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
Hinged Bat
This month's Challenge is to use metal to create a bat decoration that includes hinges in the piece somewhere.
Kipling used repousse and chasing to form a bat out of copper adding a lever and spring to his piece to make an automatic opening action. Andrew made a metal bay with hinged wings, cuter and with brass brushing on the inside to reflex a hidden candle.
This month we talk about where we are and what our goals are as makers. Our esoteric eggel gets us talking about our favorite monsters.
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 November 6 2025
The November’s Challenge will be to create a collection of three unique birds that all go together as a set.