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Brothers in Smithing - Monthly Metal Challenge

Brothers in Smithing - Monthly Metal Challenge

By: Andrew Cirtwill and Kipling Campbell
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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.

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  • Looney Reflection
    Sep 28 2025

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    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.

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    @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.

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    56 mins
  • Thermometers - the competition heats up!
    Aug 27 2025

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    This month's Challenge is to make a unique thermometer.

    Who really uses thermometers anymore anyway… we each broke a few glass thermometer bulbs building our version of a unique thermometer..

    Andrew made a metal daisy-like flower and the leaves come out at the correct temperatures and Kipling took fun weather related sayings and made them into temperature makers out of brass and copper.

    This month we talk about what we do with errors and our esoteric eggel gets us resighting nursery rhymes.

    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 Aug 28, 2025

    The September Challenge will be to create a loon decoration that includes a mirror.



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    53 mins
  • Framed Shark Challenge
    Jun 26 2025

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    This month's Challenge is framed shark, to honor Shark Week.

    Andrew bent and welded up wire and mounted it to a fancy light box and Kipling took coloured wire and made a pride shark with a copper wire background.

    This month we talk about new tools and new sources for material and our esoteric eggels gets us laughing about great costumes of the past..

    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 June 27, 2025

    The July/August Challenge will be to create a frame for a thermometer.

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    53 mins
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