Finding steady ground in unsteady places. <br/><br/><a href="https://maxstjohn.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">maxstjohn.substack.com</a>
Finding Steady Ground
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Finding steady ground in unsteady places. <br/><br/><a href="https://maxstjohn.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">maxstjohn.substack.com</a>
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February 24, 2025
This is not about blacksmithing: Junko Mori
<p>Junko Mori is a metalworker who creates intricate, organic sculptures in her workshop in North Wales. </p><p>She was born and grew up in Yokohama, Japan. Her father was an engineer, her mother a school nurse - and both of their professions had a lasting influence on her work and thinking, as did digging in her grandmother’s veg patch with her hands in the dirt.</p><p>Junko’s work is inspired by nature, particularly microworlds, and her pieces come together as a result of hundred, sometimes thousands, of tiny pieces welded together patiently over long periods of time.</p><p>Like Heather McLarty in my last conversation, Junko believes the imperfect nature of forged work is very important, but she takes this idea even further and neither the individual pieces or finished form of her sculptures are planned. Instead they all shape themselves and each other as a result of the making process.</p><p>Junko is fascinated by the human mind and took time away from her metalwork to study and write about the impact of minor repetitive movements on how our brains work and our mental health.You can find out more about Junko’s work and the projects she’s involved in here:</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.junkomori.com/">Junko’s website</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/junkomori44/">Junko’s Instagram</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IaNAmKak2s">TRIONGL - a short film</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/12/05/in-pictures-the-best-of-design-miami">Highlights at Design Miami 2024</a> </p><p>If you enjoy this episode, you might also enjoy <a target="_blank" href="https://maxstjohn.substack.com/p/this-is-not-about-blacksmithing-heather">my conversation with Heather McLarty</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Max St John at <a href="https://maxstjohn.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">maxstjohn.substack.com/subscribe</a>
January 23, 2025
This is not about blacksmithing: Heather McLarty
<p></p><p>Heather McLarty started out in making props for theatre, travelling round and living all over North America before a combination of dogged determination and serendipity landed her in the craft of blacksmithing.She is now a highly skilled smith who also believes that the craft is about much more than just making stuff - describing her work as ‘transforming industrial materials into soulful sculpture using fire, anvil and hammers, mind, body and heart’ and insisting that all work has to ‘make someone’s life better.’</p><p>In this conversation we talk about her journey through the craft and what she’s learned along the way including how to go all in on your gut, doing great things with very little kit, what it means to live life as a work of art and what smacking bits of metal tells us about our shared humanity.</p><p>We also explore what it’s like to be a woman in a craft that’s often dominated by men, how that can sometimes be an advantage, and what makes it more possible (and more difficult) for underrepresented people to feel comfortable and confident.</p><p>You can find out more about Heather’s work and the projects she’s involved in here:</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.steelcrazy.biz/about.html">Heather’s website</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/hamclarty/">Heather’s Instagram</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://adamsforge.org/">Adam’s Forge</a></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.inclusiveblacksmiths.com/">The Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths</a></p><p>If you enjoy this episode, you might also enjoy <a target="_blank" href="https://maxstjohn.substack.com/p/this-is-not-about-blacksmithing-joy">my conversation with Joy Fire</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Max St John at <a href="https://maxstjohn.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">maxstjohn.substack.com/subscribe</a>
July 30, 2024
This is not about blacksmithing: Pete Brasspenninx
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