Blacksmith Forges STEEL ROSE - ONE PIECE - NO POWER TOOLS

Taking on the project of building a rose from one piece of solid steel. Using the anvil and hammer carve out the stem, leaf, and rose. My name is Timothy Dyck. I got hooked on blacksmithing when I was 13 years old. I quickly realized that in order to keep blacksmithing I needed money to buy costly supplies, so I started making small items and selling them at the local farmer markets. The farmer markets turned into craft shows and craft shows turned into custom projects. Right out of high school I had the opportunity to apprentice under a blacksmith, where I worked with him for four years. We did projects for some of the most prestigious houses around the rocky mountains and were apart of many large public sculptures. I learned many valuable lessons while working under his training, but the desire to set up my own shop and go out on my own was always something I dreamed about. So in 2013 I started setting up my full time blacksmith shop out of BC, Canada making custom projects and products like