I recently had the opportunity to take part in the sold-out Living Craft Tinsmithing Workshop at the Historic Arkansas Museum. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., seven of us learned how to create our very own ...

Doreen and Tim Reger sat in the small Tinsmith Room at the Carroll County Farm Museum, one soldering while the other hammered a design into a large piece of tin. The sound of tools on metal — banging, ...