Brothers in Smithing - Monthly Metal Challenge
What happens when a blacksmith is best friends with a tinsmith?
Andrew Cirtwill of Deer Run Forge and Kipling Campbell of Tapley Tinsmith challenge each other every month to make something great out of metal. We talked about our projects, lessons learned, and other things that come up.
Brothers in Smithing - Monthly Metal Challenge
Looney Reflection
This month's Challenge is to use metal to make a mirror into a piece of loon themed art.
No one wants the bad luck of breaking a mirror and this one has us both on edge.
Kipling used repousse and chasing to form a loon into a piece of copper adding cutouts to show the mirror underneath. Andrew made a thick frame for his mirror in order to reflex the forged metal waves while adding a polished loon on the mirror.
This month we talk about where we get inspiration and form our ideas and our esoteric eggel gets us talking about our favorite reality tv shows.
Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite
@brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversation.
Challenge will be posted for live voting on Sept 29 2025
The October Challenge will be to create a piece of Bat decoration that includes at least one hinge for movement.