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
Lighthouses
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This month's Challenge is to make an art piece with a lighthouse in it.
Andrew made lots of metal scrolls from past work and made them into a crashing ocean that seems to threaten two small metal people in the piece. Kipling used copper to create a cliff scene with a lighthouse high on a hill and an epoxy sea below.
This month we talk about our least favorite part of these challenges. Our esoteric eggel gets us talking about our muppets.
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Challenge will be posted for live voting on December 18, 2025
The January challenge will be to create a hidden compartment in a viking themed piece.