Cleveland, Ohio's finest hand forged tools, architectural iron, blacksmithing classes, and all things forge related.
Blacksmithing is a passion unlike any other. It is a skill that comes from years of literal blood sweat and tears. It is a heart that plays with fire for fun and is content in the heat of the moment. If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the forge.
Unlike what so many have seen of late, Blacksmithing is an art that requires time, patience and skill deeper than you can fit into any television program.
Jason Nass currently lives in Cleveland, Ohio and has made forging the primary love of his life for over 20 years. His forging experiences are wide and varied, including industrial closed and open die forging, knife making, tool making, ornamental and architectural iron, fabrication of structural iron, and traditional blacksmithing, specializing in Viking era reproductions.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors with the Western Reserve Artist Blacksmith Association (WRABA), and hosts Open Forge nights from his personal workshop where he strives to share the love of this folk art in hopes of keeping the trade alive.
He teaches both private and group classes in traditional and contemporary blacksmithing techniques as well as tool making. If you are interested in delving into the craft of blacksmithing or learning more advanced techniques, he has classes suited to any skill level and age.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing the bodhran, Celtic music, spending time with his counterpart and partner Rowan Canterbury and his rather spoiled dogs. Both Jason and Rowan do what they do in a world where things are “pre-made” and so many haunt the isles of stores, to hopefully help a few learn that there will never be an end to the magic and the necessity of knowing how to make something with your own hands.
