[TheForge] question for part-timers & hobbyists

[Aaron Silver]

At 01:28 PM 3/1/2003 -0500, you wrote:


>Seems like blacksmiths are always improving and extending their skills, 
>and I'm like that too.  Silversmithing, casting, woodworking, woodturning, 
>I work in those so far.  I'm currently adding glass (fused and slumped) to 
>the mix and looking for a place to put a kiln.  Sometimes I wonder if I'd 
>be better off focusing on one thing, other times I think about buying a 
>bigger house!
>
>It'd be interesting to know how many of us are mainly into 
>blacksmithing,and how many are jack-of-all-trades types.
>
>
>
>--Justin
>Celtic art & artifact: www.electriccelt.com

Count me in as well. Not as many trades as I would wish, but I'm working on 
that. When my wife and I were dating she pointed out that a 
jack-of-all-trades could also be called a renaissance man. I suppose that 
is just a fancy way of saying that I have a lot of hobbies. :-)

Aaron Silver