[TheForge] blacksmith process

[George Dixon]

Does it seem reasonable, in regards to process, that blacksmithing has 
an array of processes, as does machine-shop work or cut & weld 
fabrication.  So what makes "blacksmithing" (as delineated by process) 
either "traditional" or "contemporary" is the design and/or motif rather 
than the process used to make it.
Perhaps the interplay about traditional v modern mixes the very separate 
concepts of process (timeless) and design (ever evolving).  A very 
modern design executed by blacksmith process would use the same tools 
and steps (process) as the execution of a period design.
So a forged and fabricated piece does not define "modern blacksmithing" 
so much as it represents a multiple selection of metalworking processes.
George Dixon