The husband and wife team of Lynda Metcalfe and Elmer Roush were given awards in the Hand Forged Railings and Gates categories of the Top Job Competition of 2009. The competition is sponsored by the National Ornamental and Miscellaneous Metals Association. The works are really something to behold.

More information about the awards can be found at the Clay County Progress.

More information about the artists, and some impressive images of their work, can be found at their respective web sites.

http://www.lyndametcalfe.com/
http://www.elmerroush.com/

The restoration plan was voted on by over half a million people for a BBC television special. The Wheelwright and Blacksmith shop will take around one million Pounds to restore. Volunteers have already cleaned and cataloged over 5,000 tools and items found at the shop.

More information is available from The Courier at http://www.leamingtoncourier.co.uk/news/Permission-at-last-to-restore.5818463.jp

The Times-Gazette out of Shelbyville Tennessee has a great, detailed, write up about the Blacksmithing classes currently being offered at the Tennessee Technology Center. There has been a great community forming around them and it sounds like a lot of elbow grease went in to making it happen.

For more information check out http://www.t-g.com/story/1587244.html

The Gilman Historic Ranch & Wagon Museum started offering classes in Blacksmithing recently. Classes are held on the first and second Saturday of each month. Alex Bashta, a member of the California Blacksmith's Association is teaching the classes.

More information, as well as contact information, is being reported by the Press Enterprise at http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_E_blacksmith14.47faef0.html

The Berkshire Eagle is reporting that their local Waldorf school has been running a successful blacksmithing class as part of their art curriculum. The class is in its eighth year, and is run by John F. Graney, a local blacksmith.

More information is available at http://www.berkshireeagle.com/local/ci_13750977