1988 neither effort were very successful but that did nothing to stifle my metals interests. “Some “ years later we finally got to meet and a collabration managed to happen. I hope do more.m

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Wow, time passes quickly. 30 years of creative metal work by Shawn from Front Step Forge. https://frontstepforge.com

Over the past thirty years I’ve tackle a myriad of projects from wearable jewelry to public sculpture. Here are some of the small sculptures https://flickr.com/photos/33874658@N08/sets/72157645694203203

https://www.theyegmakers.com/podcastsIn this episode, was in the forge with Shawn from Front Step Forge. Shawn has a unique perspective to making and the maker community that he articulates like no one I’ve met. On top of that, he made me an incredible hammer.  To see images of the hammer or Shawn’s process, please visit his page or follow the project on social media - @theyegmakers

I've been really fortunate as of late to receive a couple really nice unsolicited media articles. Here are some link to the video . "Who does that job" http://alberta.ctvnews.ca/who-does-that-job  

Front Step Forge has been involved in some fascinating custom and one of a kind projects over the last 20 plus years of hand forging metal.  out that time we have always kept stocks of coat hooks, bathroom hardware, candle holders and  handmade tools. Here is the online portion for my website....