EXPRESSIVE METALS
SCHOOL OF BLACKSMITHING
Berkeley Springs, WV

EXPRESSIVE METALS SCHOOL OF BLACKSMITHING Berkeley Springs, WVEXPRESSIVE METALS SCHOOL OF BLACKSMITHING Berkeley Springs, WVEXPRESSIVE METALS SCHOOL OF BLACKSMITHING Berkeley Springs, WV

EXPRESSIVE METALS
SCHOOL OF BLACKSMITHING
Berkeley Springs, WV

EXPRESSIVE METALS SCHOOL OF BLACKSMITHING Berkeley Springs, WVEXPRESSIVE METALS SCHOOL OF BLACKSMITHING Berkeley Springs, WVEXPRESSIVE METALS SCHOOL OF BLACKSMITHING Berkeley Springs, WV
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Blacksmithing Classes & metalwork

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 "Personal Classes For The Serious Student Taught By A Professional Blacksmith With 50+ Years Experience" 

Expressive Metals School of Blacksmithing

Randy McDaniel, Artist In Malleable Metals, Author & Educator

"Personal Blacksmith Classes For The Serious Student

Taught By An Experienced, Professional Blacksmith"


Here's an Opportunity for you to take a class from a professional blacksmith with 50+ years as a blacksmith!    Now an ABANA National Curriculum Level 2 Instructor also!


Instruction at his fully equipped shop located south of BERKELEY SPRINGS, WV.

Nestled in the mountains in West Virginia’s 

eastern panhandle.  


Over 50 Years as a Professional Blacksmith working with hot steel, wrought iron, tool steels, stainless steel, bronze, copper, aluminum and titanium. Colonial metalwork to modern sculpture.

More than 45 years teaching blacksmithing Nationwide. 

Mr. McDaniel is a certified ABANA National Curriculum Instructor currently through Level II.

Author of two popular how-to blacksmithing books and numerous articles in books, newsletters and trade magazines.

Mr. McDaniel is a much sought after instructor and now you can come to his studio for classes!

Expressive Metals School of Blacksmithing classes

Mr. McDaniel is a certified ABANA National Curriculum Instructor currently through Level II. ABANA presents the curriculum as a structured way to learn and teach blacksmithing. Certifications recognized by the global blacksmith community will give: A sense of achievement to both the hobbyist and the professional Better jobs for certified blacksmiths Competitive advantage for shop owners with certified employees More visibility for schools with certified instructors.

Students at work blacksmithing, using the gas forge at Expressive Metals School of Blacksmithing .

Randy McDaniel also teaches his regular classes to learn the skills of a blacksmith. These are personal, hands on classes with a maximum of three students to provide attention to everyone in learning the techniques and creating good habits in forging while using coal and gas forges.

Some of the projects that students learn blacksmithing techniques at Expressive Metals School of Bla

Class Topics include but are not limited to: the Basics of Blacksmithing, Wall Hooks, Colonial Fork, Scrolls, Forge Welding, Tongs, Animal Heads, Tool Making/Heat Treating, Forging Flowers, the Forging of Pipe and Sheet Metal, Forging Non-Ferrous Metals, the Hydraulic Forging Press and Its' Tooling And Much More.

A student using the coal forge while working on his project at Expressive Metals School of Blacksmit

A student works at the coal forge. Not only does everyone learn the how's and why's involved in the coal forge and its' design but also how to light and maintain this forge for optimum heat and efficiency. The gas forge is also covered.

Randy McDaniel, instructor, with happy students at the end of a class at Expressive Metals School of

Everyone learns more than they expect while having a good time, finishing a project they take home as they learn techniques that will serve them in all future blacksmithing.

knife making class at Expressive Metals School of Blacksmithing

Basics of Forged Knife Making Classes are available to those who have taken the basics of blacksmithing, the hammer blows class and the tool making class. This way you have learned how to hammer and how high carbon/tool steels work which will expedite and improve your knife making skills.

Professional blacksmith and instructor, for 50 years, Randy McDaniel, with a scroll crest at Express

Learning from a professional blacksmith and instructor who has 50+ years as a blacksmith and learned from the old school methods and the modern ones, makes a big difference in what you will gain from the classes at Expressive Metals School of Blacksmithing! See the "ABOUT" section for more information about Mr. McDaniel's background in forging and in teaching blacksmithing.

All are welcome to take part in the classes at Expressive Metals School of Blacksmithing as long as they meet the age requirement. Our town, county and state are also very friendly and open to all. We hope to see you soon!

My recent commission was this coyote fence design gate for a private residence. This was mostly forged heavy wall tubing. I am already working on the second gate, of a totally different design, for the same client.

My recent commission was this coyote fence design gate for a private residence. This was mostly forged heavy wall tubing. I am already working on the second gate, of a totally different design, for the same client.

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