When Karen Smith decided to travel to Senegal for a metalsmith apprenticeship, the self-taught metal artist didn’t realize how much she would have to overcome while in the West African country. Not ...

2023 master of fine arts (MFA) graduate Glover Marfo grew up studying metals and jewelry in Ghana. Once he immigrated to America five years ago and enrolled at Miami University, he got to fuse his ...

Her nonprofit, We Wield The Hammer, will begin with its newest multi-age cohort in March. A metalsmith who trained in Senegal has decided to teach the art form to Black girls and women in Berkeley, ...

Five years ago, Britta Lynn Kauppila and her husband Adam realized their dream when they returned to Duluth. A master goldsmith, Kauppila started her business designing custom wedding bands with the ...

Gabriel Craig knew he wanted to make his living doing something artistic, but he wasn't sure exactly what -- until one day when a teacher gave him a hammer. He felt a sense of "empowerment," knowing ...

SAN ANTONIO — In the heart of La Villita, stands Sifuentes Metalsmith and Equinox Jewelry Gallery. That's where you'll meet Alejandro Sifuentes, and Sarah Sifuentes. They look alike and as you hear ...

Tom Lorio never stops to think about what his life would be like had he stayed in the classroom. He was teaching science at what was then Crestworth Junior High when he decided to try his hand at ...

Glistening cascades of water, waves lapping on the wintry shore and a single unknown bud swaying back and forth in the gentle breeze wafting down a field of reeds ― such scenes that make up the ...