A variety of hammers awaits students in a blacksmithing class called Cooking With Fire at the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn.
Embers heat up a piece of iron in a forge during a blacksmithing class at the New England School of Metalwork.
Students, from left, Alexander Bazes of Westchester, N.Y., Tom Johnson of Kittery Point and Shawn Kelly of Phippsburg, take part in a blacksmithing class.
A variety of hammers awaits students.
Sparks fly off a hot piece of iron being brushed by Tom Johnson of Kittery Point during a blacksmithing class.
Alexander Bazes of Westchester, N.Y., measures a utensil he is making out of iron.
Framed by a bench vise, John Gates of Rockport, Mass., pounds on a piece of iron during a blacksmithing class at the New England School of Metalwork.
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