Send us a text 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. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a garden decoration inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Andrew forged a shepherd's hook with a cheshire cat face that hangs in front of a sign and Kipling made a cheshire cat face that watches over a spattering of other components that make up a bird bath and feeder.. This month our esoteric eggels gets us talking about our gardens and pets. 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 May 29, 2025 June’s Challenge will honor Shark Week and we are set to create Framed Shark art. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is to create a candle holder for a pile of old copper pipe. Andrew created a feather candle stand with shiny feathers behind to reflect light and Kipling made a hinged tea light holder that all folds up to a nice sun decoration. This month our esoteric eggels gets us talking about our musical talents and Andrew talks about his new small flypress. 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 April 25, 2025 May’s Challenge is set to create a garden decoration inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Support the show…

Send us a text This time we recap our first season of podcasting. Our favorite challenges and the challenges we might want to forget. Hear more detail about the challenges by the numbers. We also get into a little bit more of our market sales and how these challenges help stock our tables and entertain both our customers and us. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversation. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is an original animal created by mashing up two or more other animals. This challenge was inspired by a high school assignment and the fun had following March Mammal Madness (linked below). Andrew created a Koala Spider trying to make the creepy spider cute and Kipling made a Bat-Eared Falpion, combining a falcon and scorpion with bat ears. This month our esoteric eggels and share our favorite smell memory and Andrew asks what piece of large equipment each wants. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversation. For all you March Mammal Madness go to https://libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalMadness Challenge will be posted for live voting on March 24, 2025 April’s Challenge is set to use some used copper pile to create something new. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is an art piece inspired by the term “Wild City”. This challenge stands out as just an art piece, when most of our creations have some type of function these purposes are just art. Andrew made a city covered by grass and dandelions he calls “Weeds above us” and Kipling made a copper tree as it up roots a house he calls “treed House” This month our esoteric eggels and share our favorite wildlife sightings and we have chat about our current shop wonders and woe which oddly are magnets this time. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith and @brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversation. Challenge will be posted for live voting on Feb 28, 2025 March’s Challenge is set to create a unique animal mash up. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is an original cast copper Monopoly piece. We both had issues learning the new skills needed to create successful castings from melted copper. In the end Kipling made a sleigh a rustic Aladdin lamp and Andrew made a polished mini anvil. As is now tradition we talk about some esoteric eggels and share our favorite pranks we have pulled and chat about our current shop wonders and woes. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith and @brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversation. Challenge will be posted for live voting on Jan 27, 2025 February's Challenge is set to be an art piece based on the idea of “wild city” Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a sleigh shaped candy dish. Kipling made a sleigh with a great tufted pillow seat out of copper and aluminum and Andrew made a sleigh from steel and struggled to find the inspiration on this project. As is now tradition we talk about some esoteric eggels and share our favorite Christmas foods and Andrew asks what material other than metal that we want to make something from.. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmit and @brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversation. Challenge will be posted for live voting on Dec 20, 2024 January’s Challenge is set to be a cast copper Monopoly piece. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a Miniature Christmas Village house. Kipling made a tinsmith shop out of copper and Andrew made a steel blacksmith shop (because of course he did.) These are meant to be added to a miniature Christmas village display. As is now tradition we talk about some esoteric eggels and share our favorite Christmas decorations and we talk about Dolly Parton again. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith and @brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversation. Challenge will be posted for live voting on November 30, 2024 December’s Challenge is set to be a sleigh candy dish. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a chess set. Kipling made a set of different flowers out of copper and Andrew made steel gnomes. Kipling is a better chess player but can he make a better set of pieces? We have been making these for months As is now tradition we talk about some esoteric eggels and share our favorite halloween decorations and we both added something new to our shows. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith and @brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversation. Challenge will be posted for live voting on October 25, 2024 November's challenge is set to be a Christmas Village building. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a Trivet. Kipling made a brass celtic knot and Andrew made a steel pineapple. Yes they both work as trivets or hot plates. As per usual we talk about some esoteric eggels and share our favourite recipe and Andrew Asks a somewhat related question to our work.. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite trivet @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith and @brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversation. Challenge will be posted for live voting on September 25, 2024 October's Challenge is set to be a Chess Set. (Kipling makes one side and Andrew makes the other.) Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a Animal Brooch . It had to be an animal we had not made before, and it had to be small enough to be worn as a brooch. Kipling used copper and epoxy to make a loon brooch. While Andrew made a wire frame silhouette of a wolf with scrolls inside out of a coat hanger. As now tradition, we talk about our shop woes and wonders and share an esoteric eggle about our favorite chores. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite project @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith and @brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversations. Challenge will be posted on August 19, 2024 September, the challenge is set to be a trivet or hot plate. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a Metal House Plant . Kipling made a copper money plant from scrap copper cutoffs using a broken texturing die and Andrew made a steel Venus Flytrap with multiple heads and sharp pokey bits.. As now tradition we talk about our shop woes and wonders and share some this time some vintage musical esoteric eggels too. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith and @#brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversations. Challenge will be posted on June 27, 2024 July and August, we combined into one Challenge, that is set to be a jewelry brooch. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is a Bird Bookend. Kipling made a brass and cooper woodpecker with fancy cutouts and Andrew made a humming bird with small flowers on a heavy metal base. As now tradition we talk about our shop woes and wonders and share some esoteric eggels too. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith and @#brothersinsmithing to see other details for our conversation. Challenge posted on May 30, 2024 June's Challenge is set to be a fake house plant. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is Fairy Doors. Kipling made a whimsical fairy doors based on the four elements and Andrew made a more traditional door with forged hardware. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith Challenge posted on April 29, 2024 May's Challenge is set to be a bird bookend. Support the show…

Send us a text This month's Challenge is Bookmarks. Kipling made a bunch of different bookmark designs using new patina techniques and Andrew tried his hand at copper inlay on a flattened piece of wrought iron. Check us out on social media to vote for your favourite @deerrunforge and @tapley_tinsmith Challenge posted on March 25, 2024 Support the show…