Recently I was given some old, rusted steel pieces that I would like to use for various projects. I believe this material is wrought iron- it is very difficult to forge in that it separates and splits as I forge it. Does anyone have any suggestions for forging this material? I tried the tricks I knew, such as forging tapers in the center of the bar, etc, but to no avail.

This is a brief video of the completed Marsi chandelier. It shows the fiber optic lighting and some of the programmed modes included with the initial setup. Note that the color wheel is an LED main light which has the capabilities of displaying millions of colors.

The second part of this video documentary covers blacksmith techniques for hot forging 1" solid steel bar into large leaf forms. In the second half of the video, I demonstrate the forge welding of these leaves into cluster sets of three.

I updated my personal web site this past week to include a blog and podcasting to document some of the more interesting commissions in an educational format to share with visitors of the site and other blacksmiths desiring to learn my approach to metal art. I hope you will enjoy the new layout of the site. It's at http://enrique.artmetal.com