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SPARC event recap

by andrew thornton SPARC, Smiths for the Promotion of Accessibility, Representation, and Community, (the BIPOC cohort of the Society of...

Katheryn Garrett describes her experience as a recipient of a SIBs scholarship

I am extremely grateful to have received an SIB scholarship, and am similarly grateful I was able to take the Blade 100 class. As a...

NY times article about blacksmithing

New York Times reporter Amelia Nierenberg interviewed Governance Committee members Elizabeth Belz and Joy Fire for an article about...

Scholarship experience at the Metal Museum

By Federica Ranelli To be in community with folks at the Metal Museum and Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths was to feel a sense of...

Congratulations Vi Cypress!

Vi is a recent recipient of our monthly Money to Burn mini grant drawing and was kind enough to share some thoughts and pictures with us....

Aidan Rhodes, money to burn grant recipient

I have been a part of SIBS for a little while now, and though I have not had the chance (until now) to do anything directly through them...

Mark-Blacksmith mentor

Mark is a mentor in the SIBs Mentorship Program that is currently in progress. We always ask mentors and mentees if they would like to...

Sterling Sam

Sterling was a recipient of one of our monthly Monty to Burn mini grant drawings. Many thanks for sharing more of your story with us...

Queer+Metals project updates

{Queer} + {Metals} is a curatorial project of SIBs friend Rebekah Frank. Check out these updates, and be sure to take a look at the...

An open shop, spoons, and transformative forging

SIBs governance committee member Rachel David shares about her casual forging events for folks who are and have historically been...

MORGAN ASOYUF:ROYAL PORTRAIT

Have a quick read about this beautiful show at The Metal Museum, and be sure to go check it out if you are in the Memphis, Tennessee area!

Visionaries in Craft, SIBs feature in American craft magazine

We were honored to be included in the Visionaries in Craft section of the recent issue of the American Craft Societies' magazine. Scroll...

Forging New Paths

Rachel David, Elizabeth Brim, and Ellen Durkan take artistic blacksmithing into new territory. Click the link to head to the American...

From Artisans to Artists:African American Metal Workers in Memphis

Check out this quick read and be sure to visit the exhibition if you are in the area!

Adrian Cruz, Scholarship Recipient

Hello, my name is Adrian Cruz and I am a recipient of the grant from Desert Metal Craft in Tucson, AZ. Through your generosity and...

Queer+Metals: A digital project and exhibition by Craftspace UK

Take a look at this fantastic project!

Who Built New Orleans?: The Untold Story Of Black Blacksmiths

It is so important to know this history, give it a read!

RANGER: SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT AT DESERT METAL CRAFT

Thank you for the scholarship! With the scholarship, I bought myself and my father a class at Desert Metal Craft, where we both got to...

Ilse Ideler

I was scrolling the internet for photos of women blacksmiths when I found the SIB website. I was thrilled to find a group sharing the...

Carolyn Farris

My name is Carolyn, I am 29 years old. I am a female, queer, blacksmith with Polyfragmented DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder). As the...