[TheForge] Major Site Update www.artist-blacksmith.org

[George Dixon]

Greetings,
The educational blacksmithing site www.artist-blacksmith.org has been 
reworked.
http://www.artist-blacksmith.org/index.htm

Several hundred new graphics have been added as have about a dozen new 
pages.
There are new projects, 'how-to' pages, gallery items from period 
ironwork to period graphics.
http://www.artist-blacksmith.org/new_upcoming.htm

Attention Editors of non-profit and not-for profit Blacksmithing 
Newsletters, magazines, internet sites:
A new resource has been established to serve the educational and graphic 
needs of the art-blacksmith editor's community.
http://www.artist-blacksmith.org/blacksmith-editor_resource.htm

Information and new graphics regarding "Francis Whitaker: A Blacksmith's 
Craft" can be found at
http://www.artist-blacksmith.org/blacksmith-editor_resource.htm

Information and graphics regarding the early years of Samuel Yellin can 
be seen at
http://www.artist-blacksmith.org/ironwork_fund.htm

"How-To" in the art of the blacksmith can be seen at
http://www.artist-blacksmith.org/education_index.htm

'To Work in a Period Vocabulary' looks at the relationship between 
period motifs and blacksmith process at
http://www.artist-blacksmith.org/period-vocab.htm

Information on the best 'How-To' art-blacksmithing magazine published 
today, complete with
all back issue information, pdf samples and graphic examples can be found at
http://www.artist-blacksmith.org/traditional_metalsmith.htm

Please forward this email to other blacksmiths and blacksmith or art 
related lists and groups.
Thank you,

George Dixon
Metalsmith
ABANA member
Publisher - Traditional Metalsmith