Meghan Martin Demonstration

Meghan Martin
2021 Fire on the Mountain Virtual Blacksmith Festival, Spruce Pine, NC
www.discoversprucepinenc.com
https://www.meghan-martin.com/

Meghan Martin – Meghan Martin is an artist blacksmith currently living and working in western North Carolina. Originally from central Vermont, Meghan began her metalworking career through the apprenticeship model. She is a two-time recipient of The Vermont Folklife Center’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grant, and completed a two year Core Fellowship at Penland School of Craft in 2016. Meghan creates a wide range of work, including functional objects for the home and an evolving series of sculptural wall pieces. She draws inspiration from nature, erosion, rock formations and other geologic phenomena. (meghan-martin.com)
Meghan will demonstrate forging a version of a traditional miner's candle holder, sometimes called a "johnny pick" or "tommy pick". This style of candle holder was often carried by miners to light their way, and it was driven into support timbers or rock ledges within the mines.

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