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A free build for Guilds of Historica. Surprisingly this is my first time building a medieval Blacksmith shop. It was a lot of fun and I think this is my best medieval house yet. As always there's a full interior and the door works.
Every town needs a blacksmith, and Daydelon has a very good one. He's kept busy sharpening tools and swords as well as making new ones.
More pictures here: brickbuilt.org/2014/Daydelon-Blacksmith.php
Being a tailor, cobbler or blacksmith was a dying occupation in the twentieth century though at this point no one knew that yet. The blacksmith trade may have been dying, but it kept specialists like these men out of the trenches and alive in the Great War. Some of these men may have been around to shoe horses when the Germans invaded France the next time.
The blacksmiths belong to one of the lowest casts in India, like the guys who do the washing and the people who clean the roads or the toilets. Like in Africa in a way... I do not know why...
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In the early Middle Ages, including the Vikings, metalworking took place in a still quite primitive blacksmith’s shop – without a chimney flue above the forge.
We have tried to depict such a Viking forge. The set is new and exclusive for the March round of We love RP and 25% reduced for the duration of the event.
All parts of the set can also be bought separately and are absolutely lowprim.
There are versions with and without the carved viking dragon decor included in the package.
All items are Original Mesh, copy/mod and advanced lighting enabled.
Set includes Forge with bellows (2 LI), Melting Furnace with bellow (2LI), tooltable (1LI) and a set of boxes with coal and iron ore (0.5 LI each).
The blacksmith is heating two pieces of iron to weld them together with hammer blows on the anvil. The work is in the blacksmith shop at Old Sturbridge Village.
I am posting this blacksmith lapwing from Etosha in 2011 because I leave for Africa in two days--two weeks on the Okavango Delta, then two weeks in Etosha. I truly look forward to returning to see the animals, though I'll miss Flickr, but that's been happening quite a bit in 2012....
Khmer blacksmith workshop in a rural community near Siem Reap, Cambodia. We were bike touring through the area when our guide, Vudthy Long, had us stop for a visit. It was great that we arrived as they were working hot metal. Fascinating to see a little of the process involved.
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HDR of a Blacksmith at a local 'steampunk' festival in South Dunedin
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Atkins Blacksmith Shop.
Originally located in Wilberforce this 1862 blacksmiths shop and was operated by 3 generations of the Atkins family.
The shop was moved and relocated at the Australiana Pioneer Village.
The village consists of original buildings all of which are in excess of 100 years old and have been carefully moved and rebuilt to create the village.
Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia.
Jerusalem Mill Village
Gunpowder Falls State Park
Harford County, Maryland
Jerusalem Mill Village, part of Gunpowder Falls SP, is the most intact historic village in Maryland, with mill, cooperage, blacksmith shop, and other buildings. The village is the site of an 18th and 19th century Quaker settlement. The mill opened in 1772 as Lee's Merchant Mill on the north bank of Little Gunpowder Falls (stream name) and was the center of the community; this stone blacksmith shop is opposite the mill. After operating about 190 years, the mill was acquired by the state in 1961 to be part of Gunpowder Falls SP, and is now the park's visitor center and headquarters. Jerusalem Mill Village was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 (87001400). A short distance downstream, Jericho covered bridge takes Jericho Road across Little Gunpowder Falls; the bridge also is on the National Register of Historic Places (78001444). The village is in Harford County while the covered bridge is in both Harford and Baltimore counties.
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The Blacksmith's Shop or "Smithy" was the hub of activity on the early runs. The blacksmith repaired carts, wagons and drays. He made tools, wheels, nails, horseshoes, gates, well-buckets and domestic utensils.
The original Wilpena Blacksmith's Shop is no longer standing. In 1888 it was described as a pug and pine building in fair condition. It was valued at 16 pounds and 15 shillings ($35).
The Smithy was built in 1921.
No trace remains of a cart shed that was attached to the building.
This is a sculpture by Felix Nylund. It’s located in Three Smiths Square; at the intersection of Aleksanterinkatu and Mannerheimintie in Helsinki, Finland.
In 1919, Nylund made a drawing in which a sculpture of three blacksmiths was placed at the top of a ten-meter high column. These early plans did not materialize, but Nylund made use of the subject in making the Three Blacksmiths statue. The final sculpture was unveiled on December 2, 1932.
This realistic and classical statue depicts three smiths hammering on an anvil. The statue has been interpreted to symbolize for human labour and cooperation between people.
The Three Smiths Statue is a popular meeting place for people, and the Green League has often located their political election campaign quarters next to it.
The statue was donated to the city of Helsinki by the Pro Helsingfors foundation, which had acquired it with the help of a monetary donation from the businessman Julius Tallberg. Tallberg's commerce house is situated at the northern end of Three Smiths Square.
The statue was damaged in a bombing during the Continuation War in February 1944. Marks of the damage can still be seen at the base of the statue, and the anvil has a hole in it caused by bomb shrapnel.
Technical Stuff
This is a single shot photo, taken at 200 ISO, f8, -2/3, 1/2400 at 18 mils. The composition and toning are as was. Post-production was, thus, relatively simple except for the background. As this sculpture is located in a very busy square with a lot of cars and trams, there are many overhead lines with lights hanging from them. This makes it virtually impossible to take a fresh and crisp photo. So, I had some difficulty to find a good angle to avoid most overhead lines, gest the sun just behind the left blacksmith for an aura/halo effect, and still do justice to the sculpture and image. It resulted in an image with a couple of lines remaining. To ‘solve’ this, I experimented with the Healing Brush Tool in Photoshop. This did the trick.
Finally, I added a couple of copyright signs. The latter is, alas, there to stay due to the fact that my photos were frequently copied. So, don't bother commenting on that.