Zooming In: Hands In The Forge

Vivian Bryan | Nov. 18, 2025

---

Members of the Warren Wilson College (WWC) Blacksmith Crew pose for a group photo in front of the forge on Oct. 28, 2025, in Swannanoa, N.C. (Echo/Vivian Bryan)

Sophomore El Ferrara works a piece of metal on the belt sander outside the forge on Nov. 4, 2025, in Swannanoa, N.C. (Echo/Vivian Bryan)

Freshman crew member Henry Scoggins forges scrolls for the feet of a coat rack in the forge on Nov. 4, 2025, in Swannanoa, N.C.

Crew member August Duncan and second-year student Merritt Yoder punch metal on an anvil during open forge hours on Nov. 4, 2025, in Swannanoa, N.C. (Echo/Vivian Bryan)

Junior blacksmithing crew members Ivy Atkins and Marta Geilfuss pose for a photo outside the forge on Nov. 4, 2025, in Swannanoa, N.C. (Echo/Vivian Bryan)

Sophomore Merritt Yoder smooths out a punch ring on a belt sander, the final step in the process, outside the forge on Nov. 4, 2025, in Swannanoa, N.C.