Discover the thrill of working with hot metal & creating your own pieces This book shows you how with lavish photographs it captures the excitement of working at the fire & explains the techniques to get you started Drawing on traditional methods it encourages you to develop your own style & to design your own tools & creations Step-by-step instructions to shaping bending splitting & drawing down hot metal are given along with advice on traditional methods to fasten metal pieces together Projects included in this new book are making a hanging basket bracket & a toasting fork