This week we continue this season with Steve Williams, an ornamental blacksmith in Mancos Creative District.
Forging the metal is the most rewarding part to Steve. He just likes being able to see the metal starting to stretch – it does something to his soul to watch that metal move underneath his hammers, and that’s the joy of it.
STEVE’S BIO
Steve was born in southwestern Colorado and attended Frank Turley’s blacksmithing school in Santa Fe twenty-one years ago. He apprenticed with three outstanding blacksmiths in southwest Colorado for eight years. Steve’s career has included mostly creating custom architectural ironwork, but in the past five years he has turned his focus toward teaching the craft of blacksmithing at his school in Mancos, CO.
Discover more about Steve’s ironwork and teaching at cowboyforge.com →
SPONSORS
Season Four of Beyond the Gallery is sponsored by Colorado Creative Industries. A division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, Colorado Creative Industries believes in the power of creativity to inspire human connections, create social change and support economic vibrancy throughout Colorado. They believe in the practice of creation, the artists and entrepreneurs who contribute to our rich culture and the benefits of our creative economy. Colorado Creative Industries supports and encourages the innovators, creators, change-makers and dreamers who improve our quality of life and make Colorado creative. They focus on strengthening the vitality of visual, performing and literary arts through promotion, resources and funding opportunities. They believe in bold innovation and the invaluable contributions the arts bring to this beautiful state.
